
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
The tech giant says a breakthrough in data-center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure.

The tech giant says a breakthrough in data-center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure.

YouTube is launching a new AI feature that creates a personalized video feed based on descriptions of what you want to watch. In its announcement, YouTube says custom content feeds can be built around your specific interests, moods, or favorite topics, which you can then pin to the top of your YouTube homepage – making […]

Google is embarrassing itself, again.

Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu’s new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.

Pontiff’s safety crusade runs into basic problems of game theory

Group sketches out plan to deploy its cash after vowing in March to hand out $1bn over 12 months

Tie-up comes as Wall Street heavyweights strike partnerships to uncover new sources of power

Plus, why so many young people are leaving academia and the unprecedented costs of being a grandparent

US brokerage joins ‘arms race’ to give retail investors new tools

Draft strategy marks shift from regulating Big Tech to favouring European services

A White House order on testing frontier models would be a significant first step

Historically “uninvestable” sectors are getting more opportunities to bring in funding, creating a rare opportunity for specialized founders and investors to disrupt trillion-dollar industrial markets with vertically integrated, AI-driven software. In this guest commentary, Thomas Cuvelier of RTP Global explains how VCs are using AI to overcome legacy barriers.

Financing startup Capchase has secured a new round of funding, consisting of $26 million in equity and a $174 million credit facility, the company told Crunchbase News exclusively.

Employees spend time doing work AI can’t handle, and now they’re checking the work AI was supposed to be doing.
The post Is AI productivity a wash? Plus, news from SAP, HiBob and more appeared first on HR Executive.

For companies, sabbaticals send an important message: We trust our people, and we want them to build sustainable careers.
The post Sabbaticals: Mental health, talent and rest as a business strategy appeared first on HR Executive.

New data shows loyal employees have outdated resumes, dormant networks and false expectations about job security when layoffs arrive.
The post Long-tenured workers are least prepared for layoffs, new research finds appeared first on HR Executive.
Nor did they much use financial wellness tools offered by their recordkeeper, a report finds.
The post Most pre-retirees don’t seek advice from 401(k) providers appeared first on HR Executive.

New research shows a widening gap between how quickly leadership roles evolve due to AI and how slowly organizations adapt succession strategies.
The post AI is reshaping leadership roles faster than succession plans can keep up appeared first on HR Executive.

The foreign exchange market is really moving away from pure intuition and toward a space shaped by speed, data and precision. By using automated systems in your routine, you can approach volatility with a level of discipline that manual trading often struggles to maintain. Every entry and exit can be based on clear rules, not […]
The post Exploring the Benefits of AI Bots for Forex Trading in Forex Markets appeared first on AI News.

Google is folding Display Ads into its AI-powered Demand Gen platform, marking the end of a long-standing digital advertising model. The Google Display Network (GDN) has been a staple of the open internet for almost twenty years. Marketers previously relied on its predictable framework to target placements, bid on audiences, and A/B test static creative […]
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NVIDIA researchers have introduced Polar, a rollout framework that trains language agents using reinforcement learning without modifying their agent harnesses. Polar places a model API proxy between the harness and the inference server, capturing token-level interactions and reconstructing trainer-ready trajectories. Using GRPO on a Qwen3.5-4B base model, Polar improves SWE-Bench Verified pass@1 by 22.6 points under the Codex harness, 4.8 points under Claude Code, and 6.2 points under Pi. The framework is registered as a NeMo Gym environment and released under the ProRL Agent Server repository.
The post NVIDIA Releases Polar, a Token-Faithful Rollout Framework for GRPO Training Across Codex, Claude Code, and Qwen Code appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Warp uses GPT-5.5 and OpenAI models to coordinate coding agents across local, cloud, and open-source development workflows.

Ahead of global elections, we’re helping people access information, supporting cyber defenders, and increasing AI transparency

See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows.

Cisco and OpenAI are redefining enterprise engineering with Codex, helping Cisco scale AI-native development, accelerate AI Defense work, and automate defect remediation.

Trajectory is betting the rapid iteration cycle that supercharged vibe-coding can help all kinds of companies build AI products that learn continuously.

The Chinese company is adapting to the demise of Moore’s Law, which guides chip production. It could complicate US chip dominance.

How newsrooms should use AI – or if they should at all – has been a recurrent debate within the media industry over the last several years. Increasingly, these rules are being hammered out at the bargaining table between unions and publishers. Right now, employees at The New York Times are gearing up for a […]

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV unveiled an encyclical letter addressing the societal implications of artificial intelligence. The letter, titled Magnifica Humanitas, warned that the “use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom.” Alongside him was Anthropic cofounder and […]

In the wake of Google expanding its AI verification efforts at I/O, YouTube is now finally going to start taking AI labeling seriously. YouTube has announced that it’s relocating AI disclosures on Shorts and long-form videos to make them easier to spot and will start automatically identifying and labeling AI-generated content on the platform. For […]

Since moving to South Carolina’s Lowcountry, I’ve been spellbound by the myriad of beautiful birds that share the coast with us – ospreys raising their babies in towering nests beside the road to my daughter’s school, roseate spoonbills wading in the marsh on my morning walks, eagles circling over my son’s tennis matches, and a […]

Robinhood is opening its trading platform to AI agents. In an announcement on Wednesday, Robinhood says traders can now create a separate account for an AI agent and add a specific amount of money, allowing the agent to buy and sell stocks across the market. The company pitches the feature as a way for traders […]

By the time that the Democratic primary for New York’s 12th congressional district wraps up in June, Anthropic and OpenAI will have spent millions on their battle over the political future of AI: who gets to regulate it, or who will be punished for trying to regulate it. But the real winner of their feud […]

China’s AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.

There are only 3 days left to save up to $410 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Early Bird pricing ends May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and once the deadline passes, ticket prices increase. If you plan to attend one of the most influential gatherings in tech this year, now is the time to lock in your pass before rates go up again.

SOND introduced its debut product: Dreambuds, a closed-loop, in-ear system that captures 12 physiological signals from the wearer, then acts on them in real time to help consumers get better sleep.