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10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Nvidia and Palantir team up to run supply chains with AI, starting with Nvidia's own million-part operation

Nvidia and Palantir have announced a new partnership aimed at leveraging AI to manage supply chains. This collaboration will initially focus on Nvidia's operations, which involve a million parts, highlighting both companies' commitment to enhancing efficiency. This initiative is significant given the current challenges facing global supply chains, as both companies aim to improve operations and reduce costs. By integrating AI technologies, they can achieve a comprehensive view of processes, enabling faster and more accurate decision-making.

Governance

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

AI safety panic goes mainstream after Anthropic researcher's warnings land on CNN and Fox News

Jacob Coxon warned that self-improving AI poses an existential threat to humanity. Safety researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI share these views, which have attracted the attention of US politicians and figures like Joe Rogan. Cultural and financial interests intertwine with these warnings, making the extinction scenario an extreme and contested position. This discussion reflects a growing concern about AI's impact on society.

Governance

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Investigation into OpenAI's Breach of the Hugging Face Platform

A subcommittee in the U.S. Senate has launched an investigation into how OpenAI handled the breach of the Hugging Face platform in July. Led by Republican Senator Josh Hawley, the inquiry demands responses from OpenAI's CEO to 16 questions by October 1. The investigation follows OpenAI's internal review, with Hawley criticizing the company's response as 'reckless'. He also pointed out the lack of transparency in the report, requesting additional documents regarding internal policies and procedures.

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JD.com expands physical AI in logistics with 3 million robots

What impact will JD.com's plan have on the future of logistics in China?

Agents

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Agents

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

xAI, the creator of Grok, has tested a new model called InquiryIQ designed to gather information about individuals. This model utilizes Clearview technology to analyze social accounts and associated data of targeted individuals. The aim is to provide comprehensive insights into the profiles of these individuals. This technology is significant in the AI landscape as it allows users to access detailed information about people, facilitating informed decision-making. InquiryIQ relies on advanced algorithms for data analysis, enhancing the accuracy of the extracted information. It represents a new step in the application of AI across various fields.

Infrastructure

Submer and Edgecore Networks sign MoU to accelerate AI-ready data centre infrastructure across the region

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Infrastructure

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Submer and Edgecore Networks sign MoU to accelerate AI-ready data centre infrastructure across the region

Submer, a provider of AI infrastructure, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Edgecore Networks to develop AI-ready infrastructure in the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa. This collaboration aims to integrate complementary capabilities across critical layers of the infrastructure stack, with Submer offering consultancy and data center design while Edgecore provides high-performance networking solutions.

Agents

NVIDIA and Palantir bring sovereign intelligence to critical supply chains

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Agents

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

NVIDIA and Palantir bring sovereign intelligence to critical supply chains

NVIDIA and Palantir have announced a collaboration aimed at enhancing sovereign AI in critical supply chains, starting with NVIDIA's own operations. This partnership will integrate NVIDIA's open Nemotron models with the Palantir Foundry platform, providing unprecedented visibility into supply chains, helping to identify constraints, codify operational expertise, and guide decisions at machine speed. This collaboration marks a significant step toward optimizing operations across various industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, allowing organizations to effectively enhance their own supply chain processes.

Models

JD.com Open-Sources JoyAI-EchoWM Interactive Audiovisual World Model at JDD

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Models

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

JD.com Open-Sources JoyAI-EchoWM Interactive Audiovisual World Model at JDD

JD.com unveiled its JoyAI-EchoWM model at the JDDiscovery-2026 conference, an interactive audiovisual world model. The model aims to create enterable, controllable, and explorable media, generating synchronized video with sound, music, and speech in real-time response to user navigation. Control is facilitated through a unified camera-intent interface, enabling seamless interactive experiences.

Models

DeepSeek Ships V4.1 Flash GA With Causal-Encoder-Decoder MoE as V4 Pro Retires

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Models

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

DeepSeek Ships V4.1 Flash GA With Causal-Encoder-Decoder MoE as V4 Pro Retires

DeepSeek has announced the launch of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, transitioning from a limited beta to general availability. The new model features a Causal-Encoder-Decoder Mixture-of-Experts architecture and is the smallest in its family, outperforming DeepSeek V4 Pro in capability, cost, and speed. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash comprises 552 billion parameters with asymmetric activation, activating around 8 billion parameters for input reading and 16 billion for output generation. This design reduces compute costs compared to denser models, making it ideal for workloads that require processing large datasets.

Business

Qualcomm enters custom AI chip agreement with Amazon

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Business

10 Sept 202629 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH

Qualcomm enters custom AI chip agreement with Amazon

Qualcomm has announced a deal with Amazon to develop custom chips for AI data center infrastructure. The agreement includes potential commercial transactions worth up to $60 billion, with Qualcomm granting Amazon a warrant to purchase 25 million shares at $161.26 each. Through this partnership, Qualcomm aims to enhance the performance of custom processors tailored for AI workloads in Amazon's data centers. The agreement also encompasses high-performance optical connectivity technologies, which will help alleviate data bottlenecks in networks.