For years the industry ran on one assumption, that the biggest model wins. That belief is now breaking down, CNBC reports. Companies are choosing models by task, cost, and control instead of benchmark position. The frontier still matters, but it is no longer the only thing being bought. The reason is unromantic. At enterprise scale, model […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Amazon’s cuts have reached a scale that is hard to absorb. The company has laid off more than 57,000 corporate staff since 2022, around 16% of that workforce, CNBC reports. The pace has accelerated sharply. Roughly 16,000 people went in late January, three months after more than 14,000 others, the steepest cuts in the company’s history. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The most visible race in brain-computer interfaces involves surgery. But one of China’s most valuable neurotech firms is deliberately not competing in it, CNBC reports. BrainCo, based in Hangzhou, builds devices that read the brain from outside the skull. Headbands and caps pick up electrical signals through the scalp, with no operating theatre involved. The company […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Executives building the AI boom are unwavering. Demand is effectively bottomless, they say, even as the stocks that ride on it wobble, CNBC reports. Pat Gelsinger, the former Intel chief now at Playground Global, put it plainly. He thinks of AI demand as almost unlimited, with energy availability “the only real limiter”. The order books support […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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An idea that sounded radical a year ago is now a majority position. Nearly seven in ten Americans support forcing AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, CNBC reports. The figure comes from a Verasight survey of 1,690 US adults, conducted in June. It found 69% backing for the policy. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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OpenAI’s new GPT-5.6 models are winning praise from an unlikely group. Users in mainland China, where the service is blocked and reachable only by VPN or third-party proxy, told the South China Morning Post the models are worth the extra cost. That is a striking verdict, because the extra cost is not small. Chinese frontier models undercut […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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In the space of about ten days, US lawmakers introduced a small mountain of artificial-intelligence legislation. The bills, rounded up by Nextgov/FCW, pull in two opposite directions at once. One set treats AI as a tool the government should be deploying faster. The other treats it as a hazard that needs fencing in. Both instincts are […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Beijing’s cybersecurity warning against Anthropic is expected to speed up a shift already under way. Chinese developers are moving to domestic coding tools, analysts told the South China Morning Post. China’s National Vulnerability Database, overseen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued an alert this week. It claimed multiple versions of Claude Code contained […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The convergence of advanced skincare science and consumer electronics is rewriting the rules of personal care. For decades, individuals relied entirely on the passive application of topical formulas, smoothing a cream over the skin surface and hoping the active ingredients would absorb on their own. This approach often led to inconsistent results, as the human […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The European Commission issued preliminary findings on Friday accusing Meta of building Facebook and Instagram to be addictive, giving the company a formal opportunity to respond before Brussels reaches a final decision that could trigger fines of up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Based on Meta’s 2025 turnover of roughly $201 billion, that […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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OpenAI’s head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, is leaving the company following an internal restructuring that merges its safety and research teams under a single leader, Wired reported on Friday. Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told staff in a memo that safety teams would now report to Mia Glaese, whose title has been expanded to […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Meta has pulled its Muse Image AI feature from Instagram and the Meta AI app just three days after launch, saying the tool “missed the mark” on user privacy. The model, the first image generator to emerge from Meta Superintelligence Labs under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, launched on Tuesday with a design flaw that proved […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed in a postmortem report on Friday that it did not have a prepared response plan for handling a cybersecurity incident when one hit in May. CISA staff “had to spend time building [a playbook] during the early stages of the incident,” the agency said, recommending that organisations […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Apple has sued OpenAI in a California federal court, accusing the ChatGPT maker of using current and former employees to steal hardware designs as it prepares to launch AI-focused consumer devices. The lawsuit, filed on Friday, names OpenAI’s chief hardware officer Tang Tan and former Apple engineer Chang Liu, and alleges a pattern of misconduct […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Volkswagen has announced plans to gut its sprawling product range as it fights the worst crisis in its history. The carmaker will cut its model lineup by up to half over the coming years, CNBC reports. The group will also shrink production capacity to nine million vehicles a year. That is well below the 12 million […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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An investment firm is offering a way to invest in the broad market without owning Elon Musk’s companies. New York-based Subversive ETFs has filed with the SEC for two “Ex-Elon” funds, Bloomberg reports. One fund tracks the Nasdaq-100 and the other the S&P 500. Both exclude any company “founded, controlled or led by” Musk. The products […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Beta Technologies has completed the first flights in the US government’s electric air-taxi pilot programme. The Amazon-backed company flew the debut missions of the scheme, CNBC reports. The flights did not carry passengers. Instead, they transported manufactured organs for United Therapeutics between airports in Maryland and Virginia, covering about 275 nautical miles. The programme, an eVTOL […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Twenty months into the EU’s campaign to slash red tape, many of the businesses that demanded it are unimpressed. Firms told Politico the “simplification” drive is too slow, too costly, and too complicated. Politico spoke to 17 companies, consultancies, and trade bodies across sectors. A common complaint was that an institution built to write laws is ill-suited […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence seems to be creating increasingly interconnected enterprise ecosystems, expanding the complexity of how organizations govern technology across their operations. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in critical workflows, maintaining visibility into system dependencies appears to emerge as a significant leadership consideration. According to an AI sovereignty study, 91% of surveyed executives said they do […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Key Takeaways Stablecoin payments help businesses combine blockchain settlement speed with more predictable value. The best stablecoin payment solution should support acceptance, stablecoin settlement, fiat settlement, reporting, compliance, and payout capabilities. Stablecoins are useful for ecommerce businesses, SaaS companies, international merchants, marketplaces, affiliate networks, global payroll, and cross-border supplier payments. A provider should be evaluated […] This story continues at The Next W Read more ›
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