The next battleground for consumer audio may be less about louder speakers and more about how intelligently devices respond to their surroundings. At IFA 2026, HAVIT plans to showcase new smart-audio technology built around artificial intelligence, multi-microphone sensing and advanced acoustic hardware, including a new product with a 12-microphone architecture, four dynamic drivers and dual…
As large language models move toward trillion-parameter scale, reducing the cost of running them is becoming almost as important as improving their accuracy. Nota AI is targeting that problem with two research papers accepted at EMNLP 2026, including one selected for the conference’s Main Conference. Both studies focus on a difficult optimization problem in Mixture-of-Experts…
AI infrastructure is creating a new class of high-value facilities, but the technology protecting their doors can look surprisingly familiar. A new U.S. survey commissioned by Alcatraz AI finds that 58% of Americans have never heard the term “tailgating” used to describe an unauthorized person following someone else through a secured entrance. The finding points…
The AI infrastructure race is increasingly becoming a power race. Lancium and NVIDIA are betting that the next phase of AI computing will depend not only on faster GPUs and larger models, but on securing enough electricity, land, cooling and grid capacity to run them at industrial scale. Lancium has announced a strategic collaboration with…
AI data centers are becoming some of the fastest-growing electricity consumers in the world, but a new demonstration in Texas suggests their computing workloads could also become a grid-management tool. Luxor Energy and Bentaus say they have successfully used real-time ERCOT signals to reduce the power consumption of an AI inference GPU in less than…
LG Electronics is turning artificial intelligence into a measurement layer for corporate communications. Its PRISM AI platform, which analyzes global media data using large language models, deep learning and AI agents, has won the Best AI Tool or Product category at the 2026 IN2 SABRE Awards Asia-Pacific. The platform is also a finalist in the…
Singapore is taking its tourism pitch beyond landmarks and itineraries. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Chinese travel community Mafengwo have launched an AI-focused immersive pop-up in Beijing that combines generative travel planning, interactive technology and physical experiences to show how artificial intelligence could make destination discovery more personal. Travel planning has traditionally involved a…
Google Cloud and Verizon are expanding their AI partnership with a strategy that goes well beyond customer-service chatbots. The companies say Verizon will deploy Google Cloud’s data infrastructure, Gemini Enterprise and AI agents across customer experience, network operations, marketing, security and employee productivity—an approach that reflects the industry’s shift from isolated generative AI pilots toward…
An AI team prepares to deploy a model for a customer support workflow. A large model can deliver the capabilities, yet its infrastructure requirements, pricing, and limited control can make it difficult to fit into the environment. This is where open-weight AI models are gaining attention. Open-weight models are changing how enterprises evaluate AI infrastructure. Smaller models require fewer computer resources and offer flexibility for fine-tuning, deployment, and…
