Hardware
Proactive AI Assistance for Phones: Inside Magic Cue, Google’s new AI assistant for Pixel 10
Google’s latest smartphone sports an AI assistant that anticipates the user’s needs and presents helpful information without prompting.
Tech & Society
Business
China Reconsiders U.S. AI Processors: Nvidia and AMD must reassure China their high-end GPUs don't pose security risk
Nvidia and AMD, having obtained the U.S. government’s permission to resume selling AI processors in China, received a cool welcome there.
Business
AI Video Goes Mainstream: Meta, Google, and other giants slice up text-to-video
Generated video clips are capturing eyeballs in viral videos, ad campaigns, and a Netflix show.
Tech & Society
India Pushes to Build Indigenous AI: India launches GPU network and talent programs to boost local LLMs
India, which has limited funding and large numbers of languages and dialects, is redoubling its efforts to build native large language models.
Letters
AI Transformation Comes to Universities: Exeter University groups computer science with business and environmental science, creating synergies that span AI, the economy, and the natural environment.
Just as many businesses are transforming to become more capable by using AI, universities are too.
Letters
Why Meta Is Paying AI Engineers $100M: Meta’s massive compensation packages make sense considering the cost and potential return of delivering cutting-edge AI.
Recently Meta made headlines with unprecedented, massive compensation packages for AI model builders exceeding $100M (sometimes spread over multiple years).
Science
Reasoning Boosts Carbon Emissions: Researchers confirm reasoning models that generate more tokens have a bigger environmental footprint
In the era of reasoning models, delivering better answers to questions has an environmental cost. A new study quantifies the impact.
Letters
High Stakes for Nations in the Great AI Race: The U.S. leads in AI, but China is gaining momentum. Democratic countries should remove roadblocks to AI progress so they can build models that support human rights and the rule of law.
There is now a path for China to surpass the U.S. in AI. Even though the U.S. is still ahead, China has tremendous momentum with its vibrant open-weights model ecosystem and aggressive moves in semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Machine Learning Research
People With AI Friends Feel Worse: Study shows heavy use of AI companions correlates with lower emotional well-being
People who turn to chatbots for companionship show indications of lower self-reported well-being, researchers found.
Business
U.S. Lifts Ban on AI Chips for China: Market opens for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, following a White House meeting with Jensen Huang
Nvidia will resume sales of H20 processors in China.
Tech & Society
White House Resets U.S. AI Policy: How the White House's Action Plan aims to build AI leadership, infrastructure, and innovation
President Trump set forth principles of an aggressive national AI policy, and he moved to implement them through an action plan and executive orders.
Business
How to Comply With the EU’s AI Act: EU issues code of practice to help AI developers follow AI Act regulations
The European Union published guidelines to help builders of AI models to comply with the AI Act, which wasenacted last year.