AI stocks are suddenly lurching downward after months of investor euphoria. Companies like Palantir, Nvidia, and AMD saw significant drops as concerns grow about whether AI profits can match the hype.
Python developers have been waiting for this one. After years of workarounds and failed proposals, lazy imports are finally becoming an official language feature. The key difference? This time they’re opt-in rather than mandatory.
Stability AI has scored a partial victory in its high-profile copyright battle with Getty Images. The UK High Court ruled that AI models like Stable Diffusion aren’t considered infringing copies under current UK law. Both companies are claiming victory despite the mixed ruling.
Microsoft has committed more than $60 billion to neocloud data center companies to secure AI computing capacity. The largest portion, $23 billion, goes to British startup Nscale for access to 200,000 Nvidia GB300 chips. This represents one of the largest corporate spending sprees in tech history.
Snowflake just announced a major partnership with SAP that could significantly accelerate its revenue growth. The deal gives Snowflake access to SAP’s Business Data Cloud and its 34,000 enterprise customers, potentially adding billions in new revenue.
Michael Burry’s hedge fund has taken put positions against AI darlings Nvidia and Palantir. The investor posted cryptic warnings about market bubbles and declining cloud growth. Palantir’s CEO responded by calling the move “egregious.”
NYU business students aren’t dreading AI’s impact on jobs despite recent white-collar layoffs. Professor Robert Seamans is having them experiment with adversarial AI approaches in the classroom. The “black sheep” method gets students to engage with AI in unexpected ways.
A new study shows climate-driven hurricanes could slash insurer profitability by 11-100%. Researchers argue insurers should redirect those expected losses into climate solutions. The big question: Will the industry embrace this radical shift?
AMD has disclosed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting its Zen 5 processors that compromises hardware-based random number generation. The flaw could lead to predictable encryption keys and affects Ryzen 9000 series, Threadripper 9000, and Epyc Turin chips. Mitigations are rolling out now
Verizon is adding AWS to its AI Connect program, building dedicated fiber connections to support massive AI workloads. The partnership builds on existing relationships with Google Cloud and Meta as telcos pivot toward AI infrastructure.
