The Future of AI, Automation & Digital Innovation
Allbirds, the sustainable footwear company once valued at $4.1 billion in 2021, has rebranded as Smartbird and announced a radical pivot toward artificial intelligence infrastructure. Shares rose more than 50% following the announcement. We analyze what this move means and its implications for the market.
A growing number of social engineering attacks use Microsoft Teams to impersonate the IT department and trick employees. Attackers gain access to M365 tenants, steal data, and deploy malware. Learn how this threat works and how to protect your organization.
The ShinyHunters group has released 45 GB of data stolen from Madison Square Garden Entertainment, including facial recognition records, internal threat assessments, and personal data of 26 million customers and employees. The leak exposes serious privacy and security risks and has already triggered a federal class-action lawsuit.
The US government ordered Anthropic to cut off access to its most advanced models for foreign citizens, triggering a global suspension. Mistral AI seized the opportunity to denounce American control and advocate for sovereign AI in Europe.
A study from the Wharton School reveals that many AI users are adopting 'cognitive surrender': passively accepting chatbot responses without critical evaluation. This phenomenon, named by researchers Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave, raises serious concerns about loss of autonomy and the erosion of critical thinking in the age of artificial intelligence.
A new investigation by Nisos has uncovered a scam network where North Korean workers pose as IT professionals to infiltrate tech companies. The massive operation uses fake identities and intermediary services to access corporate systems and generate illicit revenue.
OpenAI has announced an improvement to ChatGPT's memory, allowing it to remember preferences and context. However, tests reveal that the feature can generate erroneous profiles, rely on outdated assumptions, and worsen response quality, posing risks of bias and misinformation.
Microsoft faces a class action lawsuit from shareholders accusing it of hiding the slowdown of Azure and the negative impact of its multi-billion dollar AI spending. The stock fell 10% in a single day, wiping out $357 billion in market value.
A new artificial intelligence approach applies language models to smells to diagnose diseases through breath. Startup Ainos, in collaboration with National Taiwan University, will test its 'AI Nose' platform on patients with dyspnea, opening the door to non-invasive and rapid diagnoses in emergency rooms.
NeuralTrust, a Barcelona-based startup, has raised €17.2 million in a seed round for its security and governance platform for enterprise AI agents. The firm claims it is the largest seed funding round in cybersecurity in the European Union to date.
Waymo has issued its sixth recall, affecting nearly 4,000 robotaxis that entered construction zones on roads in Phoenix and San Francisco at least 13 times. The incidents, occurring between April and May 2026, have led the company to develop a software update while the NHTSA oversees the case.
Faced with rising AI API fees and limitations on building new data centers, a trend is emerging of migrating AI workloads from the cloud to local environments. Users report significant savings by processing millions of tokens daily with modest hardware, raising questions about the future of the cloud inference market.