Jefferies’ Chris Wood spots a hidden risk in Big Tech’s $165 billion AI capex race – The Economic Times
Jefferies’ Chris Wood spots a hidden risk in Big Tech’s $165 billion AI capex race The Economic Times
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Meet Needle 2: An Open 45M-Parameter Tool-Calling Model That Ships as a 14MB Binary and Runs a Full Session in 28MB of RAM
Cactus Compute has released Needle 2, an open 45M-parameter model for tool calling, device use, and structured extraction. The entire model ships as a single 14MB binary that runs a full session in about 28MB of RAM. Weights are trained and deployed at CQ2-bit using Cactus Quants, and the model is sealed inside the company’s
German startup Voodin swaps fibreglass for wood turbine blades, aiming for recyclable blades at commercial scale
A pioneering startup in Germany is crafting wind turbine blades using laminated veneer lumber, presenting a sustainable solution to the prevalent fiberglass composite problem. The initial prototypes are currently being tested in the field, demonstrating their potential. This innovation seeks to tackle the increasing challenge of waste generated by conventional wind turbine blades, with plans
Quote of the day by Alan Turing: “I believe that at the end of the century..”
Alan Turing’s visionary foresight of machines possessing thought capabilities was quite revolutionary for his time. His insights projected a world where society would come to readily embrace artificial intelligence. This evolution highlights the transformative impact of technology on our understanding of intelligence. In today’s landscape, artificial intelligence has become ubiquitous, seamlessly integrating into human tasks
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Monsoon to drench Delhi-NCR for 36 hours: Rain clouds converge, alert out
Monsoon to drench Delhi-NCR for 36 hours: Rain clouds converge, alert out
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Shaip scales single Physical AI collection program to 5,000 valid hours per month
Shaip has scaled a single ongoing Physical AI data collection program to 5,000 valid hours of egocentric VR motion capture per month. The program supports a humanoid robotics developer and runs on a recurring monthly cycle, covering 300 to 400 tasks across more than 50 New York City, United States, August 13, 2026 — New
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Construction Data Integration: How AI Agents Bring Project Information Together
Discover how AI agents connect construction data across schedules, safety, compliance, and live site systems to enable faster, smarter decisions.
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DeepSeek rolls out V4-Pro with improved agentic AI, DSpark decoding and Codex support – FoneArena.com
DeepSeek rolls out V4-Pro with improved agentic AI, DSpark decoding and Codex support FoneArena.com
Weekly Review 14 August 2026
Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):I don’t think reformatting research papers to make them easier for AI to process is going to solve the problems with using AI as a research assistant: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-scientist-research-paper-format Teachers’ unions are having to retrain their members to deal with AI in
Why some Anthropic investors call CEO Dario Amodei ‘more of a religious leader than he is a CEO’ – The Times of India
Why some Anthropic investors call CEO Dario Amodei ‘more of a religious leader than he is a CEO’ The Times of India