The Future of AI, Automation & Digital Innovation
France's competition authority has indicated that its antitrust investigation into Nvidia is nearing completion, which could lead to formal charges against the chip giant for abusing its dominance in the AI hardware market. This move marks a milestone in sector regulation.
Microsoft announces the layoff of 4,800 employees, 2.1% of its workforce, at the start of its new fiscal year. The cuts particularly affect commercial sales and the Xbox division, amid a restructuring driven by artificial intelligence.
Anthropic launched Mythos Preview and it was leaked the same day through a third-party environment. The incident exposes that most enterprise AI deployments lack basic security, identity, and oversight controls.
HubSpot achieved an 1850% increase in qualified leads thanks to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). The company reveals its 'playbook' in an interview with TechRadar, detailing how to adapt content to AI assistants, diversify channels, and measure new metrics. The case shows that the future of digital marketing lies not in clicks, but in visibility in AI-generated answers.
Amazon Mechanical Turk, the pioneer of 'artificial artificial intelligence,' comes to an end. The platform that fed AI with human labor for two decades is now replaced by generative AI itself. What does this mean for the future of digital work and algorithmic ethics?
Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027. The problem is not the model or the use case, but the underlying infrastructure: identity, observability, and cost optimization. Without these pillars, pilots stall and risks multiply.
A Stockholm court ordered Google to pay nearly $2 billion to Pricerunner for favoring its own price comparison service. The ruling is part of follow-on lawsuits after the EU's record fine in 2017 and could set a precedent for similar cases in Europe.
NatWest CEO Paul Thwaite is the latest victim of a deepfake designed to scam. The image, simulating a BBC interview, spreads on X and highlights the explosive growth of AI fraud, now moving $400 billion a year. Experts warn the technology allows hyper-realistic deceptions to be created in minutes.
Apple has begun testing DRAM memory chips made by CXMT, a Chinese supplier sanctioned for alleged ties to the People's Liberation Army. The move aims to diversify its supply chain and adapt to Chinese market demands, but could further strain relations with Washington.
Hive, a London-based startup, has closed a $15 million round to develop a 'silicon brain' that reduces the hourly cost of operating industrial machinery by up to 80%. The technology, based on neuromorphic chips, promises to automate complex processes without constant human supervision, opening the door to a new era of efficiency in factories and warehouses.
Samsung Electronics is set to report an 18-fold increase in Q2 profits, reaching about 86 trillion won ($56 billion), driven by strong demand for DRAM and NAND memory chips used in artificial intelligence.
Apple has lost its appeal before the EU General Court against the designation of the App Store and iOS as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling forces Apple to allow alternative app stores, interoperability with rival services, and not to favor its own services. The decision is a milestone in European tech regulation.