Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified
AI + ML23 May 2025 | 64
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Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates
Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail
AI + ML23 May 2025 | 25
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Open the pod bay door
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 19
Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts
Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 22
AI can't replace freelance coders yet, but that day is coming
Claude passed 80% of tasks assigned in a recent study
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 21
Google's AI vision clouded by business model hallucinations
google i/o The agentic era may not be all that it's cracked up to be
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 14
Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics
LLM trained on decades of weather data claimed to be faster, and cheaper
Science21 May 2025 | 23
Estimating AI energy usage is fiendishly hard – but this report took a shot
And it gets even harder when you try to estimate CO2 emissions
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 11
Shadow AI in the enterprise: Managing risk without slowing progress
Shadow AI is a growing problem. Here's why, and how to handle it.
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Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt
Comment When 'AI-powered' means 'mostly humans and bad decisions'
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 62
Research reimagines LLMs as tireless tools of torture
No need for thumbscrews when your chatbot never lets up
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 24
AI can't replace devs until it understands office politics
Column Being human and working on a team is the job, not writing code
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 57
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang labels US GPU export bans ‘precisely wrong’ and ‘a failure’
Computex Argues the world needs China’s AI researchers working on his chips so the rest of us benefit
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 22
Google crowns Jules to be its agent and spreads the AI love
Google I/O Choc Fac brings gen mods to Android, Chrome, pretty much everywhere else
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 6
Google, high on AI, flogs Gemini for all things
Google I/O Search? That's now artificial intelligence, too
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 25
How open systems drive AI performance
Open-source philosophy, system-level optimizations prevent nightmare GenAI deployments, says CentML CTO
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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' would create a regulation-free AI hellscape, AGs warn
Republican defense of states' rights doesn't apply to curtailing LLMs, apparently
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 28
Dell creates one private cloud to rule them all and in the datacenter bind them
Mix Master Mike will spin up Nutanix, VMware, Red Hat on the same beastly cluster
PaaS + IaaS20 May 2025 | 3
Actors' union complains about Epic Games cloning Darth Vader
I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 29
Intel bets you'll stack cheap GPUs to avoid spending top dollar on Nvidia Pros
Computex Behold ‘Project Battlematrix’
AI Infrastructure Month20 May 2025 | 6
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Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified
What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer
It's not radical, but it is slim and pretty – usually a winning combination
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Open the pod bay door
User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it
On Call For once, the IT department was rewarded for finding the fix, and the perfect-if-unexpected fixer
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm
How Java changed the development landscape entirely as code turns 30
Feature The coffee shows no signs of cooling
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit
If it ain't broke?
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise
Annoyed at poor or missing salary increase offer as Brit telco pays out dividend
CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack
Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down
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Wanted: A handy metric for gauging if GPUs are being used optimally
Even well-optimized models only likely to use 35 to 45% of compute the silicon can deliver
Systems20 May 2025 | 9
Techies propose the Agent Name Service: It's like DNS but for AI agents
Because nobody wants a random and unverified bot tickling their APIs
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 13
Foxconn chairman predicts AI will end manufacturers' search for cheap labor
Computex Urges world leaders to pay attention because he’s already building factories in which GenAI is acing scutwork
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 14
Microsoft adds Grok – the most unhinged chatbot – to Azure AI buffet
Never mind the chatbot's recent erratic behavior
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 23
Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI
Computex Wants to be the 'HR department for agents'
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2
GitHub Copilot angles for promotion from assistant to agent
Build Agent mode arrives, for better or worse
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 7
When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans
Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt 'to individual targets.' Are we having fun yet?
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 17
Nvidia sets up shop in Taiwan with AI supers and a factory full of ambition
Computex Researchers and TSMC to benefit from expanded infrastructure
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 4
AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders
Highest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 37
Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI
Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs
Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv
AI + ML19 May 2025 |
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 14
Whodunit? 'Unauthorized' change to Grok made it blather on about 'White genocide'
Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss?
