Wall Street is debating the AI buildout. Enterprises just answered: 86% say their GPUs run at half capacity or less
Eighty-six percent of enterprises operate their GPUs at half capacity or less, according to a VentureBeat survey of 573 technical leaders. Fifty-four percent of companies experienced an agent security incident or near-miss in the past 12 months after deploying AI agents before adequate control systems were in place.
How leaders must upgrade their talents for the AI Age
Senior leaders must adapt their management approaches to support fewer employees using AI tools, as AI will eventually supplement or replace many elements of their traditional roles. Leaders need to upgrade their talent management skills to become change agents rather than simply maintaining current practices, given predicted exponential gains in AI capabilities.
Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
Open source AI models and datasets are now used by approximately half of Fortune 500 companies. Hugging Face has become a central platform where AI builders share and download these resources.
Big Tech Doubles Down on AI Infrastructure
Five major tech companies increased their combined debt by approximately $350 billion over five years to fund artificial intelligence data center construction. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle doubled their debt load to finance these infrastructure efforts.
Enterprise AI is entering an evaluation gap: Agents are gaining autonomy faster than companies can verify them
Half of surveyed enterprises deployed AI agents that passed internal evaluations but caused customer-facing failures, with 25% experiencing multiple failures. Despite this, 66% of companies permit or plan production deployment without human review, while only 5% trust their automated evaluations.
Kylian Mbappé embraces leadership role for France to urge team humility
Kylian Mbappé was given the captaincy of France's national team by coach Didier Deschamps to inspire leadership and prevent complacency. France reached their third consecutive World Cup semi-final, while 35-year-old Antoine Griezmann watched from the stands after retiring from international play in 2024.
JPMorgan AI Agents Beat Traditional Investment Portfolios in Historical Simulations
JPMorgan Chase tested eight AI agents for capital allocation between stocks against market conditions and found all eight outperformed both a traditional 60/40 portfolio and the bank's rules-based regime model in historical simulations. The AI agents were developed by strategists including Thomas Salopek and evaluated through backtesting against established investment benchmarks.
Sinner dismantles Djokovic’s dreams of 25th slam in one-sided Wimbledon semi-final
Jannik Sinner defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, eliminating the 39-year-old's chances for a 25th Grand Slam title. Sinner will face Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final after Zverev beat Arthur Fery 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.
I built an agentic AI clone of my family to plan our summer travel
An AI system built with Claude uses multiple simulation rounds to plan family summer travel itineraries across multiple destinations with three children. The system generates detailed travel plans, though the creator notes significant limitations alongside its capabilities.
Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank
Circle received final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, enabling it to place USDC reserves under federal oversight. The approval expands Circle's regulated digital asset custody business capabilities.
US Eases Export Curbs on UAE, Opening Door for AI Chip Sales
The Trump administration is easing export restrictions on the United Arab Emirates, permitting sales of advanced semiconductors and other technologies to support the country's AI development. The policy change allows the Gulf state broader access to chips previously subject to export controls.
Google's TabFM skips per-dataset training and still predicts on tables it's never seen
Google's TabFM foundation model predicts on unseen tabular data in a single forward pass without per-dataset training, reducing time-to-production from weeks to an API call. The model treats tabular prediction as an in-context learning problem instead of requiring hyperparameter tuning, feature engineering, and retraining pipelines for each new dataset.
Home robots already walk. 1X’s new hands try to solve the part that actually matters
1X has equipped its NEO home robot with new hands designed to handle delicate tasks like lifting wet glasses. The development addresses a critical gap where humanoid robots can walk but lack the dexterity needed for practical household use.
Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI
Open source AI models have become widely adopted, with Hugging Face's platform now used by roughly half of the Fortune 500 companies. The platform functions as a central repository where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets.
Circle Announces Final Approval to Operate First National Digital Currency Bank
Circle received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate the First National Digital Currency Bank as a national trust entity. Circle had submitted its application to the OCC on June 30.
