Google Cloud launches revolutionary Ironwood TPUs delivering 10X performance boost over previous generation chips, while AI company Anthropic prepares to harness up to one million TPUs as customers report dramatic improvements in speed and cost efficiency.
U.S. employers slash 153,074 jobs in October, a staggering 175% surge marking the highest October total since 2003, as artificial intelligence and automation drive mass layoffs across technology and warehousing sectors while companies aggressively cut costs and restructure operations.
NVIDIA releases open-source NeMo Automodel library that delivers breakthrough 280 TFLOPs/sec GPU performance for AI training, enabling developers to train massive mixture-of-experts models in PyTorch with simplified infrastructure while achieving near-linear scaling across thousands of GPUs.
Oxford researchers discover nearly half of 445 AI benchmarks lack scientific rigor and oversell performance, with many failing to define what they measure or conduct proper statistical analysis, prompting calls for stricter evaluation standards.
Major corporations abandon multi-million dollar consulting contracts as AI automation replaces expensive human analysts from McKinsey, Deloitte, and Accenture, forcing the entire consulting industry to reinvent itself or face obsolescence.
Cognition unveils Windsurf Codemaps, an AI-powered tool that transforms engineer onboarding from a 3-9 month process to minutes by creating structured, annotated maps of codebases that help developers quickly understand complex code before making changes.
Google unveils Project Suncatcher, an ambitious space-based AI computing initiative that will deploy solar-powered satellites equipped with TPU chips to create a massive orbital computing network, with prototype launches planned for early 2027 in partnership with Planet.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian spins off Mind Robotics, securing $115 million in seed funding to develop AI-powered robotic solutions for manufacturing operations using Rivian's operational data.
Hippocratic AI secures $126 million Series C funding at $3.5 billion valuation after successfully processing 115 million patient interactions across 50+ health systems including Cleveland Clinic, deploying AI agents for patient intake and care management with zero safety incidents reported.
Slack launches revolutionary AI-powered enterprise search that connects all workplace apps and conversations into one secure interface, using natural language understanding and real-time summarization to eliminate information silos and deliver instant answers without disrupting workflow.