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Gartner warns that 75% of mainframe exit vendors, which use generative AI tooling to migrate legacy mainframe systems to modern cloud environments, are expected to pivot or cease operations by 2030 due to a widening gap between AI's marketing promise and its real-world ability to transform complex legacy code. The vendors, including IBM, 21CS, and BMC, are facing intense investor pressure to embed AI into their offerings, despite the lack of meaningful improvements in outcomes. This perfect [...]

General Intuition, a New York-based startup, is in talks to raise around $300 million, which would bring its valuation to over $2 billion. The startup, founded by Pim de Witte and co-founders Eloi Alonso, Adam Jelley, and Vincent Micheli, trains embodied AI and world models using a unique dataset from Medal's 2 billion videos per year. The funds will be used to scale up compute capacity and release a new product by the end of summer or

Microsoft has become the primary supplier of OpenAI models in China, selling the technology to the country's largest internet companies, including ByteDance, Ant Group, Meituan, and Tencent. The arrangement hands Microsoft a unique position, as it sells OpenAI models to Chinese firms that the model's creator, OpenAI, will not deal with directly. Microsoft's Azure AI revenue in China has expanded significantly, tripling in the financial year to June 2025. The company's contract with OpenAI allows it to [...]

OpenAI has launched Scheduled Tasks in ChatGPT, enabling Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users to automate reminders and recurring work. The update introduces a dedicated scheduling hub for managing tasks and improved notifications. ChatGPT can now proactively monitor the web and connected apps for updates, replacing the older Pulse feature. The new feature allows users to automate tasks, receive reminders, and monitor updates without manual repetition. The scheduling system is more flexible, allowing tasks to be set [...]

The US government's order to suspend access to Anthropic's best-performing AI models for non-US nationals has sparked concern in Europe, but some see it as an opportunity for the region. Uljan Sharka, founder and CEO of Italian AI model maker Domyn, views the move as a "huge opportunity" for Europe. The ban may unveil the ground truth and prompt European companies to develop their own AI models. This could lead to increased innovation and investment in the [...]

A US-led coalition pushed for AI rules at a G7 lunch, aiming to cut China out of chip and model access. Macron and Modi warned of dependence risks, with India being hit hardest due to its lack of frontier chips and models. India leads the world in daily AI use, but funds are flowing into data centers from companies like CPP, AirTrunk, and Meta-Reliance. The country's limited access to chips and models is fueling calls for state [...]

New research by the Pew Research Center reveals that nearly half of American adults (49%) now use AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT or Gemini, marking a significant increase from last year's 33%. Americans are using AI for various tasks, including researching information, handling work tasks, and entertainment. ChatGPT dominates the U.S. AI market, with 44% of respondents using the OpenAI chatbot. However, concerns about AI's impact on society and data security remain high, with 40% believing AI [...]

Apple has unveiled Xcode 27, a developer tool that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify the coding process. The new version of Xcode includes a Core AI framework that allows developers to use on-device AI models with ease, delivering strong performance through a modern Swift API. Xcode 27 also supports third-party AI models and enables developers to have conversations with AI agents, making it easier to create and edit code. This marks a significant shift in Apple's [...]