Generative AI adoption trends around the world

Adoption of artificial intelligence is on the rise globally, but new data shows that some countries are significantly outperforming others, while the gap between advanced and developing countries has widened. The UAE and Singapore stand out, with more than 60% of the population in both countries using some type of generative AI tool in the…

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Transformer architecture, the one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Today’s most powerful AI tools – those that can summarize documents, generate artwork, write poetry or predict how incredibly complex proteins fold – all rest on the shoulders of the “transformer”. This neural network architecture, first announced in 2017 at a modest conference center in California, allows machines to process information in a way that…

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Enterprises are turning to AI to solve their efficiency problems, but is just a short-term fix?

Michael Kitces and Ben Henry-Moreland ask whether these long-term problems require a solution other than AI? JANUARY 21, 2026 By Ben Henry-Moreland and Michael Kitces As companies grow and merge over time, they accumulate technical debt. Technologies, capabilities, and processes that in a perfect world would be retooled and improved every time the company grows…

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SoundHound AI: Buy or Sell in 2026?

SoundHound continues to post losses, but that’s because it funds ambitious projects. For its size, AI SoundHound (HER +6.62%) attracts a lot of attention. The company has a market capitalization of just $4.5 billion, but its average trading volume exceeds 21 million shares, more than double the trading volume of other stocks with a similar…

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Authorization of prognostic AI medical devices

Thomas, JM, Cooney, LM and Fried, TR JAMA intern. Med. 179820 (2019). Article Google Scholar Riley, RD, D. van der Windt, Croft, P. and Moons, KGM (eds.). Prognosis research in health care: concepts, methods, and impact1st ed. (Oxford Univ. Press, 2019). Obermeyer, Z. & Emanuel, E.J. N.Engl. J.Med. 3751216-1219 (2016). Article Google Scholar Collins, GS…

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California AG to investigate xAI, Grok over sexualized AI images of women and children

The California Attorney General on Wednesday announced an investigation into non-consensual sexually explicit material produced using Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. The investigation into the Elon Musk-owned company comes amid a broader global backlash against deepfake images that spread on X. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office cited reports that users asked Grok…

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Cast AI Valued at Over $1 Billion With the Launch of Its GPU Marketplace

OMNI Compute is a unified compute marketplace that allows businesses to access, provision, and operate GPUs in any cloud or region, with no code changes required. MIAMI, January 12, 2026–(BUSINESS FEED)–Cast AI, the leading application performance automation platform, was introduced today OMNI calculationa unified compute control plane that automatically discovers available resources across cloud providers…

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Darktrace highlights growing unease as AI agents operate with access to critical data and processes

Darktrace announced the findings of its State of AI Cybersecurity Report 2026examining how the rapid adoption of AI in business is changing the nature of cyber risk for global businesses. The findings highlight growing concern among cybersecurity professionals about the rise of agentic AI in their organizations, with more than three-quarters (76%) of security professionals…

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