European Parliament suspends Artificial Intelligence tools over data transfer risks
The European Parliament has temporarily disabled Artificial Intelligence features on official devices over fears that sensitive data could be routed to external cloud servers and foreign jurisdictions. The move highlights growing tension between data protection priorities and the widespread adoption of cloud based Artificial Intelligence services.
France launches global research call on generative artificial intelligence risks for minors
France is using its G7 presidency to launch an international scientific effort on how general public uses of generative artificial intelligence affect children, aiming to inform regulation and protection frameworks for minors online.
Health insurers face growing scrutiny over artificial intelligence use
Regulators, clinicians, and patients are increasingly focused on how health insurers deploy artificial intelligence, as concerns grow about opaque decision making and potential bias in coverage determinations.
Artificial intelligence and systemic risk in finance
Artificial intelligence is transforming financial markets with productivity and risk management gains, but its core features may also magnify systemic vulnerabilities and outpace regulators’ oversight.
AMD Instinct MI455X accelerator faces manufacturing delays against Nvidia Vera Rubin
AMD’s Instinct MI455X accelerator is reportedly running into manufacturing problems that push meaningful volume to 2027, giving Nvidia’s Vera Rubin VR200 rack-scale system an uncontested performance lead this summer.
SoftBank and AMD validate GPU partitioning for artificial intelligence workloads
SoftBank and AMD are jointly validating a GPU partitioning system for AMD Instinct accelerators that allows a single chip to run multiple artificial intelligence workloads in parallel, tuned to each model’s resource needs. The work targets more efficient use of next generation artificial intelligence infrastructure amid manufacturing delays for AMD’s next Instinct generation.
Meta and Nvidia partner on large scale artificial intelligence infrastructure
Meta and Nvidia have signed a multiyear, multigenerational deal to deploy millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in new hyperscale data centers optimized for training and inference workloads. The partnership brings Nvidia CPUs, GPUs and Spectrum-X networking into Meta’s long term artificial intelligence infrastructure roadmap.