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Planned London datacentre would emit more carbon per year than 27,000 transatlantic flights
Planning documents for a vast AI data facility on London's green belt show annual emissions topping one million tonnes of CO2, raising serious questions about whether AI infrastructure can ever be squared with net-zero commitments.
The NHS Region That Built Its Own Data Platform and Is Saying No to Palantir
Greater Manchester runs its own health data system and says it works better than the $400 million national deal. That claim is now shaping a decision the UK government must make by February.
Un modello di AI con 27 miliardi di parametri che puoi eseguire da casa ha eguagliato i rivali basati su cloud nei test di coding
Il Qwen3.8-27B di Alibaba è gratuito da scaricare, si adatta a un laptop di fascia alta, e ha ottenuto risultati pari ai modelli mid-tier di OpenAI e Anthropic in benchmark indipendenti. Gli sviluppatori lo descrivono come il segnale più chiaro finora che l'AI di livello frontier si sta spostando dal cloud all'hardware personale.
AI Training Data Startup Micro1 Hit $500 Million Gross Run Rate in Eight Months
Demand for human-verified AI training data is minting fast-growing startups. Micro1's revenue explosion shows the market is big enough for several players, and the ethical debates are heating up too.
A £5 Million AI Trial Wants to Stop Planes Drawing Heat-Trapping Lines Across the Sky
Google, the UK government and air traffic controllers are teaming up to test whether artificial intelligence can predict where contrails form, then quietly steer planes around them.
Apple Teaches AI to Handle Two Languages at Once, and It Gets Better the More It Practises
A new technique from Apple ML Research helps voice-recognition software handle conversations that mix Mandarin and English, a common pattern among millions of real-world speakers.
OpenAI is closing the gap on Anthropic among US business customers
New spending data from 70,000 American companies shows Anthropic still leads, but OpenAI is growing faster right now. The real story is how quickly businesses are willing to switch.
ChatGPT Can Now Read, Send, and Delete Your Apple Messages
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT draft texts, search your message history, and hit send on your behalf. Handy? Yes. Worth a close look at the privacy small print? Also yes.
Google Discover Is Getting an AI Chat Box So You Can Just Tell It What You Want
A new chatbot-style panel in the Google app will let you describe your ideal feed in plain English, and Google's AI will adjust it on the spot.
Wait, are we actually cooling AI data centres with pee? Sort of, yes
A cheeky beer advert starring Jason Kelce accidentally landed on a real solution to one of AI's biggest environmental problems. Here is what the science actually says.
Why Silicon Valley Still Does Not Understand the AI Backlash
More than half of Americans under 30 are more worried than excited about AI. Tech CEOs are diagnosing the wrong problem, and ordinary people are starting to notice.
Google Lets Publishers Add a 'Favourite Source' Button to Fight AI Search Traffic Losses
A new embeddable button lets readers tell Google which news sites they trust, nudging the algorithm to show those sites more often in Search, Discover, and Google News.
Runlayer and Rippling Drop Lawsuits Over AI Gateway Conflict
Runlayer and Rippling ended their legal battle over AI gateway technology without a settlement, highlighting challenges in the fast-paced AI industry.
This $120 Smart Display Wants to Run Your Whole Household, Not Just Your Calendar
Linkdaze is a touchscreen wall tablet that pulls together every family member's schedule, plans meals from a photo, and skips the monthly subscription fee its rivals charge.
Una Sedia a Rotelle Motorizzata che Ti Nutre, Apre le Porte e Impara da Altre Sedie
Una piccola startup californiana sta ricostruendo la sedia a rotelle motorizzata da zero, aggiungendo un braccio robotico e software basato su intelligenza artificiale. L'obiettivo: restituire a milioni di utenti le attività quotidiane che non riescono a svolgere da soli.
Grok Is Sending Users Word Salad Instead of Answers
A bug in xAI's Grok chatbot is filling some users' screens with meaningless strings of words. Here is what is happening, who is affected, and what to do if it hits you.
One in three web pages published since ChatGPT launched now shows signs of AI authorship
A Pew Research study of nearly half a million web pages found that 35% of those published after November 2022 carry signs of AI writing. Meanwhile, bots are also doing most of the browsing.
Liquid AI's New Draft Models Make Its LFMs Up to 3.2x Faster, No Quality Trade-off
A technique called speculative decoding lets a small helper model do the heavy lifting so the main model just checks the work. The result: dramatically faster output on everything from a data-centre GPU to a MacBook.
Ramp Launches 'Router': A Service That Lets You Switch Between AI Models in One Place
The corporate expense software company is now selling access to AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek and others through a single service, free for now, with a $26 credit to start.
La startup di fusione riduce la produzione di pellet di carburante da giorni a minuti
Inertia Enterprises sostiene di poter ora realizzare le minuscole capsule di carburante al cuore della sua centrale di fusione nucleare in due o tre ore, rispetto a una settimana o più. L'accelerazione risolve silenziosamente uno dei problemi di produzione più difficili che si frappongono tra l'energia da fusione e la rete elettrica.
The 'AI Consciousness' Debate Is a Legal Escape Hatch for Big Tech
When AI companies hint their systems might be sentient, they may be building a case to dodge responsibility for real-world harms. Here is why that matters for everyone, not just lawyers.