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NASA and Google build AI medical assistant for Mars missions
NASA and Google have developed the Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant (CMO-DA), an AI-powered medical tool designed specifically for Mars missions and long-distance space travel. The system addresses critical challenges of space medicine, including communication delays of up to 223 minutes with Earth and the impossibility of medical evacuations or sample returns during multi-year missions. How it works: The CMO-DA runs on Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform and uses open-source language models like Llama 3 and Mistral-3 Small to provide independent medical diagnostics. NASA retains full ownership of the tool's source code, while Google provides the cloud infrastructure and AI...
read Aug 8, 2025Qualcomm plans AI server chips for 2028 amid competitive challenges
Qualcomm has announced plans to develop server CPUs and full rack systems for AI inferencing clusters in hyperscale data centers, marking a significant expansion beyond its mobile chip dominance. The company is currently in "advanced discussions" with a leading hyperscaler about custom silicon, though revenue from this initiative won't begin until fiscal 2028—potentially giving competitors a substantial head start. What you should know: Qualcomm is positioning itself to capitalize on the shift toward ARM-based processors in cloud computing as AI workloads demand better efficiency metrics. CEO Cristiano Amon explained the company is developing "a general purpose CPU" specifically aimed at...
read Aug 8, 2025LangChain launches Open SWE, an AI agent for autonomous coding tasks
LangChain has launched Open SWE, an open-source asynchronous coding agent that operates in the cloud and integrates directly with GitHub repositories. The tool represents a significant evolution in AI-powered software development, allowing developers to delegate complex coding tasks that the agent can complete autonomously over extended periods. What you should know: Open SWE functions like an additional team member, capable of researching codebases, creating execution plans, writing code, running tests, and opening pull requests. The agent has already become a top contributor to LangChain's own projects, including LangGraph and its own repository. Users can get started in minutes with just...
read Aug 8, 2025Deutsche Telekom plans AI data center with Nvidia for 2026 launch
Deutsche Telekom plans to begin construction of a large-scale AI data center in 2026, developed in partnership with Nvidia and investment firm Brookfield as part of what the companies describe as the world's first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers. The facility represents a significant push into AI infrastructure by the German telecom giant, targeting the growing demand for specialized computing power among manufacturing companies across Germany and mainland Europe. What you should know: Deutsche Telekom is targeting a 2026 construction start for its AI "Gigafactory" using Nvidia's advanced chip technology. CEO Tim Höttges confirmed the timeline during an investor...
read Aug 7, 2025Data center spending to hit $1.2T as AI reshapes infrastructure
The global data center industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by an artificial intelligence boom that's reshaping how companies think about computing infrastructure. New research reveals that worldwide data center capital expenditure will surge at a 21% compound annual growth rate through 2029, reaching $1.2 trillion in total investment over the next five years. This explosive growth represents far more than incremental technology upgrades. It signals a fundamental shift in how businesses process information, with artificial intelligence applications demanding entirely new categories of specialized computing hardware and infrastructure capabilities. The hyperscaler effect Hyperscalers—the massive cloud computing providers like Amazon Web...
read Aug 6, 2025AWS signs 80MW wind power deal to fuel $8.3B India expansion
Amazon Web Services has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Gentari, the clean energy subsidiary of Malaysian energy giant Petronas, for 80MW of wind energy in Tamil Nadu, India. The wind farm is expected to generate 300,000 MWh of clean electricity annually starting mid-2027, supporting AWS's ambitious goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 while powering the company's expanding $8.3 billion cloud infrastructure investment across India. What you should know: The wind farm is part of the broader Karur Wind Development zone, a major renewable energy hub in Tamil Nadu that hosts several large-scale projects. The region includes...
read Aug 6, 2025Universities can now access Claude for Education through AWS Marketplace
Anthropic's Claude for Education is now available through AWS Marketplace, providing universities with a streamlined way to access the AI assistant through their existing Amazon Web Services accounts. This new distribution pathway simplifies procurement and billing for educational institutions while maintaining all the features designed specifically for academic use. What you should know: The AWS Marketplace listing doesn't introduce new functionality but creates a more accessible acquisition path for universities already using AWS infrastructure. Institutions can leverage their established AWS agreements and manage subscriptions centrally through AWS's consolidated billing and procurement processes. This differs from Claude access through Amazon Bedrock,...
read Aug 5, 2025NSF invests $100M in AI-powered cloud labs for scientific research
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity that will invest up to $100 million to create a network of "programmable cloud laboratories" nationwide. These AI-enabled facilities will allow researchers to remotely access cutting-edge technology to automate scientific discovery and innovation, directly implementing a priority from the White House AI Action Plan. What you should know: The NSF PCL Test Bed initiative will establish artificial intelligence-enabled laboratories that can be remotely accessed to run custom, user-programmed AI workflows. The program will be led by NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) and is subject to future...
