Ryanair signs a five-year AI deal with Google Cloud, and a second cloud to fall back on
Ryanair signs a five-year AI deal with Google Cloud, and a second cloud to fall back on

Ryanair has signed a five-year data and AI partnership with Google Cloud, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees and making Gemini Enterprise, Google’s agentic AI platform, the centrepiece of how Europe’s largest car…

Joby is buying a stealth-technology firm for $500m, and rebuilding its defence arm around it
Joby is buying a stealth-technology firm for $500m, and rebuilding its defence arm around it

Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Resonant Sciences, a Dayton, Ohio radar and low-observability specialist, for about $500m, in the largest acquisition the electric air taxi company has made and the clearest signal yet of where it expects its near-term r…

Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years to start something new
Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years to start something new

Brad Lightcap, who spent eight years at OpenAI and four of them as chief operating officer, said on Tuesday that he is leaving to start something new. He did not say what it is. “It is bittersweet to share that I’ll be moving on from OpenAI to start so…

Nvidia calms its own credit market after Jensen Huang clarifies the $500bn financing plan
Nvidia calms its own credit market after Jensen Huang clarifies the $500bn financing plan

The chipmaker’s credit-default swaps had spiked to a record on fears of circular financing. They eased once Jensen Huang recast the plan as other people’s money, with Nvidia’s own exposure capped. After weeks in which the cost of insuring its debt clim…

Skillfully Adding AI To The HHS Pledge On Advancing Best Practices For National Mental Health Care

HHS released a pledge to advance national mental healthcare. I add AI to the six stated principles, since AI will be integral to this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Today’s Wordle #1880: Hints And Answer, Wednesday August 12

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today’s Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

Trump Issues Executive Order On Vaccines, Makes Multiple False Claims

Trump signed an executive order to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule. He made multiple false claims, including repeating the debunked vaccines and autism link.

EVgo, GM Display How Charging Stations Are Evolving: Bigger, Faster

EVgo and General Motors show off a new EV charging station in suburban Detroit.

AI Is Not Just For The Big Boys

Generative AI can enhance supply chain planning solutions, but the heart of these solutions is statistical modeling and machine learning. GenAI improves explainability.

‘House Of The Dragon’ Got Its Final Season 3 Battle All Wrong

House of the Dragon’s Season 3 finale’s Battle of Tumbleton is thrilling television and a total inversion of Fire & Blood. Here’s what changed, and why it doesn’t add up.