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Pentagon weighs classified Artificial Intelligence training as reactor waste questions grow

19 Mar 2026

The Pentagon is preparing secure environments so generative Artificial Intelligence companies can train military-specific models on classified data, a shift that would deepen industry access to sensitive intelligence. Separately, a new wave of nuclear reactor designs is raising fresh questions about how future waste streams will be managed.

artificial intelligence, defense, national security, nuclear energy

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March 2026 brings a wave of Artificial Intelligence model launches

19 Mar 2026

A concentrated burst of model releases in March 2026 highlighted rapid gains in language, video, coding, and on-device systems. Open-weight and open-source entrants narrowed the gap with proprietary platforms across several important benchmarks.

machine learning, nvidia, open source, openai, video generation

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NVIDIA renames Maxine to NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence for Media

19 Mar 2026

NVIDIA Maxine has been renamed NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence for Media, a development platform for audio, video, and augmented reality workflows. The platform combines SDKs and cloud-native microservices for real-time media enhancement across local, cloud, and edge deployments.

artificial intelligence, developer tools, media technology, nvidia, video

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Uk report warns generative Artificial Intelligence threatens creative industries

19 Mar 2026

A House of Lords committee has warned that generative Artificial Intelligence poses immediate risks to creators and performers in the UK. It is urging the government to preserve copyright protections, tighten transparency rules, and address gaps around style imitation and digital identity.

artificial intelligence, copyright, creative industries, policy

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NVIDIA groq 3 LPX targets low-latency Artificial Intelligence inference

19 Mar 2026

NVIDIA positions Groq 3 LPX as an inference accelerator for Vera Rubin built to handle low-latency, large-context workloads for agentic systems. The platform combines Rubin GPUs and LPUs in a co-designed architecture aimed at boosting throughput, token generation, and efficiency at rack scale.

artificial intelligence infrastructure, data center, inference, nvidia

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Nvidia sets the stage for GTC 2026 keynote

19 Mar 2026

Nvidia is preparing to outline its next wave of computing, networking, and rendering plans at GTC 2026, with Jensen Huang leading the keynote. The event is expected to focus on next-generation platforms, broader Artificial Intelligence infrastructure, and the company’s expanding partnership with Intel.

artificial intelligence, chips, events, intel, nvidia

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Nvidia chief projects chip sales growth

18 Mar 2026

Nvidia’s chief executive is tied to a projection of massive future Artificial Intelligence chip revenue, but the available source material provides no reported details beyond the headline and a brief author description.

artificial intelligence, nvidia, semiconductors

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Can world models unlock general purpose robotics

18 Mar 2026

World models aim to help robots learn physics from large-scale video instead of relying mainly on hand-built simulators and scarce robot-specific data. Early results are promising, but major questions remain around consistency, tactile sensing, speed, and economics.

artificial intelligence, deep tech, machine learning, robotics

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HHS weighs clinical Artificial Intelligence adoption around trust and burden

18 Mar 2026

HHS is using public feedback to shape how Artificial Intelligence should be adopted in clinical care, with a focus on provider burden, patient trust, interoperability, and responsible use. The department is signaling that future changes in regulation, reimbursement, and research will reflect the themes that emerge.

artificial intelligence, healthcare, hhs, interoperability, policy

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Designing carbon materials with Artificial Intelligence at exascale

18 Mar 2026

Argonne researchers are using supercomputers and Artificial Intelligence to predict how carbon changes under extreme heat and pressure. The work could help design nanocarbon materials for medicine, energy, and national security before they are built in the lab.

argonne national laboratory, artificial intelligence, materials science, supercomputing

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NVIDIA unveils RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell server edition GPU

18 Mar 2026

NVIDIA has introduced a passively cooled, single-slot RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition aimed at compute-dense server deployments. The card closely matches the standard RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell while lowering power and memory speed to fit hyper-dense configurations.

data center, gpus, hardware, nvidia

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Snap speeds Snapchat A/B testing with NVIDIA data libraries

18 Mar 2026

Snap has moved key Snapchat experimentation workloads to NVIDIA-accelerated Apache Spark on Google Cloud, aiming to process large daily data volumes faster and at lower cost. The shift supports broader feature testing across engagement, performance and monetization metrics.

artificial intelligence, data engineering, google cloud, nvidia, snap