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Nvidia CEO says AI needs more investment in defiance of bubble fears

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Huang described AI as a five-layer cake consisting of energy, chips, cloud infrastructure, models and application. He said AI’s application–how the technology is used in a specific indus…

The assistant axis: situating and stabilizing the character of LLMs

When you talk to a large language model, you can think of yourself as talking to a character. In the first stage of model training, pre-training, LLMs are asked to read vast amounts of text. Through this, they learn to simulate heroes, villains, …

Investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests

Google has removed some of its artificial intelligence health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading information. The company has said its AI Overviews, which use generative AI…

AI security risks are also cultural and developmental

A new study finds that AI systems embed cultural and developmental assumptions at every stage of their lifecycle. Training data reflects dominant languages, economic conditions, social norms, and historical records. Design choices encode expectat…

Samsung puts Gemini AI in your fridge because apparently that’s necessary

The Family Hub line is getting a Gemini injection. Its built-in AI Vision that powers the fridge’s ability to recognize what you’re putting into and taking out of your fridge will now use Google’s LLM. This enables it to “instantly identify unlim…

How Nokia has reinvented itself for the AI revolution

The company’s latest pivot, into providing the hardware needed to connect cloud services and data centres, was endorsed in October by Nvidia, which unveiled plans to invest $1bn into Nokia. The two companies have entered into a strategic partners…

Caterpillar’s power and energy business has become its fastest-growing sales unit, thanks to a surge in data center projects for AI use

The company expects this side of the business to help boost annual sales growth by 5% to 7% through 2030, compared to an average of 4% in recent years. Caterpillar is also planning its largest factory spending in about 15 years to take advantage …

Schools across the U.S. are rolling out AI-powered surveillance technology, including drones, facial recognition and even bathroom listening devices

The surveillance fostered an atmosphere of distrust: 32% of 14 to 18-year-old students surveyed said they felt like they were always being watched. In focus groups run by the ACLU, students said they felt less comfortable alerting educators to mental h…

How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way

People are starting to hand more decisions to AI agents, from booking trips to sorting digital files. The idea sounds simple. Tell the agent what you want, then let it work through the steps. The hard part is what the agent does with personal data alon…

Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025

About three-in-ten teens say they use AI chatbots every day, including 16% who do so several times a day or almost constantly. submitted by /u/tekz [link] [comments]