thenextweb

2026-07-27

Nadella won’t call it a bubble. He’ll only say how it ends badly.

Fareed Zakaria opened with the question everyone is circling. Are we in an AI bubble, and has it begun to deflate? OpenAI has promised to spend hundreds of billions while making a fraction of that, he noted. The maths does not add up. Nadella did not push back. He reframed the question as a test […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-27

Sam Altman renews his ‘democratic AI’ pitch as Anthropic holds a harder line

Sam Altman has a preferred way of framing the contest over artificial intelligence, and it is a stark one. Either the United States and its allies build the technology and spread its benefits, the OpenAI chief has argued, or authoritarian governments use it to cement and expand their own power. That binary, set out most […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-27

A million words costs $50 from Anthropic and 87 cents from DeepSeek. Corporate America noticed.

Roughly 750,000 words of AI output costs $50 if you buy it from Anthropic’s Fable. The same volume from DeepSeek’s V4-Pro costs about 87 cents, Fortune reported. Z.AI’s GLM-5.2 charges $4.40. Moonshot’s Kimi K3, pricey by Chinese standards, charges $15. Corporate America has noticed. Companies spent a year competing to burn tokens. Now they shop […]<br /> This story continues at Th [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

NVIDIA launches 'Open Secure AI Alliance' initiative to improve cyber defense

NVIDIA has gathered together some of the biggest tech companies in the world to form the Open Secure AI Alliance with the aim to improve cybersecurity. [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

I tried a world renowned photographer’s award-winning camera traps — and captured my best garden wildlife photos yet

Acclaimed wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas' Camtraptions devices can work wonders with your camera gear for pro-quality wildlife photography that would otherwise be impossible thanks to remote capture. [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

The AI reality check for finance: why experimentation is over and execution has begun

AI in finance has moved from experimentation to execution, succeeding where data and governance are robust. [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

Access to Mythos won’t protect trust in UK banks

AI detects threats faster, but customer trust depends on equally fast, transparent communication. [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says. [...]

Destination

2026-07-27

I don't think Googlebooks are just Chromebooks — they're a direct shot at Windows

A whole generation grew up using Chromebooks at school. With AI-first Googlebooks, Google is giving them a reason not to switch to a PC. [...]