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Saudi Arabia plans to train 1 million citizens in AI
The efforts to prepare the local workforce are part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy to localize technology and reduce reliance on imported tools and expertise.
Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha. @McitGovSa/X.
UAE’s Khazna and Italy’s Eni plan AI campus in Milan
The project is part of a wider agreement between the UAE and Italy to expand digital infrastructure.
Chris Helgren/Reuters
Nvidia CEO downplays China risks ahead of Beijing trip
China is one of Nvidia’s biggest markets, accounting for 13% of its total sales for the fiscal year ending in January.
Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters/File Photo
How Trump’s megabill could slow AI progress in US
The elimination of federal renewable energy tax credits in the “big, beautiful” law has implications for the global AI race, and the US may be on track to lose to China.
Leah Millis/File Photo/Reuters
X lost its CEO, but it hasn’t lost Musk
The godfather of X will see the platform succeed with the help of AI, despite CEO Linda Yaccarino’s resignation.
Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters
Wimbledon’s AI line-calling system causing problems for players
Some players have criticized certain calls made by the software, and in one match, the system shut down entirely.
Andrew Couldridge/Reuters
The new hot job in AI: forward-deployed engineers
The role popularized by Palantir will help turn AI breakthroughs into real-world automation.
After founders flee hot French AI startup, new CEO wants to steady the ship — and scale like Palantir
Former Palantir director Gautier Cloix, who replaced Charles Kantor as CEO of H Company last month, speaks publicly for the first time.
NYU researchers develop system to track damaged cells with AI
Having more information on human cells can help researchers understand how cancers and other illnesses form, potentially contributing to new therapies.
Tech titans rebuke Sequoia partner for ‘anti-Muslim rhetoric’
Some of the Gulf’s top entrepreneurs added their signatures to an open letter condemning remarks made by Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire.
AI startup Polimorphic raises $18.6 million for local government chatbots
The New York-based company aims to lighten the administrative workload for understaffed municipalities.
As EU cracks down on AI, CEOs at Paris Summit say it’s the wrong move
Paddy Srinivasan, DigitalOcean CEO, told Semafor companies need three to five years to innovate before governments should step in.
Microsoft teams up with startup Replit to help businesses jump on vibe coding craze
The deal gives Replit a new conduit to Microsoft’s customer base, while the software giant can enable customers to build applications using natural language.
How AI can spur a rebirth of media
The advent of AI and the related media shakeup brings a huge opportunity for entrepreneurship in local and niche publishing.
Body art shops begin to offer tattoos powered by AI
An AI-powered device draws tattoos using a needle attached to a robot arm and computer vision that measures the recipient’s skin.
OpenAI warns against tokenized stock offered by Robinhood
The trading platform announced it would give some users €5 “stock tokens” that track the private-market values of OpenAI and SpaceX.
New AI model aims to mimic human decision-making
Dubbed Centaur, the model was trained on 160 psychology studies involving 60,000 participants making more than 10 million choices while completing different tasks, like memory games, gambling, and problem solving.
Meta’s new hires offer a peek into superintelligence plans
The résumés of new hires suggest Meta is working on models with reasoning capabilities to more directly take on OpenAI’s suite of products.