China faces looming electric vehicle battery waste as Artificial Intelligence debates intensify
China’s early electric vehicle boom is now colliding with a wave of aging batteries that its recycling system is struggling to absorb, while prominent Artificial Intelligence doomers remain steadfast in warning about existential risks despite market skepticism and shifting tech narratives.
Mitsubishi UFJ Bank deploys private artificial intelligence to secure generative artificial intelligence usage
Mitsubishi UFJ Bank is using Private AI’s anonymization technology on its OCEAN platform to unlock generative artificial intelligence while maintaining strict financial-grade data protection. The deployment aims to safely tap unstructured data across emails, call recordings, internal documents, and chat logs without exposing personal information.
Adobe and Runway team up on advanced artificial intelligence video tools for creators
Adobe has signed a multi-year partnership with Runway to bring Runway’s latest generative video models, including Gen-4.5, into Adobe Firefly and its professional creative applications, aiming to define new artificial intelligence powered video workflows for creators and brands.
FTC clears $5 billion Nvidia and Intel semiconductor partnership
The federal trade commission has approved a $5 billion investment and chip partnership between Nvidia and Intel, easing immediate antitrust concerns around their joint push in artificial intelligence and data center semiconductors.
Top data stories of 2025
Lexology Pro highlights the most significant data and privacy developments of 2025, from a controversial EU digital omnibus initiative to landmark rulings on Artificial Intelligence and data transfers.
Developers debate large language model coding in complex production codebases
Hacker News users shared detailed experiences using large language models inside messy, established codebases, from fully agent-driven workflows to strict bans on generated code. The discussion highlights productivity gains, testing strategies, and persistent limits around context, integration testing, and trust.
OpenAI fundraising ambitions, new agentic coding model, and Anthropic agent skills standard
OpenAI is pushing ahead on a massive new fundraising round alongside the launch of its GPT-5.2-Codex agentic coding model, while Anthropic’s Agent Skills format is becoming an open standard across major developer tools.
SK hynix secures Intel data center certification for 256 GB DDR5 RDIMM
SK hynix has become the first company to complete Intel Data Center Certified testing for its 32 Gb die-based 256 GB DDR5 RDIMM on the Intel Xeon 6 platform, positioning its high-capacity memory for next-generation Artificial Intelligence workloads.
Nvidia launches general availability of rtx pro 5000 72 gb blackwell gpu
Nvidia has made the rtx pro 5000 72 gb blackwell gpu generally available, targeting professionals who need hardware for demanding artificial intelligence and creative workloads.
Nvidia, AMD, Apple and Broadcom weigh Intel foundry and EMIB options
Nvidia and AMD are assessing Intel’s 14A node while Apple and Broadcom are exploring Intel EMIB packaging, signaling shifting foundry and packaging strategies as capacity constraints bite at rivals like TSMC.