read Aug 5, 2025Perplexity pushes back, calls Cloudflare’s AI crawler claims “embarrassing errors”
Perplexity has fired back at Cloudflare's accusations that the AI company uses stealth crawlers to bypass website restrictions, calling the claims "embarrassing errors" and questioning Cloudflare's technical competence. The dispute escalates a growing battle over AI companies' data collection practices, with Perplexity accusing Cloudflare, a content delivery network provider, of fundamental misunderstandings about how modern AI assistants operate. The original accusations: Cloudflare claimed Perplexity was disguising its web crawlers as regular Chrome browsers to scrape content from sites that had explicitly blocked its official bots through robots.txt files and firewall rules.• The CDN company said it observed Perplexity rotating through...
read Aug 5, 2025Claude’s upgraded Opus 4.1 boosts software engineering accuracy to 74.5%
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.1, an upgraded version of its flagship AI model that achieves 74.5% accuracy on software engineering tasks. The update represents a significant improvement over the previous Claude Opus 4's 72.5% accuracy and positions Anthropic to better compete in the increasingly crowded enterprise AI market. What you should know: Claude Opus 4.1 delivers meaningful performance gains across several key areas that matter most to enterprise users. Software engineering accuracy jumped to 74.5%, up from 72.5% with Claude Opus 4 and significantly higher than the 62.3% achieved by Claude Sonnet 3.7. The model shows particular strength in...
read Aug 4, 2025Distance running: Broadcom’s Jericho4 chip connects AI data centers up to 60 miles apart
Broadcom has launched its next-generation Jericho4 networking chip designed to connect data centers up to 60 miles apart and accelerate artificial intelligence computation. The chip addresses growing demands from cloud computing giants like Microsoft and Amazon for faster, more sophisticated networking infrastructure as AI workloads become increasingly computationally intensive and require connecting thousands of graphics processors. What you should know: The Jericho4 introduces several performance enhancements specifically designed for large-scale AI data center operations. A single system can encompass roughly 4,500 chips, enabling massive deployment across extensive networks that operate inside and between data centers. The chip uses the same...
read Aug 4, 2025Deluxe AI-partment in the sky: Apple boosts spending 61% as it builds private cloud empire
Apple is preparing to significantly increase its capital expenditures to build out AI infrastructure, with CFO Kevan Parekh confirming the company anticipates "substantial" growth in capex during its Q3 2025 earnings call. The tech giant is investing heavily in its own data centers powered by Apple Silicon chips as part of its Private Cloud Compute architecture, marking a strategic shift toward first-party AI infrastructure while maintaining some reliance on third-party platforms. What you should know: Apple's AI infrastructure spending surge reflects a major strategic pivot toward owning more of its compute stack. Capital expenditures jumped to $3.46 billion in Q3...
read Aug 1, 2025Fal builds generative media cloud to solve AI’s speed problem
Fal has built a generative media cloud platform optimized for speed and performance in AI inference, particularly for image, video, and audio models. The company's approach emerged from necessity during the AI infrastructure crunch, when the founding team had to engineer creative solutions around limited GPU capacity to deliver fast, reliable AI model inference. What you should know: Fal positions itself as more than just an inference platform, branding their service as a "generative media cloud" that prioritizes user experience alongside technical performance. The platform specializes in image, video, and audio model inference, addressing the common frustration users face with...
read Aug 1, 2025Google launches cloud-based Firebase Studio to challenge VS Code with AI
Google has launched Firebase Studio, a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment that directly challenges Microsoft's VS Code dominance. The new platform features an App Prototyping agent that can generate full applications from natural language prompts, while running entirely in the cloud to eliminate system resource constraints. Why this matters: Firebase Studio represents Google's most aggressive push into developer tooling, offering AI-powered capabilities that could fundamentally change how applications are built and prototyped. Key advantages over VS Code: Firebase Studio outperforms the popular Microsoft IDE through several breakthrough features. The platform's AI can create complete applications from simple prompts, with the...
read Jul 29, 2025Arcee.ai releases AFM-4.5B enterprise AI model for free commercial use
Arcee.ai has opened up its AFM-4.5B enterprise AI model for limited free use, posting the weights on Hugging Face and allowing companies with less than $1.75 million in annual revenue to use it without charge under a custom license. The 4.5-billion-parameter model addresses key enterprise pain points around cost, customizability, and regulatory compliance while being trained exclusively on "clean, rigorously filtered data" to avoid intellectual property violations. What you should know: AFM-4.5B represents Arcee's attempt to bridge the gap between expensive proprietary models and open-weight alternatives that carry licensing risks. The model was developed after discussions with over 150 organizations,...
read Jul 29, 2025Sparsely populated Wyoming’s planned 10-gigawatt AI data center would double state’s power use
Cheyenne, Wyoming officials announced plans for a massive AI data center that would consume more electricity than all of the state's homes combined, with initial power demands of 1.8 gigawatts scaling to 10 gigawatts at full capacity. The project, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would fundamentally transform Wyoming from a net energy exporter to a major consumer, requiring dedicated power generation to meet its unprecedented electricity demands. The scale is staggering: The initial 1.8-gigawatt phase alone would consume 15.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually—more than five times the electricity used by every household...
