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New project expands AI access for African languages
The African Next Voices project recorded 9,000 hours of speech to train tools for real-life use.
UK publishers fear Google AI summaries hit revenues
Reach and DMG Media warn Google’s AI summaries undermine journalism by removing incentives for readers to visit their sites.
AI job losses could leave many workers behind, experts warn
Evidence shows AI job losses are reducing opportunities for recent graduates, though companies are more likely to retrain than dismiss staff.
Meta to spend $600 billion on US data centres by 2028
Zuckerberg says Meta will deploy over one million GPUs to train advanced AI models.
Google boosts Gemini with audio uploads and NotebookLM upgrades
Free users can upload ten minutes of audio daily, while Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers gain three hours of uploads, enabling deeper transcription and analysis across multiple files.
Momenta set for first European robotaxi rollout with Uber in Germany
Germany’s automotive hub Munich will host Uber’s partnership with Momenta for its inaugural European robotaxi trials.
AI Mode in Google Search adds multilingual support to Hindi and four more languages
Gemini 2.5 powers AI Mode’s reasoning and multimodal features, making Google Search more useful across languages, rather than being restricted to English.
Microsoft signs multi-billion-dollar AI pact with Nebius
Nebius shares jump more than 50% after sealing a $19.4 billion deal with Microsoft.
Social media authenticity questioned as Altman points to bot-like behaviour
Reddit’s response to GPT-5 and the rise of bots highlight Altman’s concerns over social media authenticity.
AI adoption drops at large US companies for the first time since 2023
Despite enterprise AI hype, 95 per cent of US companies report no revenue gains, while adoption among large firms shows signs of decline.
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