#Artificial Intelligence

#Artificial Intelligence

Every device, system, or application we touch at work and home is designed and enabled around standards. Who comes up with these standards? They are formulated by technology or domain specialists, many either working on a volunteer basis or through their companies, committed to advancing the capabilities of their chosen technology areas in an ever-changing economy. Many of the standards bodies that coalesce and hammer out common standards are always looking for interested professionals willing to contribute their time and insights.

To navigate is to read the world in order to move through it, whether it means scanning a crowd to find a familiar face, deciphering the logic of a bookstore's layout, or following the stars at sea. This ability has always been mediated by tools (many of them disruptive and transformative). Still, the rise of artificial intelligence presents us with a radical promise: a world where we no longer need maps, because the information or the product 'comes to us.'

While the artificial intelligence-fueled tech rally sputtered when tariff concerns grew, it seems to have resumed. Companies that can diversify to address the many demands the industry faces ultimately are poised to profit. Supermicro is one of those companies. The San Jose-based tech firm specializes in high-performance and high-efficiency servers, but it also provides software solutions as well as storage systems for data centers and enterprises focused on cloud computing, AI, 5G, and edge computing.

Helsingborg-based proptech AI startup Proplab continues to build momentum. After opening up their platform for residential real estate this fall, the company has seen rapid growth, now with 100+ broker offices connected across Sweden, on top of their existing commercial property clients. Over the past months, Proplab has established a collaboration with a major brokerage chain and another one is now on the way in. Their traction is clear, revenues more than doubled from October to November this year.

It is happening again, Agent Cooper. Jimmy Fallon is shilling for a tech venture. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a guest on The Tonight Show on December 8, and Fallon was all about this nascent technology and Altman's claims that it can be used to help raise your children. The whole thing was eerily similar to when Paris Hilton gifted Fallon a Bored Ape NFT. What does Altman think of simulation theory, I wonder?

Besides blocking users from reading its website with an AI chatbot, the magazine anointed the "architects of AI" as its most important visionaries of 2025, eschewing the definition of "person" yet again. The eyeroll-inducing announcement was met with plenty of incredulity, especially considering the astronomical amount of money being spent on building out data centers, their enormous carbon footprint, and a whole litany of other ethical conundrums that the embrace of generative AI has spawned.

Investing in the stock market is an excellent way to build lasting wealth over the long term. By leveraging the power of compounding returns, you can grow your nest egg into a significant amount of money for retirement or other financial goals in mind. There are many approaches to investing, but one popular option is investing in growth stocks. These stocks tend to be fast-growing companies that are disrupting industries, leveraging technology, or tapping into previously underserved markets.

The Navy is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an artificial intelligence system that it says has sped up key shipbuilding processes. In one case, the AI cut painstaking processes of submarine schedule planning - mapping out how the many pieces of construction fit together and making sure people, parts, and yard space are available at the right time - from many hours to only minutes.

Christian Pilarsky vividly remembers the moment, in 2022, when he realized that his technique for modelling pancreatic cancer had finally worked. A molecular biologist at the University Hospital Erlangen in Germany, Pilarsky had been struggling for three years to perfect the method, which involves growing miniature 3D replicas of pancreatic tumours derived from a person's cells. "Trying this and trying that" and correcting errors along the way,

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) talks with Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz while President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House on November 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans' requests for certain medical care - and will reward the companies when they deny it.

I think Alphabet and Microsoft can top that figure by the end of 2026. Here's what my prediction would mean for shareholders: Alphabet is currently worth $3.8 trillion. The stock must increase 29% for the company to achieve a market value of $4.9 trillion. Microsoft is currently worth $3.6 trillion. The stock must increase 36% for the company to achieve a market value of $4.9 trillion.

The press release sent today emphasized USPTO Director John Squires' commitment since his first day in office to ensuring that emerging technologies will not be hampered by judicial interpretations of U.S. eligibility law that have made it harder to enforce patents. On the day he was sworn in as the 60th USPTO Director, Squires issued the first patents of his term, both in technology sectors that often face increased scrutiny about patent eligibility during patent prosecution and in the courts.

When it comes to Chinese internet giant Baidu ( NASDAQ:BIDU), I think investors stand to get AI-powered growth at a very reasonable price. Additionally, with a 0.43 beta, investors might be able to enjoy a less choppy ride once the next market-wide correction in U.S. markets finally happens. At the time of this writing, shares of Baidu trade at 10.8 times trailing price-to-earnings (P/E). Good luck finding anything that cheap that's remotely tied to the AI trade.