AI chip giant releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning under open-weight licence, as it reportedly works on large-scale challenger with 1 trillion parameters
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French Press Group Challenges Google Over AI Summaries
Press trade body calls on competition regulator to take action after Google introduces AI Overviews in France, amid EU probe
Letting Agents Hit By AI-Generated Complaints
Most tenants’ complaints now lengthy, legally complex, at times citing legislation inaccurately, say letting agents
AI Token Prices Fall To Annual Low
Average token prices for AI inference fall to low for the year to date, amid release of low-cost Chinese models, increased US efficiency focus
OpenAI’s Chief Ethicist Leaves After Less Than A Year
Start-up’s head of ethics reportedly departs company, as it faces scrutiny over safety in development of its models
Manus Set To Resume Independent Operations After Meta Split
Chinese-founded agentic AI start-up tells customers to back up data as it prepares to finalise reversal of Meta buyout
AI Agent Hacks Gym To Book Spots For User
AI system unexpectedly hacks gym’s reservation system to book user into busy Pilates class, in latest reminder of agentic unpredictability
US Court Gives Go-Ahead To Thousands Of Social Media Cases
Thousands of addiction lawsuits against social media giants to proceed in California federal court after legal challenge dismissed
Senior Police Detective Probed Over AI Use
Senior police detective in Derbyshire investigated by IOPC over alleged gross misconduct related to AI use
Consulting Giant EY Sets Up Unit To Monitor AI Costs
Consulting giant creates ‘AI value realisation’ office, builds cost-cutting ‘AI router’, as firms seek to manage spiralling expenses
Nvidia Works With Financial Giants On $500bn AI Funding Package
Nvidia reportedly finalising deal with world’s largest financial firms on major package to help fund AI data centre boom
Police To Deploy Live Facial Recognition In Tube Stations
Face-scanning tech to be deployed at Victoria Station on Tuesday, as police expand its use after defeating legal challenge in April
Data Breach Affects Lincoln Cathedral, Leisure Centres
Hackers steal data from Beacon CRM affecting personal details stored by Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire leisure centres
Drones Spotted At German Military Base
Latest incident came two days after explosives-laden drone was found at Leipzig/Halle Airport, targeting Ukraine logistics hub
DeepSeek Restarts Second Funding Round
AI start-up reportedly recommences second funding round, seeking funds for data centre investment, at valuation of nearly $74bn
Nscale May Hold IPO In September – Report
London-based data centre start up reportedly says it has $51bn in contracted revenue, could make US market debut as early as September
Make-Up Robot Prototype Wins Top Hackathon Prize
Robot arm prototype that accepts voice controls, applies make-up to a person’s face on a daily schedule takes award at Hong Kong event
Rural Yorkshire, Lincolnshire Premises Get Fibre Links
Some 60,000 rural homes and businesses in region linked to ultra-fast broadband network under government-funded Project Gigabit
New Mexico Orders Meta To Pay Additional $567m
New Mexico judge tells Meta to pay $567m on top of earlier $375m in damages, after jury found company created public nuisance for young people
Hackers Target Wall Street Giants
Multiple high-profile asset management companies targeted by social engineering attacks, in effort to breach internal systems