2025-03-25
The Netherlands has ranked 10th in a global index of tech competitiveness, ahead of the entire G7 group of the world’s largest so-called “advanced” economies. The country was praised for its thriving digital economy, mature biotech and semiconductor industries, and strong digital skills underpinned by “engineering excellence.” London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and consultancy SThree produced the index, which ranks 35 countries based on economic indicators such as level of high-tech exports, number of software develop [...]
2025-02-07
Long admired for its progressive policies and open economy, the Netherlands is making an aggressive play to become Europe’s next tech powerhouse. By blending AI with sustainability and a strong ethi [...]
2025-01-09
The Dutch government has reached a deal with Nvidia to supply hardware and expertise for the construction of an AI facility in the Netherlands. The facility will centre around an AI supercomputer ai [...]
2025-05-19
Our latest and most advanced technologies — from AI to Industrial IoT, advanced robotics, and self-driving cars — share serious problems: massive energy consumption, limited on-edge capabilities, [...]
2025-05-28
A new study from Microsoft and Salesforce finds that even state-of-the-art AI language models become dramatically less reliable as conversations get longer and users reveal their requirements step by [...]
2025-03-18
AI-powered visits to retail websites increased 1,200 percent between July 2024 and February 2025, according to a new Adobe Analytics study.<br /> The article AI searches account for growing shar [...]
2025-04-22
A new study from Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University examines whether reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) helps large language models reason better—or simply make [...]
2025-05-26
A new study suggests that despite the rapid rise and widespread adoption of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, their impact on wages and working hours has been minimal so far. The findings challenge expectatio [...]
2025-02-17
The US continues to hog the global herd of unicorns, dwarfing the EU in both the number and total valuation of billion-dollar startups. However, the Netherlands provides a minor bright spot, according [...]
2025-04-20
A new study from Anthropic examines how university students are using its language model Claude in daily academic work. The analysis reveals discipline-specific usage patterns and raises concerns abou [...]