Geospatial breakthroughs set to reshape the next five years
Industry board members highlight underappreciated geospatial advances, from mobile mapping and edge computing to cloud-native formats and evolving skill sets, as the real drivers of change for the next five years.
Debate over Google’s 2025 research breakthroughs and its ad-driven business
A Hacker News thread on Google’s 2025 research recap quickly widens into a broader argument over the company’s dependence on advertising, the quality of its products, and the real-world impact of Artificial Intelligence progress.
Vietnam formalizes Artificial Intelligence governance with first comprehensive AI law
Vietnam has approved its first Law on Artificial Intelligence, creating a comprehensive, risk-based framework that governs how Artificial Intelligence systems are developed, deployed, and supervised in the country. The law combines strict controls on high-risk applications with incentives, sandboxes, and funding mechanisms aimed at turning Vietnam into a regional Artificial Intelligence hub.
Japan antitrust regulator to investigate generative artificial intelligence use of news content
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is preparing an antitrust investigation into how major generative artificial intelligence search and chatbot providers use news articles from domestic media companies, focusing on possible abuses of bargaining power.
Disney embeds generative Artificial Intelligence into its operating model
Disney is moving generative Artificial Intelligence from side experiments into the core of its operations through a wide-ranging deal with OpenAI that spans licensed content generation, internal tools, and Disney+ integrations.
Intel and Nvidia Serpent Lake leak details first joint laptop chip after 5 billion deal
Leaked details of Intel and Nvidia’s first joint Serpent Lake laptop chip show a tightly integrated CPU-GPU design aimed at boosting graphics, bandwidth, and Artificial Intelligence performance against rivals like AMD’s Strix Halo.
Intel shares fall as Nvidia pauses Artificial Intelligence chip testing on 18A process
Intel shares slipped after a report said Nvidia halted testing of its advanced Artificial Intelligence chips on Intel’s 18A manufacturing process, posing a setback to Intel’s foundry ambitions despite a broader strategic partnership between the companies.
European Commission’s Digital Omnibus targets streamlined Artificial Intelligence and data rules
The European Commission’s Digital Omnibus package proposes targeted amendments to the Artificial Intelligence Act, GDPR, Data Act, and NIS2 to cut overlap and improve legal certainty across the bloc’s fast-growing digital rulebook.
Global artificial intelligence regulation tightens as EU act takes effect
Norton Rose Fulbright’s data protection blog highlights how the rollout of artificial intelligence across sectors is colliding with a rapidly expanding patchwork of global rules, with the EU artificial intelligence act already in force and more national regimes on the way.
The 10X Artificial Intelligence bottleneck and its impact on financial markets
Generative Artificial Intelligence is running into hard limits in chips and capital as model sizes grow 10X each generation, forcing diverging US and China strategies and raising questions about systemic risk and power concentration. The article argues that while a full scale collapse of the Artificial Intelligence ecosystem is unlikely, the financial and societal stakes are moving into territory once reserved for nation states.