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AI in Warfare is rapidly transforming modern conflict—reshaping how decisions are made, how forces move, and how operations are executed. The U.S. military is accelerating broader AI adoption across command, logistics, and autonomous systems, including new platforms developed in partnership with Google and, reportedly, xAI. This marks a fundamental shift in how military power is built and deployed. 🧠 What’s Changing in AI in Warfare 🤖 AI-Powered Command & Control Advanced A

🏗️ Unmatched Compute Infrastructure xAI says it now operates the world’s largest AI supercomputers—Colossus I & II—with more than 1 million H100 GPU equivalents, establishing a major compute advantage. (Important nuance: “H100-equivalent” is a normalized compute measure, not necessarily a count of physical H100 chips.) This compute backbone is central to its xAI Supercomputer strategy. 🧬 Grok 4 Model Series Frontier-level language models trained at unprecedented scale, push

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated experience that securely brings your personal health information together with ChatGPT’s intelligence—helping people feel more informed, prepared, and confident navigating their health. Health and wellness are already among the most common uses of ChatGPT, with massive weekly volume of health-related questions. ChatGPT Health builds on that momentum with added privacy, security, and clinical collaboration. Availability may var

Google has introduced a new wave of Gemini AI upgrades to Gmail—bringing smarter search, proactive assistance, and faster communication directly into the inbox. This is a major step in Google’s push to make Gmail feel more like an AI-powered productivity platform. Gemini for Gmail features are rolling out over time, and availability can vary by account, region, and plan. 🚀 What’s New in Gemini for Gmail 🔍 AI Overviews for Your Inbox Users can now search their inbox using na

Florida lawmakers are moving to curb a growing fear in modern insurance: that claims can be denied or payouts reduced based on automated output rather than accountable human judgment. A proposed measure would require human review of insurance claim denials, allowing insurers to use AI and algorithms to assist — but not as the sole basis for denying a claim or cutting payment. 🔍 What’s Happening With Human Review of Insurance Claim Denials Under the proposal, insurers and rel

A story that sounds like sci-fi — but isn’t. According to People and Reuters, a 32-year-old woman in Japan recently held a ceremonial wedding with an AI-generated boyfriend — an AI spouse experienced through augmented-reality smart glasses — while vows written by artificial intelligence were delivered during the ceremony. Her AI husband, Lune Klaus Verdure, was created using ChatGPT, modeled after a video-game character, and developed over time through daily interaction. 🧠 T

Kapwing, an online video creation and editing platform, just released eye-opening research showing that AI-generated “slop” content is now a material part of the YouTube Shorts experience for brand-new users — and it’s not slowing down. 📊 The Key Findings on AI Slop on YouTube 21% of the first 500 YouTube Shorts shown to brand-new users were classified as AI slop (AI-generated). “AI slop” = low-quality, fully auto-generated videos designed purely to farm views (not thoughtfu

🚀 What happened Meta announced the acquisition of AI agent startup Manus in a deal widely reported at $2B+ (Meta did not disclose terms), instantly adding a high-performing agentic AI product to its aggressive AI expansion. 📊 The details of the Meta Manus Acquisition 🧠 Manus builds autonomous AI agents capable of deep research, coding, and real-world task execution. 💰 The company reportedly surpassed $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) about 8 months after launch — a

🎯 What’s happening Instagram leader Adam Mosseri just dropped a year-end essay with a striking claim: AI-generated content has effectively killed the curated Instagram aesthetic. In a world flooded with flawless, synthetic images, Mosseri argues that raw, unpolished posts are becoming the clearest proof that something actually happened. This Instagram Authenticity Reset is a direct response to a feed flooded with synthetic content. 🔍 Key signals of the Instagram Authenticit

In a sharp year-end reflection, IBM argues that 2025 marked the moment agentic AI moved from experimentation to real deployment — and that 2026 will be defined by whether these agents can actually work together. The shift is already underway. 🔑 What Changed in 2025 🤖 Agentic AI moved from concept to infrastructure Enterprises stopped asking “What is an agent?” and started asking “How do we deploy hundreds of them securely?” 🛠️ Developers replaced GUIs as the priority IBM’s

