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Russian Vladimir Putin said Russia is actively working on the production of drones equipped with artificial intelligence, according to reports.
Russian Vladimir Putin said Russia's low-Earth orbit satellite constellation will be every bit as good as Starlink, according to reports.
Russian Vladimir Putin said that Russia's low-Earth orbit satellite constellation will be every bit as good as Starlink, according to state news agency TASS.
Russia's low-orbit satellite constellation will be in no way inferior to Starlink, and may even be better, Putin said.
The United States has shortened the window for fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities to three days as threats from artificial intelligence increase.
Six months after acquiring Rivos, Meta is struggling to integrate the chip startup and has halted development of a chip for training its largest AI models, according to The Information.
Russia is working on a satellite constellation for controlling heavy drones, Vladimir Putin said.
Elon Musk vows to reach Mars as SpaceX makes historic Wall Street debut.
French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise approximately €3 billion at a valuation of approximately €20 billion; it was last valued at €11.7 billion during a funding round in September 2025, according to Bloomberg.
TSMC's chairman expressed concern about shortages of skilled workers and water in Taiwan.
Anthropic is turning to Google to support a major data center expansion.
China has topped the 2026 Nature Index Research Leaders rankings, with its adjusted Share rising 22.4% from 2024 to 2025, according to Xinhua.
France's Mistral AI is in discussions to raise funding with an estimated valuation of about €20 billion.
A Reuters report discusses how SpaceX's business model may influence China's IPO ambitions, though a technology gap remains.
Cote d'Ivoire plans to launch 5G network in July, says digital transition minister.
Companies facing rising AI costs are increasingly using cheaper models, including from China, pressuring OpenAI and Anthropic, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Data center opponents have blocked or delayed projects worth nearly $130 billion in 2026, a new study finds.
A Canadian mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter's suicide and failed to intervene despite repeated discussions about self-harm.
In ageing South Korea, AI dolls care for the elderly. In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.
An AI system in Hefei, Anhui Province, analyzed a tender and generated a report in 15 minutes, a task that would take five human experts three and a half hours. The system, developed by the local public resource trading center and iFLYTEK in 2024, has audited about 36,000 tender documents since the start of 2025, flagging 3,264 questionable clauses.
Theker has raised $85 million to develop a general-purpose factory robot.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has canceled a planned visit to Abu Dhabi, where he was expected to meet executives from Mubadala, G42, MGX, and ADNOC as the company prepares for a public market debut, according to people familiar with the matter.
China launched a new communication technology test satellite from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province. The satellite will be used for multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests.
Niantic Spatial says Pokémon Go data is not part of its deal with spatial AI company Vantor, after concerns that game data could be used for military drones.
Sharon AI announces a six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA.
Chinese AI robot cleaners leave the lab for living rooms, as Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong gets a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.
Large companies and startups are adopting tools that use cheaper AI models, including some from China, increasing pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic to reduce their prices.
Singapore's A*STAR and NUS have launched a joint synthetic biology lab to scale bio-based products for nutrition, consumer care, and advanced materials.
X will allow users to trade SpaceX stock directly from the platform.
U.S. bank regulators are increasing scrutiny of artificial intelligence use at financial companies.