Meta’s Reality Labs posted a $4.2 billion operating loss in Q1 2025. Cumulative losses since 2020 now exceed $60 billion. From the report: Meta’s Reality Labs unit is responsible for the company’s Quest-branded virtual reality headsets and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. It’s the key business unit that anchors CEO Mark Read more…
Huawei is gearing up to test its newest and most powerful AI processor, which the company hopes could replace some higher-end products of U.S. chip giant Nvidia. Huawei has approached some Chinese tech companies about testing the technical feasibility of the new chip, called the Ascend 910D, people familiar with Read more…
A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function. “Researchers at the University of California San Diego used artificial intelligence to help both unravel this mystery of Alzheimer’s disease and discover Read more…
Microsoft’s latest research identifies a new type of organization known as the Frontier Firm, where on-demand intelligence requirements are managed by hybrid teams of AI agents and humans. The report identified real productivity gains from implementing AI into organizations, with one of the biggest being filling the capacity gap — Read more…
A draft executive order from the Trump administration proposes integrating AI into K-12 education by directing federal agencies to promote AI literacy, train teachers, and establish public-private partnerships. The draft is marked ‘predecisional’ and could be subject to change before it is signed, or it could be abandoned. Titled “Advancing Read more…
Researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack called Slopsquatting, where threat actors exploit hallucinated, non-existent package names generated by AI coding tools like GPT-4 and CodeLlama. These believable yet fake packages, representing almost 20% of the samples tested, can be registered by attackers to distribute malicious code. Slopsquatting, as Read more…
Over 100 mid-market software companies are caught in a dangerous “squeeze” between AI-native startups and tech giants, according to a new AlixPartners study released Monday. The consulting firm warns many face “threats to their survival over the next 24 months” as generative AI fundamentally reshapes enterprise software. The squeeze reflects Read more…