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AI Could Use as Much Water as 1.3 Billion People by 2030

The water used by artificial intelligence is expected to equal the needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030—threatening natural resources for billions around the world. That’s according to a new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) which quantifies the carbon, water, and land footprints of AI's electricity use around the globe.

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter

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Meta's AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally

WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage

Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI

Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.

A first look at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface Dev Box

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Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT

Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and relevance.

Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents

The Series F round values Coralogix at $1.6 billion and comes less than a year after its previous raise.

You Can't Trust One Token Number Across Your Tools. Here's the Guide to a Dashboard That Keeps Codex, Claude, and ChatGPT Honest.

As of this writing, the biggest single day I have ever run through Codex is north of 860 million tokens, counted exactly. By the time you read this the number will be higher, because I keep giving the computer more to do.

Perplexity’s ‘Computer’ Wants to Replace the Desktop OS

Moving way beyond search, Perplexity’s new agentic browser and deep Microsoft 365 integrations allow AI to actively pilot desktop files and local apps

SwitchBot’s acquisition of Nanoleaf is about more than lighting

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AI is saving workers hours a week. Most of it is being thrown away

The promise of workplace AI was always time: hours handed back to employees buried in routine work. A new study suggests the hours are real and that most companies are quietly losing them again.

When Jensen Huang Speaks, Investors Listen

Nvidia CEO's comments sent shares of Marvell Technology soaring.