Voice Arena 与 Hugging Face 合作,为 Open ASR 排行榜引入 Monsoon en-IN 和 Monsoon hi-IN 两个评测集,覆盖印地语与印度英语,其中印地语是该排行榜多语言板块首个非欧洲语言。数据集含公开与私有分割,共 4,888 位说话人,并记录 12 项说话人属性,旨在暴露按地区、年龄、性别等维度分布不均的语音识别误差。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtdgo8nh04rurobxlzwr101x
Midjourney 开始向所有用户开放其首个 V8.2 图像编辑模型的测试。该模型支持指令编辑、以图生图(最多同时引用 4 张参考图)、局部重绘与扩画,并兼容个性化、moodboards 和 srefs 功能。用户可通过网页端或 Discord 的 `--edit` 命令使用,官方同步更新了 midjourney.com 与 alpha.midjourney.com 的界面。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtc61ej101lqrojqto587wu9
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
Google 推出 Gemini 3.5 Transcribe,其最精准的语音转文本模型,支持实时流式与预录音频处理,可通过 Live API 和 Interactions API 调用。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtc5i81401mlroosz6bsplf6
英伟达预计 2028 财年营收增长 70%,年销售额约达 6730 亿美元,将超过苹果和 Alphabet,仅次于亚马逊。CFO Colette Kress 于 8 月 26 日给出该预测,远高于分析师平均预期的 44%。供应而非需求成为近期上限,黄仁勋称内存等部件短缺限制了更高预期,客户群正从超大规模厂商扩展至 ACIE。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtc4fn8n01mwrozaq4bot3b4
Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence assistant popular among Silicon Valley tech workers, is reportedly raising $250 million in funding. The company told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that the round is being co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark. It’s set to value Instinct at $2.5 billion. The startup previously raised $100 million […] The post Consumer-focused AI assistant startup Instinct reportedly raising $250M appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Konka Group, once a leading Chinese television maker, plans to voluntarily withdraw its shares from the Shenzhen exchange after posting a 12.6 billion yuan loss in 2025 and remaining insolvent. The board has approved the step to protect shareholders ahead of a potential forced delisting.
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” senior writer Will Knight talks his recent visit to China and the future of AI collaboration.

NVIDIA will present at the following event for the financial community

一项新诉讼指控 xAI 使用儿童性虐待材料(CSAM)训练 Grok 模型,这是首个此类指控。原告 Jane Doe 称其幼年遭虐待所生成的 CSAM 图像及 AI 生成的衍生图像被用于训练 Grok,且 Grok 默认将公开的 X 帖子和自身输出作为训练数据。诉讼要求 xAI 销毁所有 Grok 生成的 CSAM 并阻止模型再生成此类内容。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtc05bnj015srome8fm42xy8
Enterprise AI capabilities are improving almost everywhere, yet the returns still trail the spending. The technology is reaching production, but it often stops short of the business process where revenue, innovation and risk actually live — a gap that is now reshaping how enterprises measure AI success. That gap is widest in industries where a […] The post The enterprise AI payoff shifts beyond models to mission-critical workflows appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly bought Hugging Face Inc., a startup with a popular platform for hosting open-source artificial intelligence projects. Reports that an acquisition was in the cards first leaked on Monday. Business Insider broke the news that Hugging Face had received interest from multiple prospective buyers. On late Wednesday, The Information reported that Nvidia […] The post Nvidia reportedly acquires AI project hosting platform Hugging Face for $12.9B appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Artificial intelligence is changing what storage and data management platforms look like. In collaboration with Super Micro Computer Inc. and Solidigm, DataDirect Networks Inc. has introduced DDN Enterprise AI HyperPOD, built on Nvidia Corp.’s AI Data Platform. The goal is to simplify the storage, scaling and deployment of AI inference for enterprise workloads. “Customers are […] The post The AI storage stack gets an inference-era rethink appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
I knew I’d officially become a ‘longevity influencer’ this month when a company called Generation Lab reached out to offer me the chance to write about—and even receive—their new rejuvenation treatment, an injectable combination of two existing drugs which they call 1 Generation. This wasn’t just any antiaging treatment, either. A company fact sheet says that…
The Nordics have built a reputation for pairing deep technical rigor with a genuine focus on solving specific, high-stakes problems, and this list bears that out. Sweden contributes the largest share, with entries spanning video analytics, data observability, and driving risk insights, while Denmark brings clinical AI for radiology and elder care, and Finland and […]

Using domestic chips shows that Chinese vendors are becoming more self-reliant and improving inference performance on AI chips.

Letting an AI do your shopping might not get you the best deal. Researchers at the Wharton School show how erratic AI shopping agents really are: a single external source like Wirecutter shifted product picks by up to 99 percentage points, and even changing the order of identical information altered the outcome. The article AI shopping agents aren't ready to buy on your behalf, study finds appeared first on The Decoder.

OpenAI, together with more than 100 companies including Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, Deutsche Telekom, and SAP, has published an open letter on AI-powered cyber defense. The coalition warns of increasingly sophisticated AI attacks on critical infrastructure such as hospitals and water treatment plants and calls for swift action while defenders still have the upper hand. The article OpenAI rallies 100+ companies to sign open letter warning AI-powered cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are i…

After an affair with a fellow police officer ended, a Georgia cop used Flock to track her movements—and those of a man whose vehicle often showed up near hers, internal investigation records show.

The potential for AI to automate scientific research and manufacturing must be balanced with new risks, Anthropic says.

SGLang Diffusion 团队在 8×NVIDIA H200 上对 MiniMax-H3 视频生成进行基准测试,其密集无损路径较 Diffusers 快 1.85-1.95×,无近似损失。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtbtrn8j0222ro2kb7opgppz
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
Anthropic has signed a deal to rent approximately $45 billion in AI compute from Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company, according to a source familiar with the matter. Nscale, founded in 2024 and already partnered with Microsoft, will supply Anthropic with computing power built on Nvidia’s new Vera Rubin chip system, a six-chip architecture representing […]

Google announced new voice features for Gemini Live on Wednesday, promising users wouldn’t need to determine which specific feature, such as Spark or Daily Brief, a given task required. However, the company’s own branding structure undercuts that goal, with the Gemini app splitting functionality across multiple distinctly branded features, each with separate icons and navigation, […]

Keenable, founded by former Yandex search executive Andrey Styskin and AI scientist Matthias Petri, emerged from stealth with $26 million in seed funding led by Accel, with participation from Conviction Partners and angel investors. The startup is building web search infrastructure specifically designed for AI chatbots and agents, arguing that existing search tools were optimized […]

Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video model now analyzes up to ten seconds of existing footage instead of just the last second for more consistent scene extensions. Scenes can be extended in 10-second increments up to 40 seconds. A new 360p draft mode runs up to 60 percent faster at a third of the cost. The article Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash makes AI video generation cheaper and more flexible appeared first on The Decoder.

Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.”

Runable Inc., a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses build, run and grow, announced Wednesday that it has raised $21 million in early-stage funding to scale its operations and reach more enterprise outfits. Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners co-led the Series A funding round, alongside continued support from existing investors Together […] The post Runable raises $21M to realize small businesses’ growth vision using AI agents appeared first on Silicon…