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appeal 9.0MGX Expands French AI Compute
Abu Dhabi's MGX committed €7.5 billion to build 3 gigawatts of AI compute capacity in France, leveraging water-free cooling and nuclear power. This expansion, alongside G42's US growth, provides critical, lower-carbon infrastructure, intensifying competition for US frontier models and diversifying global AI compute.
Massive AI compute investments are reshaping infrastructure, while AI's capabilities challenge traditional roles in law and extend to physical robotics. Security concerns persist with prompt injection attacks and deepfa…
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- INVESTMENTMGX MGX invests €7.5 billion in French AI compute9.0
- RESEARCHAI AI outperforms law professors in study8.0
- RELEASEnbd-vram nbd-vram converts GPU VRAM to swap8.0
- SECURITYGoogle Google rolls out AI deepfake call detection7.0
- OPENSOURCEMicrosoft Microsoft Launches AI Behaviour Tester8.0
- RELEASEOpenAI OpenAI expands Codex with new plug-ins9.0
- FUNDINGAlphabet Alphabet raises $80B for AI9.0
- INVESTMENTHewlett Packard Enterprise HPE accelerates AI targets, revenue surges9.0
- OPENSOURCELuma AI Luma AI launches open robotics lab9.0
- FUNDINGUS Startups Over 220 startups become fallen unicorns9.0
- SECURITYMeta AI Meta AI chatbot hijacks Instagram accounts9.0
- FUNDINGAnthropic Anthropic files confidential S-1 for IPO9.0
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AI Outperforms Law Professors
A Stanford Law study found law professors preferred AI-generated answers over peer-written ones in 75% of cases for complex legal questions. This shifts focus for legal educators and procurement teams towards AI's responsible integration in judgment-rich fields.
nbd-vram Converts GPU VRAM to Swap
A new Linux utility, `nbd-vram`, converts NVIDIA GPU VRAM into system swap space, offering a faster memory overflow mechanism for systems with fixed RAM. It achieves approximately 1.3 GB/s sequential throughput, leveraging underutilised GPU resources.
OpenAI Expands Codex for White-Collar Work
OpenAI expanded its Codex AI tool with new plug-ins for white-collar work and a Sites feature for interactive website output, reaching over 5 million weekly users. This intensifies competition for enterprise AI tools, shifting procurement decisions and impacting deployment timelines for knowledge work automation.
Microsoft Launches AI Behaviour Tester
Microsoft's open-source ASSERT framework automates application-specific AI behaviour testing, converting natural-language policies into scored test cases. This reduces manual overhead for platform engineers and security architects, ensuring AI systems adhere to defined constraints and organisational policies.
Alphabet Raises $80B AI Funds
Alphabet plans to raise up to $80 billion in equity to fund AI infrastructure expansion, citing demand exceeding supply. This move signals the escalating capital intensity of the AI race, impacting capital allocation for platform engineers and procurement teams as hyperscalers face balance sheet strain.
HPE Accelerates Targets on AI Demand
HPE accelerated its long-term financial targets by two years after reporting a 40% Q2 revenue increase to $10.68 billion, driven by demand for agentic AI server infrastructure. This signals a rapid enterprise shift towards high-performance compute, impacting procurement and infrastructure planning.
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