Kopor believes it's hard to imagine not using AI to enhance efficiency in the comment reading process within a few years, as it could significantly improve information gathering and dissemination.
An ethicist at the University of Manitoba has expressed concern that relying on artificial intelligence-powered chatbots for companionship does not necessarily mean users will abandon their human relationships, citing a growing trend in apps offering intimate interactions with AI-powered bots, which have millions of users.
A new independent report warns that Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plans to build large artificial intelligence data centres will lead to a 30% increase in water bills over the next five years due to the high volume of water required for cooling systems. The report, authored by Sir Jon Cunliffe, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, also recommends introducing social tariffs to support customers struggling to pay their bills and investing in infrastructure to tackle sewage spills and pollution.
The US Defense Department has awarded contracts worth up to $200 million each to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI to develop agentic AI workflows for various mission areas. The goal is to enhance the companies' ability to address critical national security needs. However, concerns have been raised about the ideological alignment of some of these companies' models, particularly OpenAI's use of reinforcement learning from human feedback to minimize harmful sentiments in its ChatGPT model.
AccuKnox has showcased its AI Security solution at EmergeX, demonstrating how its Sandboxing engine can prevent attacks on popular LLMs like Anthropic Claude by identifying and blocking malicious prompts. The platform provides visibility into AI pipelines, secures untrusted models at runtime, and handles PredML and GenAI as part of the same platform. AccuKnox's solution offers a unique differentiator in its Runtime Prompt Firewall and Agentic AI capabilities, which were highlighted during a real-time demo. The company has won the EmergeX: Unveiling Innovation contest and received praise from industry leaders, including Golan Ben-Oni, CIO of IDT Telecom, and Rahul Jadav, co-founder and CTO of AccuKnox.
Dubai Culture has received an ITU award for its innovative project Saruq Al-Hadid, developed in collaboration with Khalifa University of Science and Technology. The project uses remote sensing technology, AI applications, and geophysical survey techniques to explore an Iron Age site, identifying over 2,500 anomalies that suggest the presence of significant artifacts. This recognition highlights Dubai Culture's commitment to integrating innovation into its cultural sector and contributing to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Hala Badri, Director General of Dubai Culture, stated that adopting forward-thinking technologies helps preserve cultural heritage while strengthening Dubai's cultural voice globally.
Experts emphasize the need for media literacy to combat misinformation, citing AI tools like ChatGPT as a challenge. They stress the importance of equipping individuals with accurate information and promoting conscious social media use. Media literacy is seen as crucial for developing critical thinking skills, and fostering a healthy media environment is key to shaping public opinion. Journalists are urged to prioritize accuracy and verify information, as they have a responsibility to instill critical thinking in society.
The Kimi K2 artificial intelligence model developed by Moonshot AI has gained rapid popularity after its launch on July 11, with downloads doubling to 145,000 in just a few days. Industry experts are praising Chinese AI developments, citing the growing gap between open-source AI development in China and the US. The model, launched by Alibaba Group Holding-backed Moonshot AI, boasts a unique MOE architecture and has 1 trillion total parameters, with 32 billion activated per inference.
Kioxia's LC9 supersized SSD, featuring a proprietary 32-die stack of 2TB BICS FLASH QLC 3D flash memory, is set to debut at the Future of Memory and Storage 2025 conference. The device's unique demands on storage are driven by generative AI, requiring vast datasets for training large language models and creating embeddings and vector databases. Kioxia's partner Sandisk has also announced plans to launch a 256TB SSD in 2026 and a 512TB SSD in 2027, targeting the hyperscaler and enterprise markets.