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Companies not paying enough attention to security: BlackBerry
Companies not paying enough attention to security: BlackBerry
Many organizations are relying on external apps to communicate sensitive corporate information, and that’s causing potential headaches for security professionals.
Anthropic commits $10M to Canadian institutions
Anthropic is committing $10 million to fund research into “beneficial and responsible applications of AI.” It’s partnering with Edmonton’s Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, Montreal’s Mila, Toronto’s Vector Institute, Université Laval, and University of Toronto with more to be announced.
1Password launches AI token spend management
Toronto’s 1Password has rolled out a new way for its customers to track and manage their AI spending and consumption. The cybersecurity software company announced the launch of AI spend and consumption management capabilities within its SaaS Manager today.
New York state won’t build data centres for a year
New York became the first U.S. state this week to halt construction of large new data centres, imposing a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that facilities driving the AI boom are raising power costs, straining water supplies and burdening communities.
SoftBank CEO says $5T a year needed to meet AI demand
Worries about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments are absurd, according to SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son, deriding such doubts as backward and akin to questioning the use of cars and planes.
Google Gemini 3.5 Pro launch delayed as tech falls short
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is months behind schedule on delivering Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship AI model, because it has been taking time to try to improve its capabilities, particularly in coding.
DeepMind CEO lobbies for group to vet AI models
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis unveiled a proposal for a new international watchdog that would do “rigorous” tests and reviews of cutting-edge AI models before release. The plan was praised by rivals such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
San Francisco wants tougher rules after traffic fiasco
Even San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie — who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech — has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill.
GroundedAI secures $2M to modernize tunnel building
Vancouver’s GroundedAI has closed $2 million in funding to help tunnel developers build a better, more comprehensive understanding of shifting subsurface conditions. GroundedAI sells software designed to analyze field observations about ground composition and rock quality.
Chatbots at risk of spreading gov't restrictions on speech
Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain’s King Charles, and Anthropic’s chatbot would oblige. Prompted to do the same for Thailand’s king, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince or China’s leader, and the AI model declined.
Roblox launches a game-creation feature in its mobile app
Roblox launched a new feature called “Build,” allowing users to design games from their mobile devices using AI. The Build feature lets anyone to turn simple text prompts into a basic game without any programming experience.
A tech tip to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling
Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide range of phone-related pains caused by tired-out tendons and achy joints.
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