Roblox CEO calls loot boxes and gambling ‘brilliant idea’ after Artificial Intelligence age checks
Roblox has added Artificial Intelligence-powered facial age estimation to match users in chat by age. CEO David Baszucki said the platform may add microtransactions and gambling-like mechanics if they can be done legally and educationally.
What is the chance your plane will be hit by space debris?
The risk of aircraft being struck by space debris is small but rising as more satellites and rocket bodies reenter the atmosphere. Regulators and researchers warn aviation systems and reentry practices must adapt to limit disruptions and potential casualties.
CXL Consortium releases Compute Express Link 4.0 specification
The CXL Consortium has published the Compute Express Link 4.0 specification to address growing data center workload demands. The release promises doubled bandwidth versus the prior generation and adds new capabilities for coherent memory connectivity.
How artificial intelligence will change warfare
Helen Warrell and James O’Donnell debate the ethical, operational and financial forces shaping military use of Artificial Intelligence, from logistics and targeting to cyberattacks and disinformation.
Arm joins Nvidia NVLink Fusion ecosystem
Arm has joined Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion ecosystem, enabling Arm licensees and Arm-designed server CPUs to connect natively to Nvidia GPUs and Artificial Intelligence accelerators. The collaboration could strengthen Arm’s appeal to hyperscalers and expand Nvidia’s ecosystem while putting pressure on rivals such as AMD and Intel.
I went to a retreat for top lawyers. The message: ‘Thou shalt’ use artificial intelligence
At the invite-only TLTF Summit in Austin, leaders from Big Law and legal-tech builders concluded that artificial intelligence is now a business imperative. Panels focused on procurement, staffing models, nonlawyer ownership workarounds, and who will pay for new technology.
The human engine of artificial intelligence: datawork and LLM performance
Adriana Alvarado of IBM argues that datawork – the human processes of collecting, curating and documenting datasets – is the core driver of artificial intelligence performance and fairness. Her talk explores why Large Language Models amplify the stakes of these human choices and how synthetic data and robust governance fit into the solution.
AMD MI300X powers training of Zyphra’s ZAYA1 Artificial Intelligence model
Zyphra trained ZAYA1, a large-scale mixture-of-experts foundation model, using AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs, AMD Pensando networking, and the AMD ROCm software stack. Zyphra reports the model matches or exceeds leading open models on reasoning, mathematics, and coding benchmarks.
What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s Artificial Intelligence-powered rival to Wikipedia?
Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, an Artificial Intelligence-powered site that largely reproduces Wikipedia content but often lacks citations and transparency. PolitiFact found copied text, missing or incorrect references and unclear correction processes.
The business side of artificial intelligence content creation
Generative artificial intelligence is shifting marketing relationships from vendors to partners and elevating contracts as strategic assets. New deal structures, from archive-driven fan remixes to omniverse production and feed-level integration, are reshaping how brands create and monetise content.