Tariff chaos fuels robot revival
Volatility, but automation’s future looks bulletproof
The tariffs crisis might be a migraine for many, but it's opening some tasty new doors for the AI, robotics and automation sector.
Firms flounder with basic AI data prep
Most data to messy or misplaced
According to a new study by Nasuni, only one in five firms reckons their data is fit for AI use, meaning a paltry 27 per cent of artificial intelligence projects are delivering anything close to a return on investment.
Investor bets big on AMD’s AI ‘second place’
Inference, not training, may be AMD’s golden ticket
AMD might be down 50 per cent in six months, but investor Yiannis Zourmpanos (pictured) is doubling down, insisting the market’s missing the point. While the chipmaker continues to trail Nvidia, he says the prize isn’t in training gargantuan AI models—it’s in running them.
Stanford warns China’s AI chase is nearly neck-and-neck
US dominance wanes as Beijing’s benchmarks surge
The US might still be top of the AI table, but China is legging it fast, closing the gap in quality and influence, according to Stanford’s latest Artificial Intelligence Index.
AMD flips the AI switch on its handheld chip
Ryzen Z2 Extreme gets a neural power-up
AMD is about to crank out a slightly rehashed version of its Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU for handhelds—but this time, it's flipping on the AI switch.
Meta's Llama 4 stampede begins
Scout, Maverick and a monster called Behemoth
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled four new Llama models, describing it as a “milestone for Meta AI and open source” in a slick video posted to Instagram and Facebook this weekend.
Samsung flogs 61 AI-infused tellies in Korea
“True AI TV “
Samsung has unveiled its 2025 TV lineup in South Korea, marking the beginning of what it calls the "True AI TV" era.
AI hype fizzles, but $644 billion is still on the table
Gartner says GenAI hits a “Trough of Disillusionment”
Despite a slew of gimmicky flops and creeping consumer scepticism, the generative AI bandwagon is still rolling along.
Turing Institute axes quarter of projects
Leans into defence and climate
UK’s AI flagship the Alan Turing Institute is binning nearly a quarter of its projects and staring down job cuts as it tries to morph into something vaguely resembling relevance amid criticism and seismic shifts in AI.
Siri spirals into chaos
Voice assistant flounders while rivals sprint into the future
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s 13-year-old digital dunce Siri is proving more useless than ever, infuriating users while other tech firms surge ahead with bleeding-edge AI chatbots.
