Summary Rupert Goodwins argues that generative AI has created a new frontier — “grieftech” — that goes far beyond concerns about life and death. Current law and norms around the…
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ Summary AWS updated pricing for Kiro, its spec-driven AI IDE, and the changes have alarmed developers. Initial launch pricing looked…
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire Summary MIT’s NANDA initiative reports that US firms have poured an estimated $35–$40 billion into Generative AI efforts…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show Summary Researchers and academics argue that high accuracy claims for facial recognition are driven by laboratory-style benchmarks…
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Summary Microsoft has introduced a new COPILOT function for Excel that embeds generative AI directly into spreadsheet cells. Available to Microsoft 365…
China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk Summary Chinese state media reports that an AI model, described as a “homegrown open-source…
Grow a new Arm: UK advisory body wants investment in local AI chips Summary The UK Council for Science and Technology (CST) recommends the country focus on designing AI chips…
Uncle Sam asks industry if it has AI that’ll make procurement suck less Summary The US General Services Administration (GSA) published a Request for Information (RFI) asking industry for ideas…
To heck with export controls! Nvidia reportedly plotting cut-down B300 for Chinese market Summary Nvidia is reportedly developing a cut-down Blackwell GPU, codenamed the B30A, aimed at the Chinese market…
Vision AI models see optical illusions when none exist Summary Vision‑language models (VLMs) sometimes report optical illusions in images that humans perceive unambiguously. Replicating an experiment by Tomer Ullman, researchers…