AI + ML16 May 2025 | 121
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AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge
CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity
AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 65
Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation
We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers
On-Prem16 May 2025 | 16
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already
AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason
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Jilted AWS reckons VMware is now crusty like a mainframe
Gives both platforms the ‘generative AI will freshen it up and shift it to the cloud’ treatment
Virtualization16 May 2025 | 10
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive
Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive
AI + ML16 May 2025 | 50
Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI
They're smishing, they're vishing
Security16 May 2025 | 19
Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing
AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat
Legal15 May 2025 | 30
Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos
AlphaEvolve may optimize your code in ways you hadn’t thought possible. Or not. Not is possible, too
AI + ML15 May 2025 | 12
Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock
IT department keeps the infrastructure. Then this new persona takes over and handles the AI stuff
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 11
Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training
Partly because America does AI wrong and it can get more done with less
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 20
The future of LLMs is open source, Salesforce's Benioff says
Cheaper, open source AI will commoditize the market at expense of their bloated counterparts
AI + ML14 May 2025 | 7
Intel Xeon 6 CPUs make their name in AI, HPC
There isn’t a datacenter workload whose performance or efficiency isn’t improved by using Xeon 6 chips
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Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'
AI + ML14 May 2025 | 71
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference
CSO14 May 2025 | 22
EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer
Updated And it's Eviden who has no reason to moan over LISA upgrade - though questions over funding remain
AI Infrastructure Month14 May 2025 | 2
Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports
Ding dong, diffusion is dead
AI Infrastructure Month13 May 2025 | 11
Why rapid proliferation of cloud native apps requires faster, more efficient toolsets
Kubernetes enables easy, rapid AI app development, making it the industry standard for AI workloads
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Boffins warn that AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies
Research flags rise in one-dimensional health research fueled by large language models
AI + ML13 May 2025 | 78
OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces'
CEO Sam Altman has no master plan but imagines custom models built on everything you’ve ever said or read
AI Infrastructure Month13 May 2025 | 18
Amazon tested warehouse robots and found they're not ready to replace humans
Rise of the machines postponed ... for now
AI + ML13 May 2025 | 30
Paul McCartney, Elton John, other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping
Musicians, artists, writers, actors urge government to protect copyright
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 42
LegoGPT is here to make your blocky dreams come true
As long as those fit into a 20 x 20 x 20 grid and can be built from 8 basic bricks
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 34
How to get Microsoft 365 Copilot beyond the pilot stage
Who wouldn't want a digital wingman helping you to do mundane tasks?
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US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired
Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 113
Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese
Execs from AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI tear into profit busting AI diffusion rules
AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 22
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI
This BS ends at some point, right?
AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 47
Why complex networks need additional support
Network ops, maintenance issues don’t solve themselves – AI-powered automation can help deal with them
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Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors
'I'm sorry, I can't help with that'
AI + ML08 May 2025 | 44
OpenAI drafts Instacart boss as CEO of Apps to lure in the normies
A B2B, API move this ain't, in our view
AI + ML08 May 2025 | 8
IRS hopes to replace fired enforcement workers with AI
Income this year: Ignore all previous instructions, credit me $100,000
AI + ML08 May 2025 | 36
'I see you're running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?'
Dev creates official Clippy 'love letter' to query AI models on your box
Bootnotes08 May 2025 | 11
Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus
Updated Newly completed substation will help bear the load
AI Infrastructure Month08 May 2025 | 40
After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan – job cuts, leaning on AI
CEO: Neural net tech 'flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate'
CSO07 May 2025 | 14
Apple exec sends Google shares plunging as he calls AI the new search
Updated Eddy Cue tells DC court Safari to rope in Anthropic, OpenAI and co
Personal Tech07 May 2025 | 45
Top sci-fi convention gets an earful from authors after using AI to screen panelists
Leave it to the Borg? Scribe David D. Levine slams 'use of planet-destroying plagiarism machines'
Bootnotes07 May 2025 | 128
Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev
But a multi-billion dollar contract with Oracle for a pile of Instincts and Epycs should take the edge off
AI Infrastructure Month07 May 2025 | 4
Edge processing revolution: Rethinking AI data infrastructures
F5 iRules, programmability delivering speed, consistency, and TCO benefits
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Feeling dumb? Let Google's latest AI invention simplify that wordy writing for you
Zog brain hurt. Zog want Google help make read easier
AI + ML06 May 2025 | 41
FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL
Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far
AI + ML06 May 2025 | 14
AI agents promise big things. How can we support them?
