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Bifrost LLM gateway targets high performance for production artificial intelligence workloads

16 Jan 2026

Bifrost, an open-source gateway from Maxim AI, positions itself as a performance-focused alternative to existing tools for production artificial intelligence applications, trading broad provider coverage for low latency, high throughput, and enterprise governance features.

artificial intelligence, developer tools, infrastructure, open source

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Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 brings generative artificial intelligence to Raspberry Pi 5

16 Jan 2026

Raspberry Pi has unveiled the AI HAT+ 2, a Hailo-10H based accelerator board that brings local generative artificial intelligence workloads, including large language and vision-language models, to Raspberry Pi 5 without relying on cloud services.

generative artificial intelligence, hardware, large language models, raspberry pi

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Automated large language model protocoling shows promise for abdominal and pelvic CT

16 Jan 2026

A retrospective study led by radiologist Rajesh Bhayana suggests that a prompting-only GPT-4o large language model can outperform unassisted radiologists in selecting abdominal and pelvic CT protocols, while also offering gains in efficiency and consistency when used under supervision.

artificial intelligence, medical imaging, radiology

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Arizona invests $2 million in artificial intelligence tools for classrooms

16 Jan 2026

The Arizona Department of Education is putting $2 million into artificial intelligence tutoring software, with early results from a rural school district suggesting it can boost engagement without giving students the answers directly.

artificial intelligence, education, khan academy, state government

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Nvidia DLSS 4.5 rolls out to all GeForce RTX GPUs

16 Jan 2026

Nvidia is releasing DLSS 4.5 across the entire GeForce RTX lineup, pairing a second-generation Transformer upscaler with simple per-game controls in the Nvidia app.

artificial intelligence, graphics hardware, nvidia, upscaling

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Next generation nuclear reactors and the growing data center backlash

16 Jan 2026

A new wave of nuclear reactor designs aims to cut costs and construction times as communities push back against the rapid spread of power hungry data centers, while researchers debate health risks from microplastics and Africa’s role in the global Artificial Intelligence race.

artificial intelligence, climate change, energy, infrastructure

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Google expands open source artificial intelligence tools for healthcare imaging and transcription

16 Jan 2026

Google has released MedGemma 1.5 and MedASR, two open-source medical artificial intelligence models designed for imaging workflows and speech-to-text dictation, as investment firms highlight accelerating artificial intelligence adoption in healthcare.

artificial intelligence, google, healthcare, open source

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Pacific Northwest national lab unveils generative Artificial Intelligence cyber defense tool

15 Jan 2026

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a generative Artificial Intelligence system called Aloha that can rapidly simulate and adapt cyberattacks, offering defenders a faster way to reconstruct and test intrusions. The project highlights how U.S. national labs are turning years of classified Artificial Intelligence cyber research into practical defensive tools.

artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense technology, national laboratories

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Cyber remains top UK business risk as artificial intelligence climbs Allianz rankings

15 Jan 2026

Cyber incidents stayed at the top of UK corporate risk concerns in the latest Allianz Risk Barometer, while artificial intelligence risks jumped sharply up the rankings. The shift underscores how technology issues are reshaping how businesses prioritise threats.

artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, insurance, risk management

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Musical artificial intelligence platform raises $4.5M US for attribution technology expansion

15 Jan 2026

Musical artificial intelligence has raised $4.5M US to scale its proprietary attribution and rights management platform, which traces how licensed content informs generative artificial intelligence outputs and ensures creators are credited and paid.

artificial intelligence, copyright, music industry, startups

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Trump imposes 25% tariff on select Artificial Intelligence chips over security concerns

15 Jan 2026

The Trump administration has imposed a 25% tariff on certain high-end Artificial Intelligence chips in a move framed as a national security measure, while carving out broad exemptions for key domestic users such as data centers and startups.

artificial intelligence, semiconductors, trade policy, us politics

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Trump uses Section 232 to impose 25% tariff on Nvidia and AMD advanced chips

15 Jan 2026

United States president Donald Trump has invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to immediately impose a 25% tariff on a narrow set of advanced Nvidia and AMD semiconductors, citing national security concerns over United States dependence on overseas chip manufacturing.

artificial intelligence, semiconductors, trade policy, us politics