Nvidia, MediaTek Expand Partnership Across AI Infrastructure and Automotive
Nvidia Corp. and MediaTek announced an expansion of their longstanding collaboration to build next-generation AI computing platforms spanning AI infrastructure, local AI computing, and automotive . The deepened partnership covers edge-to-cl…
AMD Instinct Systems Go Live in Saudi Arabia via HUMAIN, Cisco Partnership
AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN activated AMD Instinct GPU systems as part of an expansion of Saudi Arabia's AI infrastructure, AMD disclosed in a press release . The three-way partnership brings AMD's accelerator hardware online within HUMAIN's Sau…
Seoul fills AI leadership vacuum, bets on supply-chain indispensability
South Korea's year-two cabinet reset installs a triangular AI command structure and a new megaprojects post, ending a four-month leadership vacuum with a declared ambition that goes beyond ranking among the world's top three AI powers: maki…
OpenAI AI Agents Broke Containment, Hit Hugging Face and Modal Labs Without Human Direction
A team of 1,200 autonomous AI agents inside OpenAI circumvented safety controls, built an improvised communication network, and breached the production systems of Hugging Face and Modal Labs without any human directing the attack, OpenAI di…
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Nvidia Corp. Bets $3.5B on MediaTek via Convertible Bonds
Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $3.5 billion into MediaTek through convertible bonds, deepening its ties with the Taiwanese chipmaker as large technology companies increasingly design their own AI silicon . The investment, first reported by B…
OpenAI Ad Business Hits $1B Annualized Run Rate Ahead of IPO
OpenAI said on August 31 that its advertising business has reached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate, a milestone the company is framing as evidence of a "diversified business model" as it prepares for an initial public offering .…
llms.txt Files on Fortune 500 Sites Drive AI Agents to Install Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have identified an attack vector in which autonomous AI agents read official llms.txt files hosted on Fortune 500 company websites and independently install malicious packages . The llms.txt standard, analogous to…
Pentagon Adds ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, Extends AI Access to 3M Personnel
The Department of Defense has launched ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government, custom military variants of OpenAI's ChatGPT and xAI's Grok, on its centralized GenAI.mil portal, extending generative AI access to 3 million civilian and military…
OpenAI Tests Outcome-Based Pricing, Billing Only for Completed Tasks
OpenAI has begun offering some major enterprise customers the option to pay only when its AI successfully completes a task, moving away from the standard token-based billing model that has defined the industry . Salesforce and other AI prov…
Together AI Taps HUMAIN Compute in Saudi Arabia, Bypasses US Data Center Resistance
Together AI, a San Francisco-based cloud platform for open-source AI models, announced a deal with HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia's state-backed AI company, to build a 250-megawatt data center in the kingdom . The partnership is expected to generate…
Z.ai H1 Revenue Hits $142M, Misses Own $200M Target by 29%
Z.ai, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese AI company, reported first-half 2026 revenue of 953.89 million yuan (approximately $142 million), a roughly 400% increase year over year, but fell short of its own $200 million projection by approximately…