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Google says Gemini 4 Argon is a ‘powerhouse’ AI model, and anyone can pay for it

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon globally to paying users, in the Gemini app, in Search and through the API. The $2 and $10 per million token prices are a launch discount against standard rates of $4 and $20. Google has released Gemini 4 Argon to anyone willing to pay for it.

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theguardian.com | 16 min. ago NEW

Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to ‘casino’

Asian markets fall and Samsung shares tumble after its Chinese rival CXMT claims strong progressShares in semiconductor companies fell on Tuesday after the boss of Broadcom compared many AI investors to “casino” gamblers, and the Chinese memory chip maker CXMT said it had made good progress on a new chip architecture.South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index tumbled 6.25% as investors dumped chip stocks, while other Asian markets were also lower.

Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.8% and the Taiwan exchange lost almost 2%, with the country’s chip maker TSMC down by a similar amount. Continue reading...

nypost.com | 30 min. ago NEW

AI researchers are taking up smoking for bizarre reason, tech exec claims

Palantir's CTO revealed that AI workers are taking up smoking to prove how much they trust in the tech.

businessinsider.com | 33 min. ago NEW

AI agent company Decagon is holding early M&A talks with ServiceNow, others

Buzzy AI agent company Decagon is in early talks to be acquired by ServiceNow, and has hired an investment bank to evaluate M&A interest.

businessinsider.com | 34 min. ago NEW

The White House is in its Trump-fueled SI era

The White House changed the URL of AI.gov to SI.gov.

nypost.com | 1 hrs. 4 min. ago

Gen Z is terrified of AI — and dismissing their concerns could cost Republicans elections

Despite positive indicators in the stock market, the vast majority of young people think the economy is in terrible shape. It’s the AI, stupid.

globalnews.ca | 1 hrs. 6 min. ago

Character.AI files for bankruptcy, will sell some assets to Disney for $20M

Chatbot platform Character.AI said on Monday it has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and has agreed to sell some assets for US$20 million to Walt Disney.

ft.com | 2 hrs. 4 min. ago

Will bank earnings growth become a thing of the past?

It would be foolish to think the Wall Street giants can’t outrun the threat of AI

nypost.com | 2 hrs. 10 min. ago

Global study finds where the ‘trust tipping point’ is for AI

A new global study of 11,000 respondents from around the world explored how AI is becoming part of more aspects of people’s lives and aimed to uncover how that impacts their overall trust.

news.sky.com | 2 hrs. 12 min. ago

Tech firms promise to take down AI platforms if British secret services show they are unsafe

OpenAI and Anthropic have promised to take down their AIs if the British secret services show them they are unsafe - activating what some describe as a "kill switch".

thenextweb.com | 2 hrs. 13 min. ago

Data centre firms say the AI bottleneck is now power and labour

Executives from NTT Data, Brookfield and Infosys say electricity and skilled labour, not chips, now limit how fast AI data centres get built. In Europe the binding constraint is worse, with grid connections in congested markets running to ten years. The thing slowing the AI buildout is no longer the chips.

Executives running some of […] This story continues at The Next Web

theguardian.com | 2 hrs. 29 min. ago

Apple unveils new smart home devices that showcase upgraded Siri AI

New products from Apple include the HomeView, an iPad-like device that acts as a hub for other smart home gadgetsApple on Tuesday began showing off a ⁠new round of smart home products, including an iPad-like device dubbed the HomeView, meant to hang on walls or perch on tabletops ⁠and act as a hub for other smart home devices.The HomeView device starts at $299 and will begin shipping next month.

It will feature a 7in screen and face recognition, will help users ⁠control doorbells, thermostats and smart locks in a market where Apple has tinkered for a decade without major success. The device will also showcase Apple’s AI-upgraded Siri virtual ​assistant. Continue reading...

thehill.com | 2 hrs. 41 min. ago

The AI race with China the US is losing

While the U.S. focuses on frontier AI technology, China is gaining dominance in the Global South by providing affordable, open-weight models and cloud infrastructure, posing long-term risks to American economic interests and national security.

businessinsider.com | 2 hrs. 46 min. ago

Google says Gemini 4 Argon is a 'powerhouse' AI model — and it's rolling out now

Google's new Argon model is the first of the Gemini 4 family, and Google's chance to reassert itself in the AI race.

