Ukraine To Scale Up Robot War By “An Order Of Magnitude”

Ukrainian-Estonian Ark company Robotics wants to orchestrate entire armies of robots and drones. Their hardware is already fielded and advancing fast.

Huawei wants your AI data centre to prop up the grid, not just drain it
Huawei wants your AI data centre to prop up the grid, not just drain it

“Electricity is essential for computing,” said Zhou Jianjun, who runs global marketing, sales and services at Huawei Digital Power. “Today, in the AI era, the startup, shutdown, and load fluctuations of a large AIDC campus can all impact grid operation…

OpenAI hires its first worldwide sales chief from a company it just cut off
OpenAI hires its first worldwide sales chief from a company it just cut off

“I’m joining OpenAI to lead the sales team and I’m excited to join forces with my friend Dali Rajic,” Brian McCarthy wrote on LinkedIn on Thursday. OpenAI has made him its first vice president of worldwide sales. He arrives from SpaceX, which OpenAI cu…

Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?

How are women really faring in Silicon Valley? Submit your questions to our panel and we’ll give you the scoop on September 24.

Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boy’s Club?

How are women really faring in Silicon Valley? Submit your questions to our panel and we’ll give you the scoop.

SoftBank expands $6.05bn credit facility to $6.5bn with 20-plus banks
SoftBank expands $6.05bn credit facility to $6.5bn with 20-plus banks

SoftBank Group has added $450m to an existing credit line, lifting the facility to $6.5bn, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Set against what the company is spending on OpenAI, the sum is a rounding error. Set against the week SoftBank ha…

Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers

Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.

OpenAI launches Astra for Law, and its own legal research index
OpenAI launches Astra for Law, and its own legal research index

“As AI becomes more open and interoperable, the value is not in connectivity alone,” said Joel Hron, chief technology officer of Thomson Reuters. “Legal professionals need more than access to information.” He said it in a statement supporting OpenAI, o…

Waymo will launch robotaxis in Singapore in 2028, its first Southeast Asia market
Waymo will launch robotaxis in Singapore in 2028, its first Southeast Asia market

Waymo plans to launch its first commercial robotaxi service in Southeast Asia in 2028, starting in Singapore. The vehicles will arrive well before then, and there will be a year of preparation and testing. According to the company, the rollout will hap…