Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board

As reported by several outlets, the Trump administration dismissed members of the National Science Board (NSB), which is tasked with establishing policies for the National Science Foundation. It' [...]

Microsoft and OpenAI gut their exclusive deal, freeing OpenAI to sell on AWS and Google Cloud

Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday announced a sweeping overhaul of the partnership that has defined the commercial AI era, dismantling key pillars of exclusivity and revenue-sharing that bound the two co [...]

American AI startup Poolside launches free, high-performing open model Laguna XS.2 for local agentic coding

The AI race lately has felt a bit like a game of tennis: first, Anthropic releases a new, pricey state-of-the-art proprietary model for general users (Claude Opus 4.7), then, a week or so later, its r [...]

How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance

At WIRED Health, British surgeon Ara Darzi said AI is set to transform the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant infections. But a lack of incentives means innovation may not reach patients. [...]

Netomi raises $110 million as Accenture and Adobe bet on AI for customer service

Netomi, the San Francisco-based startup building AI systems for enterprise customer service, said Thursday that it has raised $110 million in new funding in a round led by Accenture Ventures, with par [...]

SPRIND opens applications for €125M competition to build Europe’s first frontier AI labs

The Next Frontier AI Challenge, announced at EurIPS in December, explicitly tells applicants not to try to catch up with OpenAI, but to leapfrog to the next architectural S-curve, with up to €1 bill [...]

Cheaper tokens, bigger bills: The new math of AI infrastructure

Presented by NutanixAs enterprises move from AI experimentation into production deployment, the primary cost driver has shifted away from foundation model training and toward the infrastructure requir [...]

One tool call to rule them all? New open source Python tool RunPod Flash eliminates containers for faster AI dev

Runpod, the high-performance cloud computing and GPU platform designed specifically for AI development, today launched a new open source, MIT licensed, enterprise-friendly Python programming tool call [...]

The rising cost of technical debt in IT service management

How technical debt quietly slows ITSM platforms and why governance determines innovation success. [...]