US tech giants have cut 128,000 jobs in the first half of 2026, with nearly half tied to AI restructuring, but experts are warning companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and Meta that replacing workers with AI carries serious risks, as firms like Ford are already rehiring laid-off engineers after discovering AI …
AMD launches Helios, its first rack-scale AI system, securing Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle as customers in a bold challenge to Nvidia's 95% data center GPU market dominance, with analysts predicting AMD could capture up to 25% market share.
A alarming new survey of over 1,300 teens reveals nearly half have been exposed to AI-generated explicit content, with one in four reporting they've seen such material depicting themselves or someone they know, sparking urgent concerns about safety, body image, and relationship expectations among young people.
AMD launches Helios, a rack-scale AI system challenging Nvidia's Vera Rubin, securing Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI as partners for deployment despite a higher price tag of $5–$5.5 million, as surging AI infrastructure demand creates room for fierce competition.
A alarming new survey reveals 44% of teens have encountered AI-generated sexual content, with most exposures accidental, leaving two-thirds fearing they'll become deepfake targets and 60% reporting distorted perceptions of real bodies, as pressure mounts on tech platforms and lawmakers to act.
Alibaba shares surge 5.4% after launching its flagship Qwen3.8 Max AI model, boasting 2.4 trillion parameters and claiming second place only to Anthropic's best, intensifying fears that China is rapidly closing the AI gap with global leaders.
AMD unveils its Helios Rackscale AI platform, packing 72 Instinct MI455X GPUs, 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4 compute, and 31 TB of HBM4 memory into a single reference design, with OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, and HPE among the major partners already onboard for volume deployments expected in late 2026.
The Trump administration is secretly debating a ban on Chinese AI models like Kimi over national security concerns, weighing options including Entity List additions and procurement restrictions, even as White House AI adviser David Sacks warns such a move could unfairly entrench OpenAI and Anthropic as dominant players.
China's Z.AI completes a massive 1-gigawatt data center powered entirely by domestic chips, defying US export restrictions and signaling a major leap toward AI self-sufficiency as Beijing races to replace Nvidia semiconductors with homegrown technology.
A researcher burns through his entire Claude Max token limit in just 30 minutes after launching 111 AI agents, then redesigns his pipeline by assigning cheaper models to basic tasks, reserving frontier models for planning only, and enforcing strict verification rules — cutting agent usage by 45% and extending research …