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Nvidia and Dassault deepen partnership to build industrial virtual twins

4 Feb 2026

Nvidia and Dassault Systèmes are expanding their long-running partnership to build shared industrial Artificial Intelligence world models that merge physics-based virtual twins with accelerated computing. The companies aim to shift engineering, manufacturing and scientific work into real-time, simulation-driven workflows powered by Artificial Intelligence companions.

digital twins, industrial ai, manufacturing, nvidia

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Microbes, hyperscale data centers, and Artificial Intelligence’s truth crisis

4 Feb 2026

New biotechnology approaches could squeeze more metal out of aging mines just as hyperscale Artificial Intelligence data centers and a misinformation crisis drive fresh concern over how digital infrastructure reshapes the world.

artificial intelligence, climate tech, infrastructure

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Moltbot and the case for human agency as the core Artificial Intelligence guardrail

4 Feb 2026

Moltbot’s viral rise highlights both the appeal of deeply personalized Artificial Intelligence agents and the rising need for users to assert their own agency, security practices, and governance. Human decision making and responsibility emerge as the decisive safeguard as open source agentic Artificial Intelligence systems gain system level powers.

artificial intelligence, automation, governance, security

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Berkeley Lab leads foundation model effort for energy materials discovery

4 Feb 2026

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is leading a multi-institutional effort to build an open-source, agentic Artificial Intelligence platform that coordinates supercomputers, simulations, and robotic labs to accelerate energy materials discovery.

artificial intelligence, energy research, high performance computing, materials science

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Artificial Intelligence reshapes business visibility and accountability

4 Feb 2026

Artificial Intelligence has shifted from a back-office productivity tool to a front-door interface that controls how organisations are discovered, interpreted, and trusted, creating new governance and accountability pressures. As search and decision-making move inside Artificial Intelligence systems, businesses must treat visibility, accuracy, and oversight as board-level issues rather than marketing concerns.

artificial intelligence, digital business, governance, search technology

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Game developers use generative artificial intelligence despite rising industry backlash

4 Feb 2026

Over one third of game workers now use generative artificial intelligence tools at work, even as a growing majority believes the technology is harming the industry.

artificial intelligence, game industry, machine learning

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Qualcomm enters artificial intelligence data center chip race against Nvidia and AMD

4 Feb 2026

Qualcomm is pushing into the data center market with new artificial intelligence accelerators and full server systems, positioning itself against Nvidia and AMD while aiming to diversify beyond smartphones.

artificial intelligence, data-centers, qualcomm, semiconductors

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Microsoft pulls back Windows 11 artificial intelligence push to refocus on core features

4 Feb 2026

Microsoft is easing off its 'artificial intelligence everywhere' strategy in Windows 11, reviewing deep Copilot integrations and pausing mandatory artificial intelligence buttons as it pivots back to stability and core functionality.

artificial intelligence, microsoft, windows

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TrendForce sharply raises 1Q26 memory price forecasts on data center demand

4 Feb 2026

Persistent Artificial Intelligence and data center demand is tightening global memory supply in 1Q26, prompting TrendForce to sharply upgrade its price forecasts for DRAM and NAND Flash. PC DRAM is expected to see a record quarterly price surge as shortages spread across OEMs.

artificial intelligence, data-centers, memory, semiconductors

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Intel debuts Xeon 600 series Granite Rapids-WS workstation CPUs

4 Feb 2026

Intel has introduced the Xeon 600 series Granite Rapids-WS workstation processors, aiming at high core count, single-socket systems with expanded memory and I/O to challenge AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 series.

artificial intelligence, cpus, intel, workstation

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Deepfake marketplace scrutiny and the evolving future of EV batteries

4 Feb 2026

Researchers are exposing how an online marketplace enables bespoke deepfakes of real women, while electric vehicle adoption surges and raises new questions about the next generation of batteries.

artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, energy, online platforms

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Artificial Intelligence deepfakes show truth alone cannot restore public trust

3 Feb 2026

Warnings about an Artificial Intelligence driven truth crisis focused on confusion and verification tools, but manipulated government and media imagery show that even exposed fakes still shape beliefs and erode trust. New research and weak authenticity labeling suggest transparency is necessary yet insufficient to counter deepfake influence.

artificial intelligence, media, misinformation, policy