German AI translation startup DeepL to axe 250 staff

DeepL, the German AI translation startup, is cutting around 250 staff, about a quarter of its headcount, saying it was moving to smaller teams so it is able to compete amid rapid AI advancements, its …

A shocking study made me rethink how I use AI, and you should probably do that too

A new study finds that after just ten minutes of AI-assisted problem-solving, people performed worse and gave up more easily once the AI was gone. But the culprit isn’t AI itself. It’s how most people are using it.

The rise of AI Orchestration Layers: BadCo.AI on guiding a more connected car buying experience
The rise of AI Orchestration Layers: BadCo.AI on guiding a more connected car buying experience

The future of automotive retail may depend less on isolated AI tools and more on orchestration systems that connect every part of the buyer journey. BadCo.AI views the future of car buying as a rapidly evolving ecosystem shaped by connected technologie…

Even brief AI use could hurt your ability to think, a new study finds

A new study from researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, and UCLA found that even brief AI use can hurt your ability to problem-solve once the tool is taken away.

Belgian AI startup Tekst raises €11.5 million to tackle the bottleneck holding back enterprise AI

Ghent-based Tekst has closed an €11.5 million Series A led by US venture firm Elephant. Tekst was founded in Ghent in 2022 by Wouter Janssen (CEO) and Tiebe Parmentier (CTO) and is taking aim at one …

CodeWords raises $9M to bring proactive AI agents to businesses

London-basedCodeWords, an AI automation platform, has raised $9 million in a seed round ledby Visionaries, with participation from firstminute capital, Sequel, andIllusian. The round also included a g…

Lawrence Wong holds the line: AI will not produce jobless growth in Singapore
Lawrence Wong holds the line: AI will not produce jobless growth in Singapore

Singapore’s parliament has pledged that the country will not see jobless growth as artificial intelligence reshapes the economy, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday in coverage citing Channel NewsAsia. The statement reaffirms the position Prime Minister Lawr…

Scale AI wins $500m Pentagon contract, five times its previous Defense Department deal
Scale AI wins $500m Pentagon contract, five times its previous Defense Department deal

The agreement was signed with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, the procurement vehicle driving the bulk of US military AI integration spending in 2025 and 2026. Microsoft, Amazon, and Google signed parallel classified-ne…

Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants — AI infrastructure deal would boost fiber production capacity by over 50%

Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to help partners that deploy its hardware in the U.S. to get enough of optical fiber, grant Nvidia control over a significant chunk of domestic fiber production.