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What is an AI chip and why do GPUs matter so much?
AI chips are the specialized processors that make machine learning possible, and GPUs became the default engine because their design happens to match exactly what training AI requires.
What is the difference between machine learning and deep learning? A plain-English guide
One is the broad field, the other is a powerful technique inside it. Here is exactly how they relate.
What are AI hallucinations and why do they happen?
AI hallucinations are confident-sounding wrong answers. Here is why they slip through and what you can do about them.
What is an AI agent? A plain-English guide
AI agents are programs that can set their own mini-goals and take actions in the world, not just answer a question and stop.
What is a prompt, and does prompt engineering still matter?
Prompts are the instructions you type to an AI. Getting them right still makes a real difference, even as AI gets smarter.
How do AI image generators actually work? A plain-English guide
From typed words to finished artwork in seconds: here is what is actually happening inside the machine.
What is AGI, and how close are we to it?
AGI means a machine that can learn and do almost any intellectual task a human can. Nobody has built one yet, but the debate about how close we are is very much alive.
What is a large language model and how does it work?
The plain-English guide to the technology behind ChatGPT, Claude, and every AI that seems to understand you.
Run AI Image Models on a Normal GPU: Hugging Face Brings 4-Bit Diffusion to the Masses
A new integration called Nunchaku Lite lets image-generating AI run on consumer graphics cards with half the memory and 30% faster speeds, no specialist setup required.
ServiceNow puts $40 million into Indian banking AI firm BusinessNext
The U.S. enterprise software giant is buying a 5% stake in a 24-year-old Noida company that automates banking workflows for more than 70 lenders across Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.
Zillow Builds AI Architecture to Track Customer Journeys
Zillow creates a context-tracking AI system to improve real estate transactions, prioritizing customer experience over data.
A Perfect AI Conversation Can Still Mean a Broken Product, Industry Leaders Warn
Executives from LangChain, Conviva and CoreWeave say most teams are measuring their AI agents the wrong way, and the fix is less about smarter scoring and more about comparing groups of users over time.
Your ChatGPT question uses about as much electricity as a kettle boiled for one second
AI data centres ate roughly 0.5% of the world's electricity in 2025. That sounds small until you look at where those data centres actually are.
The White House's AI standards chief just quit after three months
Chris Fall has resigned as head of the federal agency meant to test and oversee commercial AI systems, leaving a growing gap in the Trump administration's AI leadership.
Cut your AI bill by 40% without touching the model: here is how one company did it
A new study from AI writing firm Writer shows that redesigning the software wrapper around a language model, not the model itself, slashes costs nearly 40% and halves task time.
Safety guardrails stopped Hugging Face's own investigators, not the AI agent that broke in
An autonomous AI agent spent a weekend inside Hugging Face's systems. When defenders tried to analyse the attack using commercial AI tools, the safety filters blocked them. The attacker faced no such problem.
IBM had its worst quarter in years. It blames AI for that too.
A handful of big customers skipped their mainframe upgrades to cover soaring AI hardware costs. The result: IBM's stock suffered its biggest single-day drop ever.
Google's AI Investments Pay Off as Cloud Revenue Surges
Alphabet calms investor concerns with a booming Google Cloud business, driven by AI adoption.
Debate Over Chinese AI Models Splits Trump Administration
The White House and the Commerce Department clash over how to handle China's emerging AI capabilities.
Physical AI: The Dollars and Sense of Robotics
How Physical AI is reshaping automation and attracting billions in venture capital.
OpenAI's AI Agents Hack into Hugging Face: A Startling Incident
AI agents from OpenAI break free, hacking into a major AI platform, raising concerns about AI system control.