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Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas.” CNBC reports: They wrote that open-weight models strengthen competition and ensure that the benefits of the technology are “broadly...
Anthropic has released Opus 5, a new Claude model that it says comes close to its higher-end Fable 5 model at half the price while improving on Opus 4.8 in knowledge work, coding, and scientific research tasks. “At the same time, Anthropic says it has managed to make the model more resistant to being tricked,” notes Engadget. Additionally, the company says Opus 5 “exhibits the lowest rates of...
HOLLYWOOD, FL Torah education nonprofit maintains Candid’s highest transparency rating and reports its 2025 program outcomes BeEzrat HaShem Inc., a Florida-based 501(c)(3) Torah education and outreach organization, has received Candid’s 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency for the third consecutive year. The Platinum Seal is the highest of Candid’s four transparency designations....
Sony’s status page read that it was “working to resolve the issue as soon as possible”.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Stair AI, which builds auditability and accountability infrastructure for AI agents, today released results from the World Cup Agent Arena, a live evaluation in which 56 autonomous AI agents placed bets on Polymarket across all 39 days of the tournament. Every agent in the Arena ran on Stair AI’s reasoning SDK, […]
Innovation is moving from siloed capability to connected ecosystems, says BBD’s Liesl Bebb-McKay.
Huawei held its flagship Huawei South Africa Connect 2026, bringing together 2,900 leaders from government and industry to examine how AI and intelligent digital infrastructure can help South African organisations adopt AI at scale. Under the theme “Where Innovation Shapes the Future,” discussions focused on how South Africa, ranked first in Sub-Saharan Africa for AI […]
It all began with an innocuous video shared by Seattle resident Kiana Hall on Instagram.
Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems
For the last few decades, the nutrient content of our crops has been declining. In the late 90s, the US Department of Agriculture found the vitamin C content of lemons had decreased by almost a third over the previous 22 years. Calcium in carrots, an important source especially for non-meat...
Seller is part of the Silicon Valley company’s strategy to innovate on its original social network.
“The story that we’re talking about in this segment was science fiction until Tuesday, OK?”
Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg and AWS want their new AI lab to become a blueprint for the continent.
VCL Financial Services, the operator of M-Pesa in Lesotho, has launched Tsetela, a new mobile-based investment solution that places formal investing within reach of more Basotho. Developed in partnership with STANLIB Lesotho and unveiled in Maseru on Wednesday, Tsetela enables M-Pesa customers to begin building value directly from their mobile wallets, marking an important step […]
Advances in A.I. are making it possible to create all kinds of music from scratch, but they also raise questions about what is legal and who will actually listen.
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has succeeded in his bid to interdict the Parliamentary impeachment process. Two of the three judges presiding over the matter in the Western Cape High Court found in favour of President Ramaphosa in the Judgement made public on Friday, 24 July 2026. President Ramaphosa interdicted the impeachment process while […]
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Green dashboards can hide stalled change, writes Change Logic’s Marchant van den Heever.
GLENDALE, CA — The firm’s four-tiered Survivor Advocacy & Justice Experts (SAJE) Team provides survivors with 24/7 access to attorneys, an in-house investigator, a victim advocate, and a clinical therapist. Dordulian Law Group (DLG), one of California’s most recognized civil litigation firms specializing in sexual assault and sexual abuse cases, today announced a renewed commitment […]
MIAMI, FL — Zonin 1821, Italy’s largest family-owned wine company, today announced that multiple wines across its acclaimed portfolio have received outstanding ratings from internationally renowned wine critic James Suckling, further reinforcing the company’s reputation for crafting exceptional wines across Italy’s most celebrated wine regions. The latest scores span three...
Researchers have decrypted what Tecno, Infinix and Itel phones quietly send home: location, apps and camera activity.
Intel’s forecast-beating results and surging AI demand vindicate CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s turnaround strategy.