6 Critical Telecom Trends In 2026: What Industry Leaders Need To Know

Telecom networks are evolving from passive data conduits into intelligent, self-aware systems powered by AI agents, quantum technology, and space-based connectivity.

‘The Big Short’s’ Michael Burry is back with cryptic messages — and two massive bets

Michael Burry, the famed investor behind “The Big Short,” is betting artificial intelligence is more of a bubble than a revolution.

4 lessons on more deliberate uses of AI

Intentionality has become the defining trait of AI maturity as CIOs across industries learn to turn enthusiasm into structure, and pilots into platforms.

Schaeffler partners with Neura Robotics on humanoids, plans factory integration by 2035

With AI-driven humanoid robots, Schaeffler sees potential to win new business and also to improve its production efficiency.

Google’s AI Mode now books your event tickets and beauty appointments for you

Let AI Mode handle your glam and your gigs

Can AI Boards Outperform Human Ones?

A recent poll of 500 global CEOs found that 94% believe AI could offer better counsel than at least one of their board members. And in October 2025, Kazakhstan’s national wealth fund appointed “SKAI,” an AI system, as a voting director. Such developments signal a shift in corporate governance as large language models (LLMs) prove capable of delivering informed, data-rich advice—often beyond what overextended, part-time directors can provide. To explore this potential, researchers at Wharton’s Mack Institute and INSEAD’s Center for Corporate Governance ran an experiment comparing human and AI “boards” deliberating the same business case. The AI board, built...

Giga raises $61 million to expand enterprise voice AI, starting with DoorDash

Voice AI has the potential to streamline a lot of businesses' customer service tasks, such as answering routine customer questions or scheduling appointments, without a human agent needing to step in.

View: Abu Dhabi’s bet on AI is starting to pay off

With billions pouring into Emirati artificial intelligence projects, Abu Dhabi is making AI the state’s operating system.

SoftBank, OpenAI launch new joint venture in Japan as AI deals grow ever more circular

SoftBank's joint venture with OpenAI that will localize and sell the AI company's enterprise tech to companies in Japan. And the first customer of this joint venture is going to be SoftBank itself.

Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’

“Hey Google, where am I?”

Researchers Find ChatGPT Vulnerabilities That Let Attackers Trick AI Into Leaking Data

Researchers Find ChatGPT Vulnerabilities That Let Attackers Trick AI Into Leaking Data | Read more hacking news on The Hacker News cybersecurity news website and learn how to protect against cyberattacks and software vulnerabilities.

Xpeng AI Day: new AI model powering robots, robotaxis, and flying cars

Today, Xpeng held its AI Day 2025 at its new headquarters in Guangzhou. The automaker is positioning itself as an...

Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat

Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced.

Google Uncovers PROMPTFLUX Malware That Uses Gemini AI to Rewrite Its Code Hourly

Google discovers PROMPTFLUX malware using Gemini AI to rewrite and hide its code for smarter evasion.

AI Uses Physics to Illuminate the Dark Proteome

Harvard and Northwestern researchers combine AI and physics to design unstable proteins that comprise the dark proteome.

Microsoft Just Gave Investors 9.7 Billion Reasons to Buy This Monster Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Stock Hand Over Fist

Cloud infrastructure services are swiftly becoming a hot commodity in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.

The Big Short investor issues warning over AI

Google Identifies New Forms of AI-Powered Cyberattacks

State-sponsored threat actors have developed malware powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that can not only generate malicious scripts but also “change

Apple to use Google’s AI model to run new Siri, Bloomberg News reports

Apple plans to use a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Google to help power an overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Amazon, Perplexity, and the future of AI shopping assistants

The e-commerce giant claims Perplexity's Comet is eroding its customer experience - while pushing its own AI shopping agent.

AI Agents For Creators: Now Every Influencer Can Have A Digital Team

We're quickly entering a world in which every human worker needs a team of digital assistants: AI agents to amplify their creativity and output.

How Amazon Search increased ML training twofold using AWS Batch for Amazon SageMaker Training jobs

In this post, we show you how Amazon Search optimized GPU instance utilization by leveraging AWS Batch for SageMaker Training jobs. This managed solution enabled us to orchestrate machine learning (ML) training workloads on GPU-accelerated instance families like P5, P4, and others. We will also provide a step-by-step walkthrough of the use case implementation.

Adopt Human-Centered AI To Transform The Future Of Work

Human-centered AI can reshape the future of work by augmenting, instead of replacing, human talent. How businesses use AI will determine productivity, jobs and growth.