Databricks says LTAP unifies transactional and analytical workloads around one authoritative storage layer for AI-agent-era applications. The technical dispute is whether Lakebase, Reyden and object storage amount to one operational copy or several internal representations that still need careful synchronisation.

#Databricks #LTAP #Lakebase

July 3, 2026Read More →

Naver And KAI Sign Defence AI MOU Without Weapons-Control Timeline

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Naver And KAI Sign Defence AI MOU Without Weapons-Control Timeline

Naver, Naver Cloud and KAI signed a defence AI MOU for sovereign models and physical AI combat platforms, but the companies did not disclose budget, deployment timing, test results or weapons-control approvals.

#Naver #KAI #Naver Cloud

July 8, 2026Read More →

AI Times Says Infrastructure Captures 82% Of Generative AI Value

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AI Times Says Infrastructure Captures 82% Of Generative AI Value

AI Times Korea cited Exponential View data showing 82% of measured AI-economy value going to cloud, GPU and inference infrastructure in Q1 2026, while foundation-model companies accounted for 11% and applications 7%.

#AI infrastructure #Exponential View #generative AI revenue

July 8, 2026Read More →

SambaNova Raises $1 Billion For AI Inference Hardware Without IPO Timing

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SambaNova Raises $1 Billion For AI Inference Hardware Without IPO Timing

TechCrunch reported that SambaNova Systems raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, named JPMorganChase as an inference-infrastructure partner and did not give IPO timing or SN50 customer shipment dates beyond the second half of 2026.

#SambaNova Systems #AI inference hardware #SN50

July 8, 2026Read More →

Elisa Claims AI Automation Cut Network Incidents By More Than 80%

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Elisa Claims AI Automation Cut Network Incidents By More Than 80%

RCR Wireless News reported that Elisa says AI-powered automation has reduced customer-impacting network incidents by more than 80% and pushed preventive actions to 99%, while the operator still has not deployed Open RAN.

#Elisa #AI network automation #5G Standalone

July 8, 2026Read More →

Sysdig Says AI Ransomware Still Needed Human Setup

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Sysdig Says AI Ransomware Still Needed Human Setup

Sysdig described JadePuffer as agentic ransomware, but Michael Clark said a human still chose the victim, provisioned infrastructure and supplied database credentials before the AI agent executed the attack.

#cybersecurity #agentic ransomware #Sysdig

July 7, 2026Read More →

GM Battery Pilot Line Puts Lower-Cost EV Chemistry on a 2028 Clock

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GM Battery Pilot Line Puts Lower-Cost EV Chemistry on a 2028 Clock

General Motors is using a new Battery Cell Development Center near Detroit to move lower-cost EV battery chemistry from research into production planning. The 500,000-square-foot facility supports GM’s $900 million EV battery push and is tied to a plan to cut EV costs by nearly 10%. The practical question is whether LMR battery cells can scale through the pilot line before GM targets vehicles on the road by 2028.

#devices consumer tech #GM #EV batteries

June 6, 2026Read More →

Klarna Seeks U.S. Industrial Bank Charter As Partner-Bank Model Faces Review

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Klarna Seeks U.S. Industrial Bank Charter As Partner-Bank Model Faces Review

Banking Dive reported that Klarna applied for a U.S. industrial bank charter after the company said it had extended $91.3 billion in credit to U.S. consumers; the application still needs FDIC and Utah approval.

#Klarna #industrial bank charter #FDIC

July 8, 2026Read More →

Open USD Names 140-Plus Partners But Leaves Reserve Fees Undisclosed

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Open USD Names 140-Plus Partners But Leaves Reserve Fees Undisclosed

Open Standard says more than 140 partners including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, Adyen and BNY are backing Open USD, but the consortium has not disclosed reserve details, fee percentages, partner voting rules or first merchant deployments.

#fintech #digital payments #stablecoins

July 3, 2026Read More →

Insilico Takes AI-Discovered IPF Drug Into Phase III Without Approval Dates

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Insilico Takes AI-Discovered IPF Drug Into Phase III Without Approval Dates

AI News reported that Insilico Medicine is moving its AI-discovered IPF drug rentosertib into Phase III after a 71-patient Phase IIa trial across 22 Chinese sites, but the company did not disclose Phase III enrolment, completion timing or approval dates.

#AI drug discovery #Insilico Medicine #rentosertib

July 8, 2026Read More →

Anthropic Signs $19 Billion TeraWulf Lease Without Naming Hawesville Chips

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Anthropic Signs $19 Billion TeraWulf Lease Without Naming Hawesville Chips

Anthropic agreed to a $19 billion, 20-year TeraWulf data-centre lease for a 401MW Kentucky campus. TeraWulf disclosed the site, cooling design and investment range, but did not identify the chips or first capacity tranche.

#Anthropic #TeraWulf #AI data centres

July 7, 2026Read More →

FuriosaAI Starts RNGD Accelerator Deployment At Equinix Lisbon Datacenter

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FuriosaAI Starts RNGD Accelerator Deployment At Equinix Lisbon Datacenter

FuriosaAI has begun deploying its RNGD AI accelerators at Equinix’s LS2 datacenter in Lisbon as the South Korean chip startup looks for European sovereign AI demand. The company describes 48 GB of HBM3, 1.5 TB/s memory bandwidth and 512 teraFLOPS of dense FP8 performance per card, but its Broadcom-linked next-generation accelerator still depends on HBM4 and HBM4e timing.

#FuriosaAI #RNGD accelerator #Equinix LS2

July 8, 2026Read More →