AI agents finally start doing some real work
BNY and Walmart claim their digital workers are more than flashy demos.
For all the noise about AI agents changing everything, most have looked like expensive toys waiting for a job. Now, a few early adopters say the graft is paying off.
Anthropic splashes out on colossal AI kit build
Claude maker throws silly money at US data centres
Anthropic has decided that the only way to keep its AI toys from coughing is to pour $50 billion into new infrastructure across the US.
Foxconn cashes in on AI server boom
Outshines iPhone biz as server demand roars ahead
Contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has posted a 17 per cent surge in third-quarter profits, with AI servers doing the heavy lifting while iPhones took a backseat.
SK hynix bets big on mobile AI with HBS memory
New DRAM and NAND combo
Memory outfit SK hynix is cooking up a fresh batch of silicon aimed at shoving more AI grunt into mobile gear and other edge kit.
Nvidia’s hometown data centres left powerless
Santa Clara projects sit idle as AI boom slams into an energy wall
Two massive data centre projects in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Nvidia’s glorious green empire, are sitting empty as the city’s grid buckles under demand from the AI gold rush.
CoreWeave’s AI gold rush stalls
Delays bite despite a flood of new deals.
CoreWeave, one of the biggest outfits flogging cloud computing to AI outfits, saw its revenue more than double in the third quarter as it cosied up to some of the biggest beasts in the AI jungle.
EU blinks on AI rules to keep Trump happy
Brussels caves to Big Tech pressure and Washington’s tantrums
The European Commission is proposing to water down its much-hyped artificial intelligence legislation after sustained whinging from Big Tech and the looming threat of a Trump-shaped tantrum from across the Atlantic.
Sweden crowned Europe’s AI heavyweight
Digitain report shows Nordic nations leading
Sweden is Europe’s undisputed leader in artificial intelligence investment, with the tech making up more than 0.6 per cent of the country’s economy by the end of 2025.
Microsoft’s new AI crusade aims to ditch OpenAI leash
Suleyman says it’s time for Redmond to build superintelligence
Software king of the world, Microsoft, has decided it no longer wants to be shackled to OpenAI and is setting off on its own grand plan for superintelligence.
Musk’s AI anime waifu trained on staff’s biometric data
xAI workers roped into building explicit avatars for Musk’s lonely fanboys
If you think your job sucks, imagine working for a supporter of right wing causes that compels you to give up your own biometric data to power his anime sexbot.