Software is Mostly All You Need

Robust AI architectures avoid neural networks at runtime, using them at buildtime instead.

Former Google engineer found guilty of stealing AI secrets for Chinese firms

AI use in breast cancer screening cuts rate of later diagnosis by 12%, study finds

Swedish study of 100,000 women found higher rate of early detection, suggesting potential to support radiologists

My AI companions and me: Exploring the world of empathetic bots

George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.

The iPhone 17 is easing Wall Street’s concerns about Apple’s AI troubles

As Big Tech battles for dominance in artificial intelligence, Apple is flying high on the success of the iPhone.

It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers

The US is now developing more gas power than China.

Reading the 2026 IT Landscape (Part 2): Insights from Japan’s Top IT Leaders

As we look ahead to 2026, corporate IT strategies are entering a decisive phase. Generative AI is no longer an experimental tool; it is becoming the backbone of business processes. At the same time, cybersecurity threats are growing more sophisticated, and the value of enterprise data is being redefined.

Tech stocks fall on AI spending jitters

Microsoft shares fell 10%, the company’s biggest single-day plunge since March 2020.

Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter

Yet another record-breaking earnings report for Apple.

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?

Anthropic's latest paper on "user disempowerment" has some troubling findings.

Unable to Stop AI, SAG-AFTRA Mulls a Studio Tax on Digital Performers

SAG-AFTRA is considering whether to seek a contribution to a union fund every time a studio uses a synthetic performer in a film or TV show.

The Hallucination Defense

Why logs make 'The AI Did It' the perfect excuse

US tech stocks slide after Microsoft’s AI spending unnerves investors

Nasdaq falls more than 2% while S&P 500 weakens by 1.2%

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra.

AI Changes Global Landscape, Rubenstein Hosts Schmidt and Ucuzoglu

AI is reshaping economy and work; experts urge building agents; humans’ domain context remains crucial.

Apple’s new acquisition could solve my biggest AI problem

Apple has acquired Q.ai in a deal estimated around $2 billion, and I’m getting very excited for the future of Apple’s AI and Siri offerings.

Optimism Wanes as AI Risks Take Center Stage

Optimism among The Information’s readers about the tech industry’s near-term outlook has fallen to its lowest level since President Donald Trump’s tariffs spooked markets last April, according to our latest monthly subscriber survey. This month, 38% of readers said conditions would worsen in the ...

Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’

“Siri, read my lips.”

How AMD Is Moving From Assistive AI To Autonomous Operations

AMD CIO Hasmukh Ranjan explains how data strategy, digital twins, and autonomous systems are reshaping enterprise AI at scale.

DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos

Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it.

A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI

As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic the human brain.

It’s People All The Way Down

Nope, not turtles. Not AI surfaces. Not AI agents. Not multi-agent autonomous orchestration gobbledygook. Just people. Without a person at the end of the chain, it’s just machinery. (That is, unless the machinery breaks things in the real world and flights are grounded, bank transactions disappear, or cars start driving into each other.) That there […]

AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment

Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?