The camera app on a Pixel 11 Pro Fold smartphone during a content capture event in New York on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You pull out your phone to look something up on Google. Maybe you’re researching a purchase or trying to find…
A sign detailing AI security incidents sits on a stand at New York City Council Committee hearing on the risks and regulation of artificial intelligence at City Hall on October 5, 2026 in New York City. Adam Gray | Getty Images Anthropic’s IPO filing includes many words covering many risks, from IP theft to security…
This week has shown that the appetite to build out AI infrastructure and put it to use isn’t slowing down, contrary to market jitters. Rental rates for older-generation Nvidia (NVDA) GPUs, known as Blackwell and Hopper, continue to rise, suggesting that the shortage of compute remains acute, BCA Research chief economist Peter Berezin pointed out…
Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ: NVDA) fortunes have been lifted remarkably by the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Over the past three years, during a period when data center spending among hyperscalers really kicked into high gear, the company’s shares have rocketed 410% higher (as of Oct. 23). Since it produces the most advanced and most popular graphics processing…
Like everyone who has been paying attention, I have worries about the possible negative effects from AI. And it’s a long laundry list of worries. One, there is the technology’s anti-labor bias, which may accelerate our downward spiral into oligarchy. Next, there is the fact that the data center boom is crowding out investment in…
Thomas Kurian, chief executive officer of cloud services at Google LLC, speaks during the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has spent years pitching customers on the advantage of buying its chips, models and cloud services in one place, offering a full…
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in A Chinese startup has unveiled a 13-foot (four-metre) robot that it claims can carry 500-kilogram loads. Beijing-based NeodraDynamics said its AI-powered Neo1 humanoid robot is built to exceed the physical…
Amaç Herdağdelen, Hailey Joren, Alex Tamkin When experts hand their work to an AI agent, the usual assumption is that they still make the decisions that matter. The agent writes the code, runs the numbers, and offers advice, but the expert decides what to measure, how to interpret ambiguous evidence, and what the next steps…
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in President Donald Trump has promised to ban everyone from using the phrase “artificial intelligence” as he continues to promote a more favorable term — “super intelligence.” “When will The Wall…
As technology companies race to build data centers, demand for the memory chips that make artificial intelligence (AI) computing possible has skyrocketed. One of the leading manufacturers of memory chips for AI hyperscalers is Micron Technology (MU +2.77%). So far this year, Micron stock has soared 225% — making it the third-highest performer in the…