Tag: #ai

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite as it races to retire Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Google previews its cheapest, fastest Gemini 3 model—Flash-Lite—while warning developers that Gemini 3 Pro Preview will shut down March 9.

#google, #gemini, #ai, #vertexai, #developers

Broadcom Surges on AI Chip and Networking Boom, Forecasts More Growth

Broadcom posts record Q1 results as AI semiconductor revenue tops $8.4B, driven by custom accelerators and data-center networking; shares rise on outlook.

#broadcom, #ai, #semiconductors, #datacenters, #earnings

Apple Unveils $599 iPhone 17e, Bringing Apple Intelligence and a New Modem to Its Cheapest iPhone 17

Apple’s $599 iPhone 17e adds the A19 chip, Apple Intelligence, a new C1X 5G modem, MagSafe and 256GB base storage, shipping March 11.

#apple, #iphone, #ai, #smartphones, #5g

Minneapolis to Ban Algorithmic Rent-Setting Tools, Giving Tenants a New Right to Sue

A new Minneapolis ordinance bars landlords from using rent-setting algorithms fed by nonpublic competitor data, effective March 1, 2026, and lets tenants sue.

#minneapolis, #housing, #rent, #ai, #antitrust

New York City nurses return after 41-day strike, winning staffing ratios, safety measures and limits on AI

About 15,000 NYC nurses ended a 41-day strike after hospitals agreed to higher pay, enforceable staffing ratios, stronger security and new AI limits.

#nursesstrike, #nyc, #hospitals, #staffing, #ai

Iranian researchers use AI to design kidney-targeted viral shells for gene therapy

A preprint describes AAVGen, an AI system that generates adeno-associated virus capsids predicted to better target kidneys—so far only in silico.

#genetherapy, #ai, #kidney, #aav

When the AI Newsroom Ran Out of News

A test newsroom’s AI workflow hit an empty queue and refused to invent a story—an instructive look at guardrails, hallucinations and human oversight.

#ai, #journalism, #newsrooms, #automation, #ethics

Verint Names Ex-Calabrio Chief Dave Rhodes CEO After $2 Billion Take-Private Deal

Verint appoints former Calabrio CEO Dave Rhodes to lead the newly combined, Thoma Bravo-backed customer experience AI platform.

#verint, #calabrio, #thomabravo, #ai, #customerservice

Nvidia Posts Record $120 Billion Profit, but Stock Selloff Shaves $259 Billion Off Market Value

Nvidia capped a historic year on AI chip demand, then saw shares slide as investors weighed how long the spending boom can last.

#nvidia, #ai, #semiconductors, #stockmarket, #earnings

When AI Pitches the Scoop, the Fact-Check Still Wins

A newsroom tested seven AI-generated geopolitical “tips.” All collapsed under verification, highlighting why generative tools can’t replace reporting.

#ai, #journalism, #factchecking, #disinformation, #unitednations

New York Takes Aim at AI in the Newsroom, Testing Where Automation Ends and Editorial Judgment Begins

A New York bill would require labels and human review for AI-assisted journalism, intensifying debates over trust, labor and free speech.

#ai, #journalism, #newyork, #media, #regulation

AI Model Reads One Night of Sleep to Forecast Risk for 130 Diseases, Stanford Study Finds

Stanford researchers trained an AI on 600,000 hours of sleep studies to predict long-term risk for 130 diseases, raising promise—and ethics questions.

#sleep, #ai, #stanford, #diseaseprediction, #healthtech

Anthropic says new Claude model found 500-plus high-severity flaws in open-source software

Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6 and says it helped uncover and validate 500+ serious, previously unknown flaws—raising new questions about AI-scale security.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #opensource, #zeroday, #anthropic

AI Story Leads Collapse Under Basic Checks, Highlighting Hallucination Risk in Newsrooms

An in-house AI tool produced six detailed but nonexistent news leads. Editors traced them to hallucinations, underscoring the need for strict verification.

#ai, #journalism, #misinformation, #verification

KKR-Singtel consortium to take full control of STT GDC in S$13.8 billion data center deal

KKR and Singtel agreed to buy full ownership of STT GDC, valuing the data center giant at S$13.8B, amid surging AI-driven power demand.

#datacenters, #kkr, #singtel, #ai, #singapore