Bitcoin is “A Screaming Buy”: Standard Chartered Backs $100,000 Target, Shrugs Off Strategy (MSTR) Sell-Off
Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 Bitcoin price target for end-2026 and characterized Bitcoin as "a screaming buy." The bank attributed a recent Strategy sell-off to communication issues around monetization strategy rather than weakening Bitcoin fundamentals.
Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent
Scientists created the first high-resolution global map of seagrass meadows using satellite imagery and AI analysis. Nearly 70% of seagrass meadows exist off five countries' coasts, with only 21% protected in marine conservation areas.
The biggest problem with solid-state batteries may finally be solved
Researchers identified how soft lithium dendrites crack the hard ceramic electrolyte in solid-state batteries, causing short circuits. This discovery could enable the development of safer, longer-lasting batteries for smartphones and electric vehicles.
The Download: Claude’s inner workings and OpenAI’s “super app”
Anthropic discovered a hidden space where Claude processes concepts, revealing previously unclear workings inside large language models. The firm achieved the clearest glimpse yet at what occurs within these AI systems during their internal operations.
Europe's most active volcano may have a secret origin
Mount Etna does not match any of the three classic volcano formation mechanisms and may instead be fueled by ancient magma pockets pushed upward through tectonic cracks. This would classify Etna as a rare fourth type of volcano, suggesting much larger volcanoes can form through processes previously linked only to small submarine eruptions.
Bitcoin tops $64K as improving risk sentiment boosts crypto market recovery
Bitcoin surpassed the $64,000 resistance level as geopolitical tensions eased following discussions between the US and Iran. Market sentiment improved across cryptocurrencies including Ethereum and XRP during the recovery period.
Google Research Introduces SensorFM: A Wearable Health Foundation Model Pretrained on One Trillion Minutes of Sensor Data
A foundation model trained on over one trillion minutes of sensor data from 5 million participants uses a ViT-1D masked-autoencoder architecture for wearable health applications. Frozen embeddings with PCA-50 linear probes outperformed feature-engineered baselines on 34 of 35 prediction tasks.
AI Adoption Accelerates Across UK Businesses, Yet Cost Transparency Emerges as Major Hurdle
UK business adoption of AI tools has increased to 26% of companies, up from 18% in the first quarter. Cost transparency remains a significant challenge preventing wider implementation across organizations.
Siam Commercial Bank becomes first institution to deploy Citi’s 24/7 USD clearing and token services
A 24/7 USD clearing and token service has been deployed by Siam Commercial Bank as the first institution to use this Citi offering. The service enables round-the-clock transactions for seamless global banking operations.
Scientists found a longevity diet that helped mice eat more and lose fat
A modified Mediterranean-style diet with low protein and restricted methionine enabled mice to eat more while losing body fat and reducing frailty. Human data showed that lower animal protein intake correlated with reduced obesity and Type 2 diabetes rates.
Scientists just debunked a dangerous baby rattlesnake myth
Baby rattlesnakes can control their venom output just like adults, contrary to the widespread myth that they are more dangerous. Adult rattlesnakes typically inject significantly more venom and cause more serious bites than juveniles.
Nvidia Joins $100 Million Bet on Gradium Voice AI
Gradium, a voice AI model builder, raised its total seed funding to $100 million with a new extension that added Nvidia as an investor. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate AI research, product development, and international expansion.
10 years later, ‘Pokémon Go’ is as popular as ever
Pokémon Go reached 500 million downloads within two months of launch by overlaying gameplay on real-world maps and rewarding walking. The game generated over 1 billion dollars in revenue during 2024 and has earned an estimated 9 billion dollars total since its launch.
Woman who crushed records rowing solo to Hawaii shares her ‘big, hard, scary thing’ advice
Kelsey Pfendler rowed solo to Hawaii in nearly 44 days, breaking records during her journey across the ocean. She spent the extended time alone in a small boat developing advice she wanted to share with others.
Yes, cats do treat men and women differently. Researchers say it’s all in the meows.
Cats produce different meow patterns when interacting with men versus women, according to researcher findings. The variation stems primarily from how humans respond to cats differently rather than cats preferring one gender over another.