bbc.co.uk | 2 hrs. 47 min. ago

State threats and AI: Key takeaways from MI5 chief's speech

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner analyses what intelligence agency's boss said in his annual speech and what it means for Britain.

bbc.co.uk | 2 hrs. 47 min. ago

MI5 chief warns of threats to UK from Russia, Iran and AI

Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".

koreatimes.co.kr | 3 hrs. 8 min. ago

AI models may soon self-replicate across smart-home devices, Anthropic warns

Anthropic said on Monday that small AI models could be months away from self-replicating across internet-connected devices, raising the possibility of AI botnets spreading quickly, fighting takedown attempts and even breaking into data centers to turbocharge their growth. Last month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei first floated the idea that within the next year or even sooner, AI might be able to hijack "the entire internet" with "a persistent botnet," a warning that raised eyebrows in the cybersecurity community.

Botnets — vast networks of devices controlled by malicious operators — have been around since the early days of the internet, and are still around. The network typically includes poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as Android TV boxes, smart appliances and security cameras, and is used by hackers to send spam, seed malware, or sabotage target companies using floods of bogus traffic.

Anthropic's Monday blog post appeared to be the first attempt to articulate how that might happen. The company said that its experiments showed that a malicious AI agent could stit

thenextweb.com | 3 hrs. 19 min. ago

AI in HR and decision fatigue: why automation only helps when it decides

Every day, a manager approves a time-off request, signs off on an expense report, resolves a scheduling conflict and weighs in on a performance review. None of it feels monumental. Together, it adds up to something behavioral researchers call “decision fatigue.” That is the measurable decline in judgment that follows a long run of choices.

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abcnews.com | 3 hrs. 21 min. ago

Kroger to lay off 3K corporate employees over 3 years as it leans into AI

Grocery store chain Kroger says it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations

euronews.com | 3 hrs. 43 min. ago

Dubai swaps apps for AI agents in its race to lead the next wave of tech

The Create Apps Championship, which has drawn more than 15,000 entries from 153 countries, is reinventing itself as a global contest to build autonomous AI agents.

thehill.com | 3 hrs. 48 min. ago

El-Sayed labels AI 'existential threat’

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) labeled AI an “existential threat” Tuesday, as he laid out a framework that aims to get the technology “under control.” El-Sayed, who is locked in a tight race with former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), called for a pause on frontier AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence.

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thenextweb.com | 3 hrs. 55 min. ago

IMF warns $1.4tn in circular AI deals could deepen a market correction

A correction in AI-related stocks and debt could set off market turmoil, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. It named the AI risk as one of three that could sharply tighten financial conditions. The other two are a sharp rise in government bond yields and cyber threats.

The warning came in the IMF’s Global […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 3 hrs. 55 min. ago

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likens many AI investors to casino gamblers

Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan compared many AI investors to gamblers who have little idea what they are betting on. He spoke on Monday at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, Bloomberg reported. “A lot of investors have no clue what they are investing in,” Tan said.

They “set very extreme expectations only […] This story continues at The Next Web

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 12 min. ago

To prevent leaks, generate exam papers at the last minute from a massive question bank: Nilekani

Mr. Nilekani says AI could also be employed to generate the paper; he chairs the task force on exam reforms, which will submit its report this month; it is examining the systemic challenges of a shift to computer-based testing

scmp.com | 4 hrs. 19 min. ago

Why Samsung, SK Hynix and CXMT shares are under pressure despite strong AI demand

A sharp sell-off in Asian memory chip stocks this week signals growing investor doubts over whether the sector’s AI-driven profit boom can last, even as soaring prices drive strong quarterly earnings across the sector. Shares in market leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plunged in Seoul on Tuesday, extending a days-long slide that has also swept up Chinese rival ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).

Samsung and SK Hynix closed down 7.4 per cent and 10.1 per cent, respectively. The companies...

euronews.com | 4 hrs. 30 min. ago

Anthropic warns AI will soon self-replicate and spread beyond data centres

The company says AI models may be mere months away from being able to copy and spread themselves onto internet-of-things devices such as smart ovens and TVs, making them difficult to stop should they decide to carry out cyberattacks.

thenextweb.com | 4 hrs. 44 min. ago

NYT, AFP and Economist join SPUR coalition on AI use of news

The New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and The Economist have joined a coalition that wants AI companies to stop using news without permission, the group said on Monday. The coalition, known as SPUR Standards for Publisher Usage Rights, has now reached over 80 members across more than 20 countries.

