AI firms debate connecting test sandboxes to the internet after breaches
AI firms debate connecting test sandboxes to the internet after breaches

After AI models from at least three companies reached the open internet and breached real organisations during testing, security specialists are debating whether test sandboxes should have controlled internet access. Sandboxes have been isolated for a …

Stability AI raises $76M, with Warner and Sony investing

Stability AI, the London-founded AI startup behind the Stable Diffusion AI model, which has switched its focus from the UK to the US, has raised a $76m funding round, with investment from three music …

Apple unveils M6 and M5 Ultra chips with a big jump in AI performance
Apple unveils M6 and M5 Ultra chips with a big jump in AI performance

Apple has introduced the M6 in a new Mac mini and the M5 Ultra in a new Mac Studio, its first 2nm chip and its first quad-die M-series design respectively. The M5 Ultra supports up to 512GB of unified memory at 1.2TB/s. The Mac mini question is settled…

Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving
Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving

Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia hardware in its cars from 2027. The company has invested more than 21bn yuan, about $3.1bn, since restarting its chip programme. Xiaomi is designi…

Waymo is coming to Munich, with commercial service targeted for late 2027
Waymo is coming to Munich, with commercial service targeted for late 2027

Waymo has announced it is laying the groundwork for autonomous ride-hailing in Munich, starting with high-definition mapping and manual driving in the coming weeks. It aims to open a commercial service to the public toward the end of 2027. Munich is ge…

A robot that takes blood could be the best AI health story of 2026
A robot that takes blood could be the best AI health story of 2026

One minute and 49 seconds, that was the median time a machine needed to read a patient’s arm, choose a vein, insert a needle, fill the tubes, and withdraw, across the Dutch clinical trial that carried it towards regulators. A phlebotomist working caref…

Scalable Capital connects €60bn of client assets to outside AI assistants
Scalable Capital connects €60bn of client assets to outside AI assistants

Scalable Capital has opened its investment platform to ChatGPT and Claude, allowing its clients to analyse their portfolios and place trades through the two AI assistants rather than through the broker’s own app. The Munich company says it is the first…

UK digital infrastructure investment hit £11.2bn in 2025
UK digital infrastructure investment hit £11.2bn in 2025

Britain’s businesses put £11.2bn into digital infrastructure last year, roughly three times what the official measure had been reporting. The jump in UK digital infrastructure investment did not come from a building spree. Almost none of the difference…

Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs
Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs

Southeast Asia has 306 data centres running and 173 more in the pipeline, according to figures published on Tuesday. The capacity being planned is nearly four times what is already operating. Southeast Asia data centre investment will rise from $15.72b…