Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine

Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations.

New Ebola Vaccine Enters Human Clinical Trials

The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus has been devastating the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with no vaccine currently approved to protect against the strain.

Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone
Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Qualcomm sent a letter to customers on Friday warning of plans to increase its prices by “a percentage in the double digits,” Bloomberg reports. The price hikes will go into effect starting with products shipped after September 1st. Qualcomm claims it has “exhausted its ability to absorb higher costs from suppliers,” as ongoing component shortages […]

New Technology Center Seeks To Spur Auto Collaboration

Various factors, including AI and Chinese competition are spurring the need for greater collaboration between tech, automakers and suppliers.

How Leaders Can Unlock AI’s Full Productivity Impact

Marketing leader Ryan Gavin of Salesforce and Slack shared insights on how organizations can drive lasting AI performance and productivity.

Artificial Wisdom Is The Next Big Advance In AI And Will Wisely Change Everything

AI researchers say today’s models lack key traits of wisdom. A growing movement argues the next breakthrough will come from AI that can reason with judgment and reflection.

SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears
SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears

SAP gave investors the number they wanted. Europe’s biggest software company said cloud revenue grew 22% to €6.28 billion in the second quarter, beating forecasts, SAP announced. Its cloud backlog, a measure of future sales, jumped 26%. The stock rose …

Did Chinese AI Steal From Anthropic, and OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from  Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use.

China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from  Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use.

Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led

Amazon is retreating from the race to build the smartest AI. This week it closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco team working on artificial general intelligence, The Information reported. The move was part of layoffs across Amazon’s AGI unit, Reuters firs…