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A new contest is searching for solutions to a defining problem of the AI era: soaring energy consumption. The Energy Innovation for AI Startup Challenge launches amid growing concern over the environmental cost of artificial intelligence. Just last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that global electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double by 2030 — with AI the main driver. Demand from dedicated AI data centres alone is forecast to more than quadruple. The surge threatens.
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Генерация видео из текста и референсов стала востребованной по понятной причине: она закрывает промежуток между идеей и черновым визуалом. Там, где раньше нужен был набор статичных кадров, аниматик или быстрая сборка сцены вручную, теперь можно получить короткий ролик, который показывает движение, композицию, свет и поведение объектов во времени. В технических отчетах по Seedance это прямо связывается с задачами, где важны следование инструкциям, согласованность движения и работа со сложными сценами. На... Read more ›
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Minimax — это мощная нейросеть китайской компании MiniMax из Шанхая, одного из лидеров нового поколения ИИ-технологий. Платформа объединяет инструменты для работы с текстом, видео, аудио, голосом, кодом и мультимодальными задачами.Сегодня Minimax нейросеть интересна не только энтузиастам, но и бизнесу: маркетологам, авторам видео, владельцам сайтов, продюсерам, разработчикам, преподавателям и командам, которым нужно быстрее создавать контент без потери качества. Читать далее Read more ›
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LTX нейросеть — это современный инструмент для генерации видео, изображений и креативного контента на основе текстовых описаний. Платформу используют маркетологи, дизайнеры, видеомейкеры, SMM-специалисты, предприниматели, преподаватели и команды, которым важно быстро превращать идею в понятный визуальный материал. Особенно ценна такая логика там, где нужно не просто «сделать красивое видео», а быстро проверить несколько гипотез, найти удачную сцену, протестировать стиль и адаптировать результат под конкретн Read more ›
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In short: Meta will begin companywide layoffs on 20 May, cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its 78,865-person workforce), with additional cuts planned for the second half of 2026. The restructuring, which follows earlier rounds that brought Zuckerberg’s total cuts since 2022 to roughly 25,000, is driven by a reallocation toward AI infrastructure costing $115-135 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Summary: Threads head Connor Hayes previewed a redesigned web interface that adds direct messages, a navigation sidebar with shortcuts to saved posts and insights, and a cleaner single-feed layout replacing the current multi-column design. DMs, which launched on mobile in June 2025, will roll out on web “over the coming weeks,” bringing one-on-one chats, group […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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In short: Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Report finds the performance gap between the best American and Chinese AI models has collapsed to 2.7%, down from 17.5-31.6 percentage points in May 2023, despite the US spending 23 times more on private AI investment ($285.9 billion vs $12.4 billion). China leads in AI patents (69.7% of global […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Summary: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new AI chips – a memory processing unit and an inference-optimised TPU – adding a third design partner alongside Broadcom and MediaTek in its custom silicon supply chain. The discussions, which have not yet produced a signed contract, came days after Broadcom locked in […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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In short: The Trump administration is waging a multi-front campaign to prevent states from regulating AI, using a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department evaluations of “burdensome” state laws, and a legislative framework urging Congress to preempt state-level regulation with a “minimally burdensome national standard.” But states have accelerated in the opposite direction – 1,208 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A humanoid robot named Lightning completed the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes. The robot, built by Shenzhen Honor Smart Technology Development Co., navigated the 21-kilometre course autonomously, without remote control, using multi-sensor fusion and real-time decision-making algorithms. A second Lightning unit, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The CEO of Europe’s most valuable startup gave his clearest IPO timeline yet in a Bloomberg interview, narrowing his December ‘two to three years’ estimate to ‘two years.’ It came as Revolut marked the biggest regulatory milestone in its history and filed for a US bank charter, both developments that make an eventual listing meaningfully […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The ASX-listed data centre operator is raising A$1.5 billion in a fully underwritten equity offering and expanding its hybrid securities programme by A$700 million, with La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec now committed to a total of A$1.7 billion. The raise will fund accelerated development of the S4 Western Sydney campus, where contracted […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Australia’s markets regulator has publicly confirmed it is watching the development of Anthropic’s Mythos model alongside peer regulators worldwide, adding to a rapidly expanding international regulatory response that began with the Bank of England, the US Federal Reserve, and the Treasury Department. ECB President Lagarde has warned no governance framework is yet in place. The […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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AI coding adoption is exploding. But most engineering leaders are still measuring usage instead of outcomes. That creates a costly blind spot. There is a question that nobody in the AI industry wants you to ask. Not OpenAI. Not Anthropic. Not Google. Not the dozens of startups selling AI coding agents to your engineering team. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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