Artificial Intelligence

EU sets AI compliance rules for high-risk and foundation models

Under the AI Act, firms must evaluate their models, test for potential threats, report serious incidents, and ensure cybersecurity protections

New ChatGPT agent can book, search, and plan across apps

The agent uses a virtual computer and can work with tools that browse the web and access user-connected apps like Gmail and GitHub

Microsoft trains AI on past data to aid nuclear licensing process

The project uses AI to generate engineering and safety reports needed for construction permits and operating licenses

Meta to spend hundreds of billions on AI data centers

Zuckerberg says the company’s advertising business provides the financial strength needed to support this investment

Google expands Veo 3 AI video tool access to Pakistan and 150+ countries

Photo-to-video feature enables users to create sound-enabled clips from images

Tesla vehicles to get Grok AI assistant next week, says Musk

Grok is expected to function as a voice assistant, helping with tasks such as navigation, adjusting car settings, and answering user questions

AI slows down experienced software developers in familiar tasks, study finds

Developers expected AI tools to reduce task time by 24%, but study shows a 19% increase in completion time; developers still estimated a 20% reduction despite the slowdown

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

The browser aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web

U.S. agencies evaluate censorship in Chinese language models

Agencies use standard questions in Chinese and English to assess how closely AI model responses follow Beijing’s talking points

Perplexity launches AI powered Comet browser to challenge Google Chrome

Comet allows users to ask questions, perform tasks, and conduct research through a single interface

Grok removes posts after backlash over antisemitic content

Grok says in a statement that it was aware of the recent posts and was actively removing the inappropriate content

Google focuses AI spending on technical infrastructure

The company believes it is more important to invest now than to risk falling behind, says head of AI and emerging tech policy

IBM launches new Power11 chips to support AI in data centers

Power11 systems offer reliability and security, with no planned update downtime and 30 seconds of unplanned downtime per year

Huawei denies claims that its Pangu Pro Moe model copied Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5

Alibaba’s Qwen focuses on consumer applications like chatbots, while Huawei’s Pangu models serve government, finance, and manufacturing

EU delays AI code of practice rollout to end of 2025

The delay comes as tech firms and several EU governments ask for more time to adjust to the upcoming regulations