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As AI inference costs dominate engineering budgets, companies are dangling GPU credits and API token stipends as recruitment perks—raising questions about whether subsidized AI access is genuine compensation or just a cost shift.

The U.S. Department of Defense is working to create secure enclaves where AI companies can train models on classified military data for the first time, a significant escalation of the AI-defense partnership.

Publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul has named Apple in a new AI copyright lawsuit, targeting a dataset Apple claims has nothing to do with Apple Intelligence.

The US Navy has contracted Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics to deploy wall-climbing robots and AI analysis tools across 18 ships in the Pacific Fleet, aiming to cut maintenance delays that have stretched the surface fleet dangerously thin.

FIFA unveiled an AI strategy for the 2026 World Cup that goes beyond enhancement — AI is becoming the operational infrastructure for managing 104 matches, 48 teams, and 6 billion expected viewers across three countries.

AI models are evolving from research assistants into genuine scientific co-investigators, with hypotheses now being validated in organoids, animal models, and early-stage clinical trials, according to Nature Medicine.

Waabi founder Raquel Urtasun outlines how generative AI is accelerating the path to fully self-driving trucks, with commercial Level-4 deployment closer than most industry observers expected.

As humanoid robots approach commercial deployment, developers face a difficult challenge: the form factor promises versatility across industries, but no single vertical provides enough volume to justify development costs alone.

An AI avatar named Gaitana is standing in Colombia's parliamentary elections as a digital representative for two Indigenous candidates, using community consensus to guide legislative decisions.

Google is overhauling Maps with its most significant navigation redesign in ten years, adding AI-powered features that make the app more conversational and immersive.

Netflix has purchased Ben Affleck's AI-focused production technology startup, signaling the streaming giant's deepening investment in artificial intelligence tools for content creation.

Mozilla's new AI strategy positions the nonprofit as the open-source counterweight to Big Tech's dominance of artificial intelligence.

Zillow's CEO reveals that over half of homebuyers cry during the process and argues AI tools can make buying a home less painful.