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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Further Action To Adjust Imports Of Aluminum Into The United States
Policy

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Further Action To Adjust Imports Of Aluminum Into The United States

BOLSTERING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF PRIMARY ALUMINUM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation using his authority under Section 232 of the …

Robot reboot
Practice

Robot reboot

A new generation of robotics is powering up. How can leaders capture the value at stake while ensuring successful human–machine collaboration?…

Proven growth strategies from market leaders
Practice

Proven growth strategies from market leaders

Discover how market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by…

AI credit pools for cost centers in the billing UI
Create

AI credit pools for cost centers in the billing UI

You can now manage a cost center’s AI credit pool directly in the billing UI where you create and edit cost centers. Previously, you could only manage thi…

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
Research

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, seve…

Evolving from legacy BI to agentic AI at Tradeshift with Amazon Quick
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Evolving from legacy BI to agentic AI at Tradeshift with Amazon Quick

In this post, we describe how Tradeshift deployed Amazon Quick with agentic AI capabilities to replace our legacy BI tool, resulting in query response times up …

How Couchbase built a multi-model AI architecture for Capella iQ with Amazon Bedrock
Practice

How Couchbase built a multi-model AI architecture for Capella iQ with Amazon Bedrock

This post describes how Couchbase adopted Amazon Bedrock to power Capella iQ with Anthropic’s Claude family of models, the architectural decisions behind their …

Build specialized agent workflows for your business with Amazon Quick and NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit
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Build specialized agent workflows for your business with Amazon Quick and NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit

In this post, we show how Amazon Quick can serve as the business-user front door for specialized agent workflows. We use the NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit to build …

Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices
Practice

Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices

With the stock firmware and software, developers couldn't modify their AWS DeepRacer devices to use the latest operating systems. Now, developers can upgrade or…

Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models
Labs

Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models

OpenAI shares lessons from deploying long-running AI models, highlighting new safety risks, observed failures, and improved safeguards through iterative deploym…

Copilot users can now see AI credits used per billing cycle
Create

Copilot users can now see AI credits used per billing cycle

Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise users can now see how many AI credits they’ve used this billing cycle, even without an individual budget. Find thi…

Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
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Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI

Adobe's experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a "more natural (SLR-like) look" for iPhone…

Kimi K3: The open-weights escalation
Research

Kimi K3: The open-weights escalation

The global implications on the AI ecosystem.…

At SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA Advances Graphics and Simulation With Agentic and Physical AI
Labs

At SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA Advances Graphics and Simulation With Agentic and Physical AI

From open models to real-time simulation, AI and graphics breakthroughs are transforming media, content creation and robotics.…

Partnership for the decades ahead
Practice

Partnership for the decades ahead

Economic relations between Poland and the United States have entered a new phase. Over the past three decades, cooperation has expanded beyond trade to encompas…

Digital Talent EU Days 2026 in Dublin
Policy

Digital Talent EU Days 2026 in Dublin

Digital Talent EU Days 2026 in Dublin Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/20/2026 - 15:02   15 October 2026 - 16 October 2026   Trinity Business School, …

The cost of intelligence: How CIOs can manage AI demand at scale
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The cost of intelligence: How CIOs can manage AI demand at scale

As AI costs spiral, CIOs need to manage enterprise AI demand to optimize for outcomes, not just cost.…

Author Talks: How a CEO got faster in his 40s
Practice

Author Talks: How a CEO got faster in his 40s

CEO Nick Thompson ran marathons at the same pace for a decade—until the right coach, mindset, and routine helped him break through. Here’s what he learned about…

Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan
Research

Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan

The singularity will be seen in hindsight as an interregnum…

ChinAI #367: Claude Code's Future in China?
Labs

ChinAI #367: Claude Code's Future in China?

Greetings from a world where……

Commission publishes guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems
Policy

Commission publishes guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems

Commission publishes guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:08 T…

Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act
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Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act

Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/20/2026 - 10:22 Today, the European Commission …

From instinct to real-time insight: Transforming steel sales with AI
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From instinct to real-time insight: Transforming steel sales with AI

ArcelorMittal Brazil partnered with McKinsey to redesign its sales journey. A gen AI–powered tool removed the friction of everyday selling, freeing salespeople …

Bristol Myers Squibb Building Life Science Industry’s Most Advanced AI Factory on NVIDIA Vera Rubin
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Bristol Myers Squibb Building Life Science Industry’s Most Advanced AI Factory on NVIDIA Vera Rubin

Erin Davis calls it the “SuperDuperPOD.” That’s two things in one name: pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) already runs one of the largest AI clust…

Guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems
Policy

Guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems

Guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/20/2026 - 08:58 These guidelines define the sc…

Claude Code v2.1.215
Agents

Claude Code v2.1.215

Claude Code v2.1.214
Agents

Claude Code v2.1.214

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: President Trump Declassifies Intel on Foreign Election Interference and Deep State Coverup
Policy

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: President Trump Declassifies Intel on Foreign Election Interference and Deep State Coverup

Last night, President Donald J. Trump released newly declassified intelligence that had been hidden from the American people for years. The documents reveal tha…

AI in the Australian for-purpose sector: Laying a strong foundation
Practice

AI in the Australian for-purpose sector: Laying a strong foundation

AI adoption in Australian for-purpose organisations is growing, but without a considered approach, AI can add pressure and prioritise output over outcomes. How …

In-House LLM Serving at Netflix
Practice

In-House LLM Serving at Netflix