China is using the global AI race to make a broader argument about how the technology should be governed: advanced AI should not become the exclusive property of a handful of countries or companies. In a commentary published by People’s Daily around the 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC), Beijing positioned open-source models, international cooperation and…
Kirin Holdings is moving generative AI beyond document automation and search with an experiment that places AI agents directly inside the scientific research process. Working with Japanese AI consulting firm GenerativeX, Kirin has begun deploying an AI-native research environment in selected research divisions, designed to support everything from hypothesis generation and literature searches to brainstorming,…
The race to make autonomous vehicles smarter is creating a new hardware problem: AI systems must deliver increasingly complex decisions in real time without consuming the power budget of a general-purpose data-center accelerator. TIER IV is addressing that challenge through a Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) research program, where it is developing a software-defined…
Synchrony is giving its artificial intelligence program a dedicated executive owner as financial institutions move from AI experimentation toward enterprise-wide deployment. The consumer financial services company has appointed Nimrod Barak as Chief AI Officer, effective June 30, 2026, putting him in charge of the company’s AI strategy, governance and implementation as it expands agentic AI…
Israel is moving to turn its reputation as a technology and cybersecurity hub into a broader national AI infrastructure strategy. The country’s National Artificial Intelligence Directorate has outlined a five-year plan built around domestic compute, AI applications for public-sector problems, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, quantum computing and international partnerships. The ambition is not simply to develop…
Configuration management databases have long been essential to enterprise IT operations, but keeping their records accurate as infrastructure changes has become a persistent challenge. Alcor is targeting that problem with CMDB Catalyst, a new product built natively on the ServiceNow Platform that uses 10 purpose-built AI agents to monitor CMDB health, automate maintenance tasks and…
AI video generation is moving toward longer, more coherent productions, and AI Inspo is betting that creators want access to those capabilities without managing a growing collection of standalone tools. The platform announced Aug. 7 that Seedance 2.5 is available through its browser-based creative workspace, bringing ByteDance’s latest video model into a multi-model environment alongside…
The latest wave of AI software builders is making it easier for non-engineers to create applications, but a familiar concern is emerging alongside the convenience: vendor lock-in. Marlow AI, a portfolio company in which NameSilo Technologies holds an approximately 36% stake, has launched the beta of an AI software creation platform designed to let users…
For Liverpool FC, artificial intelligence was not the headline attraction when the club met Wrexham AFC at Yankee Stadium on July 29. It was the technology working behind the scenes to decide which supporters would receive an experience most fans could only watch from the stands. Using SAS Viya and SAS Customer Intelligence 360, Liverpool…
