European Commission opens consultations on EU Artificial Intelligence Act copyright rules and regulatory sandboxes
The European Commission has launched parallel consultations on how the EU Artificial Intelligence Act should handle copyright reservations for text and data mining and on the detailed rules for national Artificial Intelligence regulatory sandboxes.
PaTH Attention boosts large language model positional reasoning
Researchers at MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence Lab have introduced PaTH Attention, a new positional encoding method that makes transformers more context-aware and better at tracking state over long sequences. The technique adapts position information based on token content and can be combined with forgetting mechanisms to improve long-context reasoning and efficiency.
Windows 11 adds consent checks for artificial intelligence agents accessing personal files
Microsoft is introducing a consent framework in Windows 11 that requires artificial intelligence agents to request explicit permission before accessing key personal folders, with controls applied individually to each assistant. Users will be able to decide how and when agents can reach files or system features, or block them entirely.
Rapidus debuts new artificial intelligence design tools for advanced chip manufacturing
Rapidus has introduced a new set of artificial intelligence driven design tools under its rebranded Rapidus AI-Agentic Design Solution, aimed at accelerating chip development for its 2 nm manufacturing process. The suite centers on automating register-transfer level design generation and early power, performance, and area prediction.
Rapidus develops glass panel-level packaging for high-performance artificial intelligence chips
Japanese foundry Rapidus has built a glass-based panel-level packaging prototype aimed at high-performance artificial intelligence hardware and plans to push it toward mass production by 2028, positioning itself as a potential rival to TSMC.
China reportedly tests domestically built euv lithography prototype
China has reportedly built and begun testing a domestically developed euv lithography prototype assembled from second-hand components and reverse-engineered designs. Huawei is leading a broader effort to create a fully domestic artificial intelligence semiconductor supply chain spanning chip design to advanced manufacturing tools.