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Beyond the Demo: How to Evaluate an AI Tool in Real Operations
A polished demonstration can prove possibility. It cannot establish whether an AI system will be dependable inside a living organization.
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Artificial intelligence, platforms, infrastructure and the tools reshaping business.
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Palantir’s Growth Suggests Enterprise AI Is Moving Beyond Experimentation
Second-quarter revenue rose 93% as U.S. commercial customers expanded deployments, offering one of the clearest signals yet that some enterprise AI budgets are moving into operational systems.
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The EU AI Act’s Transparency Rules Move From Planning to Enforcement
New EU requirements govern disclosure when people interact with AI and the machine-readable marking of generated or manipulated content.
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Amazon’s $220 Billion Buildout Makes AI Infrastructure the Strategy
Amazon raised its 2026 capital-spending plan by $20 billion as AWS growth accelerated, illustrating how the AI race is being fought through power, chips and long-lived physical assets.
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Europe Commits €10 Billion to Seven AI Gigafactories
The European Union is opening a public funding call for seven large-scale AI computing facilities and hopes to pull in at least twice as much private capital.
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Meta Signs the EU’s AI-Content Transparency Code
Meta is joining the EU code focused on labeling and identifying AI-generated content while warning against a fragmented patchwork of disclosures.
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Public Claude Share Links Are Showing Up in Google Search
Claude conversations are private by default. But once a user creates and circulates a public share link, the resulting page can become discoverable far beyond its intended audience.
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Tech Companies Rally Behind Open-Weight AI as Washington Debates Limits
A broad industry letter argues that downloadable model weights are central to U.S. competition, customer control and cyber defense—even as policymakers focus on misuse and China.
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Meta AI Can Now Plan, Connect to Apps and Follow Through
Powered by Muse Spark 1.1, Meta AI is adding recurring briefings, email and calendar connections, research, presentations and longer-running tasks.
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ChatGPT Health Rolls Out to U.S. Adults With Connected Records
OpenAI is expanding Health in ChatGPT across the United States, allowing eligible users to connect supported medical records and Apple Health data.