Saudi Arabia is certainly not short on ambition. Amid its numerous ongoing projects, the kingdom has signed an agreement with data center company DataVolt to establish what it claims to be the region’s first “truly sustainable” AI hub. Set to be operational by 2028, the AI facility is planned for Neom’s Oxagon district—a massive, partially […]
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Topaz Labs, known for its advanced photo and video enhancement software, has unveiled a new AI model that automatically restores old footage, whether from personal home videos or aging archival content stored on traditional media. In multiple examples, the AI significantly improves video quality by enhancing details and reducing noise and artifacts. This marks the
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The Chinese AI company DeepSeek has made a major impact on the tech industry by launching highly efficient AI models that rival advanced offerings from US firms like OpenAI and Anthropic. Established in 2023, DeepSeek has reached its milestones using significantly less funding and computing power than its rivals. Last week, the company unveiled its
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Researchers reported on January 7 in Nature Medicine that AI-assisted mammogram analysis helped doctors detect one additional cancer case for every 1,000 women screened compared to when the technology wasn’t used. This finding comes from the largest real-world study on AI’s role in breast cancer screening, which involved nearly 500,000 women in Germany. The results
This week, U.S. AI giants received a stark wake-up call as emerging Chinese company DeepSeek erased an unprecedented trillion dollars from the valuations of industry leaders like Nvidia and OpenAI. The established tech players are shaken—and for good reason—since DeepSeek’s R1 model proves that the expensive, traditional path is no longer the sole option for
To grasp the seismic impact generative AI is poised to have on the film industry, this brief video says it all. Just one shot is truly “real“—and that includes the so-called “behind-the-scenes footage.” If you didn’t look too closely, this playful production could easily be mistaken for a genuine advertisement—one that appears to have a
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In a discussion with XPRIZE Founder Peter Diamandis, Musk outlined his views on the growing influence of AI, as well as the timeline for SpaceX’s initial unmanned and crewed missions to Mars, among other topics. The past few months have been quite eventful for the world’s wealthiest individual. SpaceX achieved a remarkable milestone by catching
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On Monday, Google signed a deal to source electricity from small nuclear reactors to support its AI operations. This agreement with Kairos Power follows recent news that Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, will resume operations to supply energy to Microsoft. “Nuclear energy is crucial for driving our
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A few months ago, China’s Robot Era showcased the walking abilities of its XBot-L humanoid by letting it roam the Great Wall. Now, the company has shared video of two Star1 models racing across the Gobi Desert. Robot Era, a newcomer to the humanoid robot industry since its incubation at Tsinghua University in August 2023,
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AI is already transforming industries like banking, finance, film, and journalism, and researchers are now exploring how it could reshape their field—or even earn a Nobel Prize. In 2021, Japanese scientist Hiroaki Kitano introduced the “Nobel Turing Challenge,” urging researchers to develop an “AI scientist” capable of conducting Nobel Prize-worthy research by 2050. Some scientists
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