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Artificial intelligence coding tools upend buy versus build and threaten SaaS

26 Sep 2025

Tools like Bolt, Replit, Cursor, and Lovable are lowering the cost and complexity of building custom apps, prompting companies to rethink purchasing SaaS. Netlify’s CEO says a wave of Artificial Intelligence‑native builders could replace some add-on SaaS functionality as firms adopt opinionated platforms to manage reliability and support.

artificial intelligence, enterprise software, saas, software

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EPFL fractures ductile rocks at supercritical depths to unlock geothermal potential

26 Sep 2025

Researchers at EPFL report that ductile rocks can still be fractured at supercritical depths, enabling water circulation and pointing to a path for large scale geothermal power beyond volcanic regions.

energy technology, geothermal, renewable energy, research

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Cloudflare defaults to blocking artificial intelligence crawlers, shifting to permission-based access

26 Sep 2025

Cloudflare will now block artificial intelligence crawlers from scraping content by default, giving website owners explicit control over who can access and use their work.

artificial intelligence, cloudflare, internet policy, web infrastructure

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Medtronic expands Artificial Intelligence and robotics hub in London as Virtuoso robot wins FDA breakthrough

26 Sep 2025

Medtronic is doubling its London footprint to create a global digital center for Artificial Intelligence and surgical robotics, while Virtuoso Surgical secured FDA breakthrough status for en bloc bladder lesion removal.

artificial intelligence, digital health, medical devices, robotics

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Artificial Intelligence hallucinations create real-world risks for businesses

26 Sep 2025

Artificial Intelligence systems can generate confident falsehoods that damage brands, drive legal exposure, and erode efficiency. Companies are turning to stronger governance, human oversight, and technical safeguards to manage the risk.

artificial intelligence, governance, legal liability, risk management

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Artificial Intelligence is flattening management and threatening white collar jobs

26 Sep 2025

Companies are slimming down layers of management as Artificial Intelligence tools automate more supervisory work. Executives warn the shift could reshape office employment and squeeze entry points for new graduates.

artificial intelligence, big tech, business, future of work

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Artificial intelligence energy use could drop 90 percent with smarter design, says UN

26 Sep 2025

A UNESCO and University College London report finds that large language model energy demand can fall by up to 90 percent through task-specific design, concise interactions and model compression. Campaigners meanwhile urge the UK to reject biomass-powered Artificial Intelligence data centers linked to Drax.

climate and nature, energy efficiency, policy, tech and innovation

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Vertical Artificial Intelligence agents: purpose-built tools for industry workflows

25 Sep 2025

Vertical Artificial Intelligence agents are tailored to specific industries, delivering faster deployment, higher accuracy, and immediate value. The article outlines benefits, cross-industry use cases, and how Creatio embeds a financial services agent into end-to-end workflows.

artificial intelligence, automation, crm, industry applications

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Meta draws a line on EU artificial intelligence rules, signaling a rift in tech oversight

25 Sep 2025

Meta declined to sign the European Union’s voluntary code of practice for general-purpose Artificial Intelligence, arguing it overreaches the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act. The move underscores widening tensions over how far Brussels should go to govern frontier models.

artificial intelligence, european union, meta, regulation

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As Artificial Intelligence agents go mainstream, companies lean into confidential computing for data security

25 Sep 2025

Enterprises are embracing confidential computing to secure models, data, and agent workflows as Artificial Intelligence deployments expand. Big tech firms are rolling out hardware-backed protections, but experts warn the approach still faces reliability and vulnerability challenges.

artificial intelligence, cloud-computing, data privacy, security

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A blueprint for implementing RAG at scale

25 Sep 2025

Retrieval-augmented generation is positioned as essential for most large language model applications because it injects company-specific knowledge into responses. For organizations rolling out generative Artificial Intelligence, the approach promises higher accuracy and fewer hallucinations.

artificial intelligence, large language models, tech

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How artificial intelligence will accelerate biomedical research and discovery

25 Sep 2025

A Microsoft Research Podcast episode brings together Daphne Koller, Noubar Afeyan, and Eric Topol to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping biomedicine, from target discovery and autonomous labs to the pursuit of a virtual cell. The discussion charts rapid progress since GPT-4 and what it means for patients, researchers, and regulators.

biomedical research, drug discovery, generative artificial intelligence, healthcare, machine learning