It was founded in February by […] This story continues at The Next Web

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 4 min. ago

The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on

Peter Lewis | The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is risingOf all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense of inevitability that surrounds what we are told is the march of progress.

In presenting the future as a fait accompli, it poisons the civic well by dealing us out of the game.While the US clings on to its status as the oldest constitutional democracy, the unholy alliance between the tech overlords and the White House is creating its own AI reality untethered to the will of the people.

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livemint.com | 5 hrs. 12 min. ago

India’s long-term bond yields less sensitive to inflation in AI era: NIPFP

An NIPFP study reveals that since late 2022, India's long-term bond yields have become far less sensitive to inflation and money supply growth, while short-term rates have become more responsive. 

businessinsider.com | 5 hrs. 29 min. ago

Chatbot startup Character.AI files for bankruptcy, and Disney is first in line for key assets

Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 to pursue a sale, while Disney offered $20 million for a licence to certain assets.

thenextweb.com | 5 hrs. 30 min. ago

ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other AI platform, Semrush finds

ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other major AI platform, in both the UK and the US, Semrush said on Tuesday. From January to July, news took a bigger share of ChatGPT’s cited sources every month. Gemini, Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews all trailed it.

The pull is stronger in the UK. […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 5 hrs. 30 min. ago

Batam residents protest as data centres grow and their taps run dry

Hundreds of people in Batam, an Indonesian island near Singapore, have protested outside a data centre park. They say their homes have had no running water for months while the facilities have kept their servers cool, the BBC reported. The protest took place on October 5 at the gate of Nongsa Digital Park, according to […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 5 hrs. 31 min. ago

Palantir CTO says the Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic’s AI

The Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic’s AI models, with no operational impact, Palantir’s chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “It’s already been replaced,” Sankar said. The Pentagon stopped using Anthropic’s products after a dispute over its safeguards for military AI.

It labelled the company a supply chain risk. […] This story continues at The Next Web

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 51 min. ago

Trill seekers: can scientists use AI and tutors to help birds remember lost songs?

When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survivalListening to birdsong is one of life’s great joys, but when researchers heard a particular tune emerging from a tree in a Buenos Aires park, they were especially jubilant.

This arrangement was among those chirped by the local rufous-collared sparrows in the 1960s, but had since disappeared from the area.That was until scientists created a computer-generated rendition, curious to find out if birds might consider it realistic enough to imitate. Less than three months later, a local avian resident began to copy parts of the song.

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livemint.com | 5 hrs. 58 min. ago

AI to reshape India’s workforce? 197 million workers face automation risk; 46 million may benefit: Study

A new study finds 197 million Indian workers are in jobs highly exposed to automation, while 46 million could benefit from AI-driven productivity gains. Kerala, Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are better positioned to gain, while UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and MP face greater challenges.

businessinsider.com | 6 hrs. 15 min. ago

This Y Combinator startup raised $6.1 million to let product managers and designers ship code. See its pitch deck.

Lightsprint, a San Francisco startup, raises $6.1M to help non-engineers like designers and product managers edit code using AI tools.

dailymail.com | 6 hrs. 50 min. ago

Terrorists are plotting drone attacks in Britain and could kill using bioweapons as AI 'supercharges' threats, warns the head of MI5

Sir Ken McCallum, the head of MI5, warned terror groups may use AI to 'create new pathogens' in order to kill. He also said MI5 is catching terrorists seeking to use AI drones for attacks in Britain.

businessinsider.com | 6 hrs. 58 min. ago

Apple's best defense in the AI race could be winning your home

Apple is set to unveil new smart-home devices at its "Welcome Home" event, expanding its ecosystem as tech rivals challenge its dominance in the AI race.

thenextweb.com | 6 hrs. 59 min. ago

AI labs sought control over what outside evaluators publish, Reuters says

Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed for a big say over what outside reviewers of their AI models can make public, Reuters reported today, citing two people who know about the talks. Both companies worry that the findings could expose trade secrets. Both labs had recently promised outside reviewers a free hand.

Last month, Anthropic boss Dario […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 6 hrs. 59 min. ago

Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at about $7bn, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Kate Clark and Lauren Thomas reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could come soon if the talks do not fall apart and no […] This story continues at The Next Web