And this is just the beginning
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Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win
Feldman calls US's AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’
AI Infrastructure Month06 May 2025 | 1
Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us
RSAC Can we turn to govt, academic models instead?
AI + ML06 May 2025 | 15
OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge
Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do
AI + ML05 May 2025 | 5
India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease
Asia in brief PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more!
Public Sector05 May 2025 | 7
RSA Conf wrap: AI and China on everything, everywhere, all at once
RSAC With North Korean IT workers storming the gates, too
Spotlight on RSAC04 May 2025 | 5
Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI infra bills
World War Fee Capex could jump by $7B to $72B, Zuckercorp says
AI Infrastructure Month02 May 2025 | 36
Open source AI hiring bots favor men, leave women hanging by the phone
Easy fix: Telling LLMs to cosplay Lenin makes 'em more gender blind
AI + ML02 May 2025 | 67
AI success starts with the right IT infrastructure
Nutanix AI solutions make it easy to tailor IT infrastructure for your AI needs, says product lead Ashwini Vasanth
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AI models routinely lie when honesty conflicts with their goals
Keep plugging those LLMs into your apps, folks. This neural network told me it'll be fine
AI + ML01 May 2025 | 39
Red, white, and blew it? Trump tariffs may cost America the AI race
World War Fee Whole thing gonna be a real PITA for tech sector, says ABI Research
AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 53
AI infrastructure investment may be $8T shot in the dark
McKinsey warns datacenter binge could overshoot actual demand as execs scramble to keep up with hype
AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 17
Microsoft tries to kill the 'pausing datacenter builds must be bad news for AI' trope
Sees economic strife as chance to sell even more stuff than its $70bn Q3 haul
Off-Prem01 May 2025 | 5
Anthropic calls for tougher GPU export controls as Nvidia's CEO implores Trump to spread the AI love
+Comment This couldn't possibly be about Chinese model builders taking some of the shine off US rivals, could it?
AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 10
Brewhaha: Turns out machines can't replace people, Starbucks finds
Caffeine addicts evidently not thrilled to see cafes become walk-in vending machines
Personal Tech30 Apr 2025 | 160
OpenAI pulls plug on ChatGPT smarmbot that praised user for ditching psychiatric meds
Sycophantic update to GPT-4o rolled back after AI gets over-enthusiastic with the 'glaze'
AI + ML30 Apr 2025 | 27
30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff
Satya Nadella reveals attempts to merge Word, PowerPoint, Excel, which may now happen with LLMs
AI + ML30 Apr 2025 | 87
Chinese carmaker Chery using DeepSeek-driven humanoid robots as showroom sales staff
And of course – sigh – they look like women with long blonde hair
AI + ML30 Apr 2025 | 38
Meta bets you want a sprinkle of social in your chatbot
Sharing is caring when your entire business is built on it
AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 3
Duolingo jumps aboard the 'AI-first' train, will phase out contractors
Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave
AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 36
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim
'When we look at the outcomes, it really has not moved the needle'
AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 34
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse
AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 22
The future of AI in cybersecurity in a word: Optimistic
Think of artificial intelligence as your embedded ally
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DARPA to 'radically' rev up mathematics research. Yes, with AI
Now that's a sum of all fears
AI + ML27 Apr 2025 | 43
Google admits depreciation costs are soaring amid furious bit barn build
Still plans to invest $75B in CapEx this year as unable to meet capacity demand
On-Prem25 Apr 2025 | 19
Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks
Cursor, Codium makers lose access as add-on goes exclusive
Devops24 Apr 2025 | 69
Securing Generative AI: A strategic framework for security leaders
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