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EU takes a page from Ireland's AI playbook

The EU wants to catch up in the AI race by taking a cue from Ireland -- an early adopter of the technology which has rolled out the red carpet for data centres despite local backlash.

Croatia trials full driverless robotaxi service

A Croatian firm that launched Europe's first commercial robotaxi service earlier this year is now testing fully driverless rides in the capital, its chief executive told AFP Tuesday.

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Nvidia says to invest in French medical website

AI chip giant Nvidia will take a minority stake in French medical website Doctolib that plans to use the technology to improve health care, its chief executive Jensen Huang said Tuesday.

Digi Power X Announces $200 Million Debt Financing Commitment to Support Completion of Alabama AI Data Center and Provides Expansion Update

Financing supports Alabama campus completion; Company advances modular token factory expansion and development plans in New York

Meta says its new AI models on par with OpenAI, Anthropic

Meta on Monday unveiled two new "frontier" artificial intelligence models called Wonder and Wonder Full, which the company claims perform at a level comparable to that of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.

UK retains early access to test latest US AI models

Britain will retain early access to the latest artificial intelligence models for safety testing, the country's AI minister confirmed Monday, following reports that the White House had restricted the UK's access.

Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police

An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident.

Trump's 'super intelligence' rebrand to sell AI faces uphill battle

Donald Trump's campaign to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" is unlikely to win over a wary public and could make matters worse, experts say, even as the US president threatens to treat holdouts as enemies.

OpenAI says Iran, Russia influence ops busted

OpenAI on Thursday said it shut down two influence operations -- from Russia and Iran -- that used ChatGPT to push fake journalist personas and run a "think-tank" to covertly peddle anti-Ukraine propaganda.

Anthropic bans 'cruel' behavior against its Claude AI

Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.

Crew splashes down after 8-month mission on International Space Station

An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California.

Samsung expects 780% quarterly operating profit jump on AI boom

Samsung Electronics forecast Thursday a more than 780 percent leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.

Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop

Microsoft is pushing a "hybrid intelligence" future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday.

From 1800s to modern pharma: a Nobel-winning chemistry quest

Wednesday's Nobel chemistry prize crowned a series of advances that started in the 19th century and led to breakthroughs for modern pharmaceutical manufacturing.

HSBC 'consults' over UK unit job cuts amid AI adoption

HSBC said Wednesday consultations were underway, after the Financial Times reported that hundreds of jobs were at risk from the bank's adoption of artificial intelligence.

French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'

France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the mystery of why only one form of certain molecules appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

Physicist Francis Halzen has an impressively long list of academic accolades -- but every October, as the Nobel Prize rolled around, his failure to bag the biggest award of them all left him "miserable," he admits.

Neutrinos: space particles that change our view of universe

Miniscule but packed with energy, neutrinos charge to Earth from outer space, bringing valuable data on the cosmos, according to research that won this year's Nobel physics prize.

Nobel physics prize hails 'ghostly messengers' from space

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using Antarctic ice to capture particles originating in the distant cosmos, providing insight into the far reaches of space.

American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain

Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.

AI borrowing binge rattles US markets

The world's richest companies can no longer rely on their massive cash piles alone to stay in the artificial intelligence race and have suddenly started borrowing massively in a shift that is sending repercussions across the world.

Grappling with 'homework scams,' US universities shun AI detectors

Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments. But like many US universities, his institution is shunning AI detection software.

ComplianceQuest and Zolon PCS Selected to Modernize U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enterprise Quality Management System

ComplianceQuest's AI-powered Connected Quality, Risk and Compliance (QRC) platform to be delivered across FDA under Zolon PCS's five-year Cloud Quality Management System BPA

Norway eyes partial ban of smart glasses

Norway's government said Monday it wants a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in certain public places, citing privacy concerns, notably recording images without the knowledge of those filmed.

US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics

The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.

Zuckerberg skewered again on screen in 'The Social Reckoning'

Sixteen years after being portrayed as a power-hungry start-upper in "The Social Network" film, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set for another damning on-screen depiction, this time as a ruthless Silicon Valley overlord.

Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history

The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries.

Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.

Spy chief Clayton, the Trump loyalist tech bosses trust on AI

Jay Clayton, Donald Trump's pick for AI czar, is the nation's top spy, and a rare figure trusted by both the president and the tech bosses determined to keep the AI boom roaring.

Not-so-brave new world: virtual taekwondo makes Asian Games debut

Taekwondo dates back more than 2,000 years, but on Friday at the Asian Games the Korean martial art stepped into a not-so-brave future where nobody gets hurt: virtual taekwondo.

Four-member crew docks at International Space Station

Four new crew members for the International Space Station docked Thursday at the orbiting laboratory where they will stay for approximately six months.

Four-member crew blasts off for International Space Station

Four new crew members for the International Space Station blasted off Thursday for the orbital laboratory where they will stay for approximately six months.

Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

In a soggy field between Amsterdam and The Hague, farmer Sander Roeleveld ploughs a small white combine harvester into his crops, gathering a grain never before harvested in the Netherlands: rice.

UK fears grow over AI giant Palantir's health service deal

The UK government is facing mounting pressure to end a £330-million contract between the National Health Service and AI giant Palantir, as doctors, lawmakers and campaigners warn of ethical risks.

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