Market data indicate that after a long period of continuous price hikes in the PC memory market, the first signs of stabilization are beginning to appear. Prices, however, are still significantly higher than historical averages.
Pinterest announced that it plans to reduce its headcount by nearly 15%, or about 780 jobs, as part of a restructuring aimed at allowing the company to focus more strongly on artificial intelligence and AI-related features. The decision was disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of a broader plan to reallocate resources and adjust the company’s strategy.
Nvidia announced on Monday the launch of Earth-2, a new family of open AI models, libraries, and tools designed to make advanced weather and climate forecasting accessible to a broader research, business, and government community.
Samsung announced that starting in February 2026 it will begin mass production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, with part of the output destined for Nvidia — one of the world’s leading suppliers of AI and data-center processors. This move marks a stronger push by Samsung into the memory segment that is critical for modern AI accelerators.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OpenAI have announced a joint $50 million initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence to support and improve healthcare systems across African countries. The project, called Horizon1000, was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is set to deploy AI tools in primary healthcare, starting in Rwanda.
A group of job seekers in the United States has filed a lawsuit seeking to subject artificial-intelligence systems used for résumé screening to the same transparency rules that apply to credit reporting agencies. The case could become one of the first legal tests of whether algorithmic candidate scoring falls under federal consumer-reporting law.
New data from PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey show that more than half of chief executives have not yet seen meaningful financial benefits from their investments in artificial intelligence, despite rising spending on the technology and widespread enthusiasm about its potential.
Inflation, exchange rates, sanctions, market panics—we dream of “calculating” all this in the era of big data. But in the case of any major economic crisis, the chain of human reactions (how officials, businesses, and consumers behave) is so unique and sometimes illogical that it breaks any model. In this interview, we’ll break down what AI can already do in economics and where it still “stumbles” over real life.
Bristol Myers Squibb and Microsoft announced on Tuesday a partnership aimed at accelerating the early detection of lung cancer using artificial intelligence across the U.S. healthcare system. The collaboration will be implemented through Microsoft’s Precision Imaging Network, a platform that analyzes X-ray and CT scans using FDA-cleared AI algorithms.
China is exploring the creation of a national mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fund to support the development of key technologies — from robotics to artificial intelligence — as competition with the United States for technological leadership intensifies. The idea was announced by Wang Changlin, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), during a press briefing, although no detailed parameters have yet been disclosed.