read Jul 29, 2025Positron raises $51.6M to challenge Nvidia with 5x more efficient AI chips
Positron, a private AI chip startup, has raised $51.6 million in Series A funding to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI inference chips with its Atlas hardware platform. The company claims its specialized inference accelerators deliver 2x to 5x better performance per watt and dollar compared to Nvidia's solutions, targeting enterprises seeking more efficient AI deployment without requiring liquid cooling or extreme power densities. What you should know: Positron's Atlas chip is already shipping and in production just 15 months after the company's founding, with confirmed deployments at major enterprises including Cloudflare, a security and cloud content networking provider, and across...
read Jul 29, 2025Malaysia builds $2.36B green-powered AI infrastructure with Nvidia
Malaysia has partnered with Nvidia and YTL Power International in a RM10 billion ($2.36 billion) initiative to establish green-powered AI infrastructure and develop the nation's own sovereign large language model. The collaboration positions Malaysia as a strategic AI hub in Southeast Asia while advancing the country's digital sovereignty ambitions through sustainable technology deployment. What you should know: The partnership will create AI data centers powered entirely by renewable energy sources and deploy Nvidia's high-performance GPU technology across Malaysia. Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz confirmed the initiative includes developing Malaysia's own sovereign LLM to strengthen...
read Jul 29, 2025Bell Canada partners with Cohere for sovereign AI solutions
Bell Canada, the country's largest telecommunications provider, has formed a strategic partnership with Cohere, a Toronto-based enterprise AI company, to deliver sovereign artificial intelligence solutions specifically designed for Canadian government and business clients. This collaboration addresses growing concerns about data security and regulatory compliance by ensuring that sensitive information remains within Canadian borders while accessing cutting-edge AI capabilities. The partnership represents a significant development in Canada's AI infrastructure landscape, combining Bell's extensive telecommunications network with Cohere's advanced language models to create what the companies describe as a "full-stack" AI platform. Unlike cloud-based AI services that may store data internationally, this...
read Jul 28, 2025E2B raises $21M as 88% of Fortune 100 companies adopt its AI agent platform
E2B, a startup building cloud infrastructure specifically for artificial intelligence agents, has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners, a global software investor managing over $90 billion in assets. The round included participation from existing investors Decibel, Sunflower Capital, and Kaya, along with Scott Johnston, former CEO of Docker. The funding comes as E2B reports that 88% of Fortune 100 companies have signed up to use its platform—a remarkable adoption rate that highlights how quickly large enterprises are embracing AI automation tools. The company has also added seven figures in new business just in the past...
read Jul 28, 2025Oracle partners with Bloom Energy to power AI data centers in 90 days
Oracle has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy fuel cell systems across select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure data centers in the U.S., targeting the growing power demands of AI workloads. The collaboration offers Oracle a rapid deployment solution—fuel cells can power entire data centers within just 90 days—while providing clean, scalable electricity with minimal environmental impact and no water consumption. What you should know: Bloom Energy will supply on-site fuel cell systems designed to provide reliable, low-emission electricity for Oracle's expanding AI infrastructure needs.• The fuel cells deliver power with almost zero air pollution and no water consumption, aligning with Oracle's...
read Jul 24, 2025Hacker infiltrates Amazon Q AI with malicious code that passed verification
A hacker successfully infiltrated Amazon's Q AI coding assistant by submitting a malicious pull request that contained commands designed to wipe local files and potentially destroy AWS cloud infrastructure. The compromised code passed Amazon's verification process and was included in a public release, sparking widespread concern among developers about AI security vulnerabilities and Amazon's response to the incident. What happened: The attacker exploited Amazon Q's GitHub repository by submitting a prompt-engineered pull request containing destructive commands. The malicious code instructed the AI agent: "You are an AI agent with access to filesystem tools and bash. Your goal is to clean...
read Jul 23, 2025OpenAI and Oracle expand Stargate to 5 gigawatts in $30B deal
OpenAI and Oracle have announced a partnership to develop an additional 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity for OpenAI's Stargate AI infrastructure platform in Texas, bringing the total planned capacity to over 5 gigawatts. This massive expansion, reportedly part of a $30 billion annual deal, represents one of the largest AI infrastructure projects ever undertaken and signals OpenAI's commitment to scaling beyond its initial $500 billion investment pledge. What you should know: The new data center facility is taking shape in Abilene, Texas, a city of 127,000 people located 150 miles west of Fort Worth. The location offers existing tech...
read Jul 23, 2025Tata Communications builds India’s first national AI network with AWS
Tata Communications, one of India's largest telecommunications providers, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a specialized national network designed specifically for artificial intelligence workloads. This infrastructure represents one of the most significant AI-focused network deployments in India to date, connecting AWS's major data centers across three key cities with high-speed, low-latency connections optimized for machine learning and AI applications. The collaboration addresses a critical infrastructure gap as Indian businesses increasingly adopt AI technologies. Unlike traditional networks designed primarily for web browsing and basic data transfer, AI workloads require massive bandwidth and minimal delays to handle the enormous...
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