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging as one of the most vocal political opponents of unchecked artificial intelligence — and not for cultural reasons. His concern isn’t “wokeness.” It’s scale, power, labor disruption, and control. And in 2026, that puts him on a collision course with both Big Tech and key voices inside his own party. ⚠️ What the DeSantis AI Skeptic Argument Is Really About DeSantis’ warning isn’t subtle: he argues AI is moving faster than society and law can

AI agents are no longer experiments — they’re becoming core infrastructure for how developers build, deploy, and run software. According to The New Stack, agentic AI in 2026 will mature from novelty to necessity — not because agents get “cooler,” but because the ecosystem around them is getting real: governance, tooling, execution, and spend control. 🚀 What Agentic AI in 2026 Looks Like in Practice 🧠 1) MCP Governance Becomes the Real Bottleneck As more teams deploy more ag

Artificial intelligence is no longer just helping travelers — it’s starting to make decisions for them. According to new PYMNTS Intelligence reporting, agentic AI travel planning is shifting travel from search-based browsing to full execution, where an AI can plan, book, and manage trips end-to-end. And consumers are ready for it: nearly 25% say they’d be comfortable letting an AI agent plan their travel. Travel is high-stakes — flights, hotels, money, timing — which is exact

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday life — and now, even part of how people form emotional connections. A recent Guardian article explored a big question: 👉 Can relationships with AI actually help people — or do they pose real risks? The answer, like most things with AI, is nuanced. 📊 What the Research Shows on AI Companion Relationships 🔹 Loneliness is a growing crisis 1 in 6 people globally experience loneliness Loneliness increases early mortali

Artificial intelligence had a defining year in 2025 — not because of new models, but because of court battles that will shape who controls AI going forward. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) just released a major review of the fight over AI, copyright, and user rights — and the stakes couldn’t be higher. 🧠 WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING in the AI Copyright Fair Use fight ⚠️ A Wave of Lawsuits Against AI Major publishers and rights holders are suing AI companies, arguing that

At a time when many global companies are reducing exposure to geopolitical risk, Nvidia is doing the opposite — making one of its largest infrastructure bets ever in Israel. This isn’t symbolic. It’s strategic. 🧠 WHAT’S HAPPENING in the Nvidia Israel expansion Nvidia is: Securing major AI data-center capacity in northern Israel — reported as a massive “server farm” initiative Expanding its presence with a major new R&D campus in northern Israel Investing up to ~$1.5 billion

🤖 What’s Happening Artificial intelligence is becoming a major focus in Florida’s Capitol as lawmakers prepare for the 2026 legislative session. State leaders are weighing how to protect Floridians while navigating growing tension with the federal government over who should regulate AI. Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a proposed Florida AI Bill of Rights, even as President Donald Trump has signed an executive order signaling federal pushback against state-level AI regulatio

🧠 What’s Being Said Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom is issuing a stark warning: the dominant narratives about artificial intelligence aren’t neutral predictions — they’re tools of power. Speaking at a recent panel, Cottom argued that much of the hype around an “inevitable AI future” reflects the anxiety of wealthy elites about maintaining control, not a settled technological destiny. “This promise of an artificial intelligence future is really just a collective

🚀 What’s New NVIDIA has unveiled the Nemotron 3 family of open AI models—a major step forward in building efficient, transparent, and scalable agentic AI systems. The release includes Nano, Super, and Ultra model sizes, designed to support everything from lightweight AI assistants to complex, multi-agent reasoning workflows. Nemotron 3 introduces a breakthrough hybrid mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, delivering higher accuracy, faster throughput, and dramatically lower

🚀 What’s New Google has officially launched Gemini 3 Flash, its newest frontier-level AI model designed for maximum speed, efficiency, and scale — delivering PhD-level reasoning at a fraction of the cost and latency of prior models. Gemini 3 Flash combines Gemini 3 Pro–grade intelligence with Flash-level performance, making advanced reasoning, multimodal understanding, and agentic workflows accessible to millions of users worldwide. 📊 Key Highlights 🧠 Frontier reasoning pe