Kai-Fu Lee’s brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption and cutting-edge research, according to Kai-Fu Lee, one of the world’s most prominent AI scientists and investors. In a rare, unvarnished assessment delivered via video link from […]

Simplifying the AI stack: The key to scalable, portable intelligence from cloud to edge

Presented by Arm A simpler software stack is the key to portable, scalable AI across cloud and edge. AI is now powering real-world applications, yet fragmented software stacks are holding it back. Developers routinely rebuild the same models for different hardware targets, losing time to glue code instead of shipping features. The good news is […]

DeepSeek drops open-source model that compresses text 10x through images, defying conventions

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence research company that has repeatedly challenged assumptions about AI development costs, has released a new model that fundamentally reimagines how large language models process information—and the implications extend far beyond its modest branding as an optical character recognition tool. The company’s DeepSeek-OCR model, released Monday with full open-source code and […]

New ‘Markovian Thinking’ technique unlocks a path to million-token AI reasoning

Researchers at Mila have proposed a new technique that makes large language models (LLMs) vastly more efficient when performing complex reasoning. Called Markovian Thinking, the approach allows LLMs to engage in lengthy reasoning without incurring the prohibitive computational costs that currently limit such tasks. The team’s implementation, an environment named Delethink, structures the reasoning chain […]

The unexpected benefits of AI PCs: why creativity could be the new productivity

Presented by HP Creativity is quickly becoming the new measure of productivity. While AI is often framed as a tool for efficiency and automation, new research from MIT Sloan School of Management shows that generative AI enhances human creativity — when employees have the right tools and skills to use it effectively. That’s where AI […]

AI’s financial blind spot: Why long-term success depends on cost transparency

Presented by Apptio, an IBM company When a technology with revolutionary potential comes on the scene, it’s easy for companies to let enthusiasm outpace fiscal discipline. Bean counting can seem short-sighted in the face of exciting opportunities for business transformation and competitive dominance. But money is always an object. And when the tech is AI, […]

OpenAI announces ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-enabled web browser to challenge Google Chrome

OpenAI is entering the browser world with the launch of ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-enabled browser.  Atlas, now available globally, can be accessed through Apple’s macOS, with support for Windows, iOS, and Android coming soon. The announcement comes several months after rumors in July that OpenAI would release a web browser that would challenge the dominance […]