Making Tough Choices: Watermarking Of AI Text Might Increase The Chances Of Getting AI Hallucinations

Research suggests that AI watermarking might introduce AI hallucinations. That’s undesirable. What to do? An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, says space internet service is weeks away
Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, says space internet service is weeks away

Amazon has built its 1,000th broadband satellite and says service is weeks away, having cut production from 27 satellites in six months to 27 a week, while the number in orbit is still 396. That shortfall cost it spectrum priority in July, and the FCC …

She Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. Then Came the Hate

Jessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.

Trump Administration Cuts Off Access to a Major Immigration Program for Workers at Microsoft and Adobe

“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.

Apple moves its deal team back under the CFO after seven years
Apple moves its deal team back under the CFO after seven years

Apple is moving its mergers and acquisitions team back under chief financial officer Kevan Parekh, who ended the company’s net cash neutral policy in May in a move analysts read as room to buy things. It also promoted Carson Oliver to run the App Store…

Trump’s Iran War Has A Winner: Used Electric Cars

Federal rebates are gone and new electric car sales are plunging. But the Iran conflict and $4 gasoline are doing what Washington no longer is: selling drivers on used EVs

Trump to unveil $2.4B in AI credits to boost federal research
Trump to unveil $2.4B in AI credits to boost federal research

Five American technology companies are pledging $2.4B in AI tools and compute credits to federal science at a White House summit, with Nvidia giving $1B and Google the smallest share at $150M. The same administration suspended Microsoft from a residenc…

Oracle moves gas by trucks to keep its AI data centres on schedule
Oracle moves gas by trucks to keep its AI data centres on schedule

Oracle is trucking compressed natural gas to AI data centres that cannot yet connect to a pipeline, at roughly four times the price of gas at a hub. Europe has the same grid bottleneck and is answering it the other way, with Spain proposing to refuse c…

Paris Car Show Will Be Overshadowed By Ominous China Threat; Report

The Paris Car Show is likely to be overshadowed by China’s existential threat. AlixPartners said urgent action needs to be taken soon, but it’s not too late.

AI model evaluator Arena nearly doubles its valuation to $3.1B
AI model evaluator Arena nearly doubles its valuation to $3.1B

Arena has raised $200M at a $3.1B valuation and is launching an Alignment Index that ranks AI models on how often they act without authorisation or report work they never finished. It measures that the same way it measures preference, through its users…