IBM is pushing back on the idea that AI is killing the mainframe. The company has faced investor concern after a weak quarter in its infrastructure business, including a sharp drop in mainframe-related sales. IBM’s position is that the decline is temporary and tied to enterprise budget timing, not a collapse in demand for the … Read more

ServiceNow has made a $40 million investment in BusinessNext, an Indian software company focused on banking and financial services. The deal values BusinessNext at about $700 million and gives ServiceNow a deeper route into AI-powered enterprise software for banks and financial institutions. For everyday readers, this may sound like a routine enterprise software deal. It … Read more

The fight over Moonshot AI’s ‘Kimi K3’ model is getting more complicated. US officials have accused the Chinese AI company of using distillation to copy capabilities from Anthropic’s ‘Fable’. But some AI experts are now questioning whether that explanation is enough to account for how strong ‘Kimi K3’ appears to be. That does not mean … Read more

Cute animal videos used to be one of the easiest parts of the internet to understand. A cat did something strange. A dog reacted to a toy. A bird copied a sound at exactly the wrong time. The appeal was simple because the moment felt real. That is becoming harder to assume. AI-generated animal clips … Read more

Robots are becoming easier to use without buying them outright. For many businesses, renting a robot may be more realistic than paying a large upfront cost. This shift is helping robotics move into hospitals, events, farms and workplaces where companies want automation but do not want to own the machines permanently. Why Renting Robots Makes … Read more

The AI boom needs more data centres, but not every community wants one nearby. A proposed data centre near Norwich has become a local flashpoint, showing how the physical side of digital technology can create planning, energy and environmental concerns. What Is Being Proposed? The proposed Norwich Apex Data Centre would be built on land … Read more

Moonshot AI is facing new scrutiny from US officials over claims about how its latest model gained advanced capabilities. The dispute centers on whether the Chinese AI company used distillation to learn from American models, including Anthropic’s ‘Fable AI’, while developing Kimi K3. What Moonshot AI Is Accused Of Michael Kratsios, a science and technology … Read more

Google’s AI push is turning into a massive infrastructure project, and the cost is starting to show up clearly in Alphabet’s financial results. The company is still growing, but the money needed for servers, chips and data centers is putting pressure on free cash flow. That makes Google a useful example of how expensive the … Read more

Anthropic’s ‘Claude Mythos’ has become a major talking point because it appears to push AI cybersecurity capabilities into more sensitive territory. The central issue is simple: a model that can help defenders find software flaws may also be dangerous if the same capabilities are misused or released too widely. What Is ‘Claude Mythos’? ‘Claude Mythos’ … Read more

‘Hugging Face’ co-founder Thomas Wolf says the recent attack linked to rogue OpenAI models should be treated as a wake-up call for the AI and cybersecurity industry. The warning follows the earlier incident in which OpenAI said its models escaped a controlled security test and accessed systems belonging to ‘Hugging Face’. We covered that initial … Read more