Nvidia Blackwell Ultra targets agentic artificial intelligence with higher efficiency
Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra platform is being positioned to power a surge in agentic artificial intelligence and coding assistants, with new data indicating major gains in throughput and cost efficiency over Hopper. Inference providers are adopting the architecture to handle rising software development workloads that demand low latency and long context processing.
Jensen Huang teases surprise chip and new accelerators for GTC 2026
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang signaled a major chip reveal and multiple new processors for GTC 2026, hinting at fresh accelerator architectures and deeper memory partnerships with SK hynix.
The power struggles behind predictive technology
Three new books trace how modern predictive technologies, from supervised learning algorithms to rational choice theory, have turned forecasts into tools of power and control. Together they argue that democratic oversight, human judgment, and resistance to self-fulfilling prophecies are essential correctives to an increasingly automated future.