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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns of "a small number of AI systems capturing all the economic returns"
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (301+ words) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks AI will reshape what companies fundamentally are. A "real cognitive loop" is forming between people and digital systems for the first time, Nadella writes'in his blog. In addition to human capital, companies will also need…...
Anthropic shutdown sparks sovereignty debate across Europe
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (323+ words) After the US government barred non-US citizens from accessing Anthropic's new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, the European Commission is weighing the fallout. European experts call it a wake-up call - but disagree on what to do next. The European Commission says…...
KPMG fabricated AI case studies in a report designed to sell clients on AI adoption
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (214+ words) the-decoder. com KPMG fabricated AI case studies in a report designed to sell clients on AI adoption A KPMG report on AI in business contained fabricated case studies. "Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI" made false claims about…...
Microsoft Research's Mirage gives video generation a persistent spatial memory that doesn't forget what's around the corner
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (574+ words) Mirage is a new video world model that skips the costly detour through pixel-based memory. That speeds up generation and keeps a scene's spatial structure stable even during long camera moves. Researchers from several universities built it with Microsoft Research....
AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (676+ words) A new benchmark separates code search from the actual fix and exposes a hidden weakness of AI coding agents. They land in the right neighborhood but miss the crucial spots. Until now, AI coding has mostly been judged by the…...
New AI model called "Count Anything" does exactly what it says, and that's harder than it sounds
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (310+ words) Getting those counts right has real consequences, whether it's a doctor reading a scan, a farmer estimating crop yields, or a city planner analyzing traffic. Until now, each of these tasks has required its own specialized system. It's a familiar…...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: "It's addictive"
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (186+ words) the-decoder. com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: "It's addictive" Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now warning against "token-maxing," the uncritical use of the most powerful AI models for every task. "The hard truth is that the…...
Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (187+ words) the-decoder. com Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin Google Research unveiled Gemini-SQL2, a new text-to-SQL system built on Gemini 3. 1 Pro. It translates natural language into executable SQL database queries. On the BIRD benchmark, which measures how…...
Microsoft's Skill Opt boosts GPT-5. 5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file
2+ day, 6+ min ago (752+ words) A simple Markdown file is apparently enough to boost GPT-5. 5 by more than 20 points on procedural tasks. That's the promise of Skill Opt, a method from Microsoft and three Chinese universities that trains instruction documents for AI agents the same…...
Meta shifts from "tokenmaxxing" to token managing as internal AI costs reportedly hit billions
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (244+ words) In an internal memo sent to about 6, 000 employees, Meta flagged an "exponential increase" in AI usage and warned the company is on track for billions in costs from internal use alone by 2026, The Information reports. Individual employees and teams had…...