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AWS expands capacity reservation groups in GovCloud
AWS GovCloud (US) Regions now support EC2 Capacity Blocks and interruptible Capacity Reservations in Resource Groups, previously limited to On-Demand Capacity Reservations. This makes it easier for customers to manage their full portfolio of reserved capacity.
Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗ - Cloud & data centers
Amazon SES expands to six new AWS Regions
Amazon Simple Email Service is now available in new Asia Pacific, Mexico and EU regions. This lets customers send and manage emails closer to their data requirements.
Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Chips & hardware · Smartphones & apps
Google AI spots high blood pressure via smartwatch
Google Research built an AI that detects signs of high blood pressure using only the pulse and motion sensors of a standard smartwatch. In a 196-person study its 65.8 percent detection rate beat the in-office measurement. It is live in the Google Health app but does not replace a formal diagnosis.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Anthropic sticks to its IPO plan at a lower valuation
Anthropic is pressing ahead with its IPO despite the tech selloff, at a valuation of $1.25 to $1.75 trillion, below the hoped-for $2 trillion. It aims to raise $80 to $100 billion before Thanksgiving. Rival OpenAI has also recently cut its valuation.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT law & regulation · Cloud & data centers
New Democratic majority readies a wave of AI bills
After the midterm elections, the new Democratic majorities are reportedly preparing a barrage of AI legislation, according to Reuters. It targets labs building frontier models and the data centers that power them.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers · IT industry & companies
OpenAI says it will keep building data centers
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told CNBC on Friday the company will keep investing in data center construction to serve corporate customers. This comes after midterm elections in which, the report says, voters showed opposition to data centers.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Chinese AI model bias removed with light retraining
Nous Research retrained Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B into Arete-27B, largely removing its pro-Chinese bias. The propaganda rate fell from 22 percent to under one percent while general capabilities stayed intact in tests. It used 53 million tokens of supervised fine-tuning.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Chips & hardware
Nvidia adds an option against post-driver shader stutter
Nvidia has a new way to reduce shader stutters after driver updates. It is disabled by default.
Full story at XDA ↗ - Chips & hardware
IBM's Quantum System Two goes live in Chicago
IBM Quantum System Two is now operational at Hyde Park Labs, hosted by the University of Chicago. It will become a prominent fixture of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park once completed.
Full story at ibm.com ↗ - Cybersecurity · Artificial intelligence
OpenAI partners with Hacktron to find flaws
OpenAI is partnering with security research firm Hacktron to find and fix vulnerabilities, particularly in connections with third-party services. Hacktron gets expanded access to OpenAI's most advanced models through the Daybreak Red program.
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