📈 Corporate Investments and Partnerships
1. SoftBank Acquires Ampere Computing for $6.5 Billion SoftBank Group Corp. has acquired semiconductor designer Ampere Computing to bolster its AI infrastructure capabilities. Ampere’s processors are key players in high-performance data centers, making this acquisition a strategic step for SoftBank's AI ambitions.
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🏛️ Governmental Policies and Initiatives
3. UK’s AI Copyright Reform Sparks Debate UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle defended the government’s proposal for a copyright opt-out system that lets creatives control how their work is used by AI. The policy attempts to strike a balance between protecting artists and fostering AI innovation.
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4. BBC News Launches AI-Focused Department BBC News is setting up a new department aimed at using AI and innovation to engage younger audiences. By leveraging data and AI tools, the broadcaster hopes to personalize content and boost engagement across digital platforms.
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🚀 Technological Breakthroughs
5. AI Trained on Human Thoughts via Brain-Computer Interface In a partnership between Synchron and Nvidia, a new AI model called Chiral allows people with paralysis to control devices with their thoughts. It leverages Synchron’s brain-implant technology and Nvidia’s Holoscan platform — a major leap in assistive tech.
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6. AI-Based Weather Forecasting Gets a Boost Aardvark Weather, a new AI weather forecasting system developed by researchers from Cambridge, Microsoft Research, and ECMWF, can generate high-res forecasts faster and more efficiently than traditional models — potentially transforming weather predictions in energy and farming.
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💸 Economic Impact
7. AI Could Alter Global GDP, Says Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, CEO of French AI startup Mistral, predicts AI could impact global GDP by double-digit margins. He stressed the importance of national AI ecosystems to prevent dependency and promote sovereign technological capabilities.
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