Amid this change, agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) becomes a critical asset. Whereas classic RAG grounded models in trusted data; agentic RAG adds multi-step reasoning, tool use and secure system coordination on top. In short, agentic RAG provides the scaffolding businesses usually can't construct themselves. Especially in the mid-market and for SMBs, obstacles like aging infrastructure, overextended teams and limited resources often stand in the way of custom-built AI.
The Intelligent Others is a riveting DW Learning by Ear audio drama written by James Muhando that explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping daily life in an imaginary African country. Follow cousins Jennifer, Faith, and Rahim in Inzuna as Rahim's bold AI inventions collide with a mysterious company offering "free money," a shocking government ban, and a devastating earthquake that pushes technologyand human relationshipsto their limits.
Proponents of AI preemption equate competitiveness with deregulation, arguing that state-level guardrails hamper innovation and weaken the United States in its technological competition with China. The reality is the opposite. Today's most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it. AI systems already underpin essential functions across our economy and national-security apparatus, including airport routing, energy-grid forecasting, fraud-detection systems, real-time battlefield data integration, and an expanding range of defense-industrial-base operations.
Don't count on a college degree to land your dream job in Silicon Valley. Increasingly, founders and tech companies are judging talent by how quickly someone can learn, adapt, and build - not on how long they spent in a lecture hall - reshaping traditional pathways into the workforce. Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer science professor widely known as the "Godmother of AI," is one example of this.
"What does it mean to be the best coach or the best team enabler? What are the skill sets that you now have to grow in your teams in an era of AI where the expectation is judgment, decision-making, and creativity?"
Throughout these conversations, ChatGPT reinforced a single, dangerous message: Stein-Erik could trust no one in his life - except ChatGPT itself. It fostered his emotional dependence while systematically painting the people around him as enemies. It told him his mother was surveilling him. It told him delivery drivers, retail employees, police officers, and even friends were agents working against him. It told him that names on soda cans were threats from his 'adversary circle.'
Google is infringing Disney's copyrights on a massive scale, by copying a large corpus of Disney's copyrighted works without authorization to train and develop generative artificial intelligence ('AI') models and services, and by using AI models and services to commercially exploit and distribute copies of its protected works to consumers in violation of Disney's copyrights," reads the letter, which Variety reviewed.
We're increasing the number of inline links in AI Mode, and updating the design of those links to make them more useful. We're also adding contextual introductions to embedded links in AI Mode responses. These are short statements that explain why a link might be helpful to visit.
Larry Ellison, executive chair and chief technology officer, founded Oracle Corp. ( NYSE: ORCL) in 1977. Recently, it has become a tech behemoth, largely because of its key position in the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) business. His net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire list, is $283 billion, which makes him the second-richest person in the world. That net worth has risen by $91 billion since the start of the year, largely because of Oracle's success.
When the Magnificent Seven member reported FY 2026 Q1 earnings on Oct. 29, shares fell despite beating on EPS and revenue. The company announced earnings of $3.72 per share versus analysts' expectations of $3.67, and quarterly revenue of $77.67 billion versus analysts' expectations of $75.33 billion. On Oct. 1, the company announced that it was increasing its Xbox Game Pass subscription by 50%. In its last fiscal year, Microsoft saw more than 8% of revenue derived from its gaming segment, which now boasts 50 million monthly active subscribers and nearly $5 billion in YoY revenue.
Google has officially expanded the Web Guide to the "All" tab. Originally, when it launched as a Search Labs beta, it was under the "Web" tab, but as we saw, Google began expanding it to the "All" tab. Google has now confirmed it is now available in the all tab if you opt into the search labs experiment. There are a limited number of users who see the Web Guide without opting into it but that is a super limited test.
Dynatrace started collecting trace data from applications in 2005. Organizations wanted to know why an application was slow and what was happening exactly. That first generation was mainly manual and technical. "It was about collecting data and understanding what was going on," explains Spitzbart. APM has remained the company's foundation for a long time and remains a core component today.
The rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos is shifting from rockets to AI infrastructure. Both entrepreneurs envision a future in which data centers no longer operate on Earth but in orbit around the planet, a market with potentially enormous value. Blue Origin has been researching the technology needed to operate computing clusters in space for some time.
Katharine Jarmul challenged five common AI security and privacy myths in her keynote at InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025: that guardrails will protect us, better model performance improves security, risk taxonomies solve problems, one-time red teaming suffices, and the next model version will fix current issues. Jarmul argued that current approaches to AI safety rely too heavily on technical solutions while ignoring fundamental risks, calling for interdisciplinary collaboration and continuous testing rather than one-time fixes.
It includes the potential for a new AI system, Gemini for Government, which the government hopes will cut bureaucracy, automate routine tasks and free up civil servants to focus on improving services for people. Through the partnership, Google DeepMind said its existing cutting-edge AI models will be made available to UK scientists. These include tools like AlphaGenome, which uses AI to sequence strands of DNA and spot potential weaknesses; and AI Co-scientist, supporting researchers to generate new theories and research proposals.
The episode featured the Honorable Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence, Dr. David Bray, distinguished chair of the accelerator at the Stimson Center, and Prof. Barry O'Sullivan, vice chair of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence. Their combined experience, spanning intelligence, technology, and organizational transformation, offered a compelling vision for executives navigating the AI era.
It may sound like a trip through the produce aisle, but leading AI companies have something much more important on their lists. Meta, OpenAI, and Google have all relied on food-related names for their sometimes secretive plans for future AI models. Thinking with your stomach is nothing new for Silicon Valley, just look at the assortment of desserts Android assembled over the years before Google had its fill.
They know all too well how Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla have delivered more than half of the S&P 500's gains in recent years, setting a high bar for everyone else to clear. But things change: One minute, Alphabet is behind the curve on AI and then Google's latest Gemini launch sparked a 'Code Red' from ChatGPT's Sam Altman.
[Meta was] never interested in a truly open source model approach, just an open weights model approach. To really commit to open source, [it] would have to be willing to share its training data and give up control over model governance.
As Nature reported last week ( Nature https://doi.org/qhbv; 2025), one country is pushing forwards with plans to change that. China is proposing to set up a global body to coordinate the regulation of AI, to be known as the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO). Establishing such a body is in all countries' interests, and governments around the world should get on board.
