Month: June 2026

Reed’s view Hollywood shouldn’t worry too much about generative AI — the transformer architecture that underpins AI models that can build images, videos, and songs from a single text prompt. While film executives may not like to say it out loud, AI is already being used to bring down costs ...

Since the ChatGPT moment nearly four years ago, the AI race has been viewed by many as a contest of model performance. Say what you will about OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, but he saw from the very beginning that compute infrastructure would become an important battlefront, and his ...

The Scoop Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pursued a more active role in artificial intelligence policy earlier this year after financial institutions warned advanced models could leave critical infrastructure vulnerable — including the Federal Reserve payment rails that enable them to send money back and forth, people familiar with the talks ...

Palo Alto-based law firm Cooley built a platform that intends to help startups make legal decisions without a lawyer. Users can ask it to analyze nondisclosure and contractor agreements, locate proper business forms, and ask legal questions about company documents. Built with legal AI startup Legora and trained on Cooley’s ...

Qualcomm, the chipmaker supplying smartphones and wearable devices, said it plans to use the new chip technology it created for data centers in smartphones — ultimately allowing AI to run better on mobile devices, said Executive Vice President Durga Malladi in an interview. When Qualcomm announced its data-center chips this ...

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss talking aloud to computers, Cannes, and “Engineering Creativity: Guac Is Extra.” JASON: This week I was in Cannes, France for the Cannes ...

Suffolk reaches 37.3C on Friday – but many will feel the heatwave begin to ease as the weekend progresses. ...

13 men are accused of helping a man abuse his wife over a period of years. ...

Héctor Bello wrote on social media that “you gave your own life for our daughter” in the quakes which killed at least 589 people. ...

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz assaulted PC Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook and a Starbucks customer, a court heard. ...