A full GPT transformer implemented entirely in RTL Verilog is now running on a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, blazing through 69,200 tokens per second at 80 MHz after engineers overcame two critical synthesis bugs that silently zeroed ROM arrays and folded live registers, causing the board to hang despite passing simulation.
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion to supercharge its Agentforce platform as the company battles a stock slump of over one-third in 2026 amid fears that emerging AI could disrupt its core business model.
Meta is rolling out an AI-powered search mode on Facebook that generates answers from public posts and user content, sparking reliability concerns over potentially misleading information, while simultaneously launching creative AI tools and global subscription plans starting at $3.99 a month.
Facebook launches AI Mode, a revolutionary search feature powered by Meta AI that pulls real user opinions from across Meta's apps, alongside creative tools that let users virtually change their clothing and appearance using AI-generated photo presets.
Apple has secretly embedded a multi-AI framework into iOS 27's developer beta, allowing Siri to switch between ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, but kept it hidden from WWDC due to EU regulatory pressure, OpenAI contract tensions, and a still-buggy Siri that lags behind rival chatbots by roughly six months.
Google Cloud launches the Open Knowledge Format (OKF), a vendor-neutral, open specification that standardizes how AI systems share metadata and curated knowledge using simple markdown files with YAML frontmatter, requiring no proprietary tools, with reference implementations and full code now available on GitHub.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime group 'Outsider Enterprise' for using AI tools including Gemini to run massive phishing campaigns targeting over 100,000 Americans, while coordinating with the FBI and major telecoms to block fraud and backing seven bipartisan bills to combat AI-powered scams.
Perplexity's CBO Dmitry Shevelenko reveals how AI agents are transforming the workforce, why small teams will dominate the future, and which three human skills remain irreplaceable as AI takes over knowledge work.
LMCache, an open-source KV cache management layer for LLM inference, surpasses 9,100 GitHub stars as it transforms temporary GPU cache into persistent, reusable knowledge—cutting time-to-first-token and boosting throughput across major hardware vendors like NVIDIA and AMD.
McDonald's is testing a Google-powered AI drive-thru system called 'Archy' at five U.S. locations, completing 90% of orders without human help while taking orders in English and Spanish — signaling a potentially major shift in fast food despite customer pushback.