News about Artificial intelligence
The key question of our time is no longer whether AI will change our world. It has already changed it. What the world needs now is a moral compass for this technology.
A startup founded by young entrepreneurs from Moldova demonstrates that even “complex” fields like accounting can be made simple, fast, and accessible.
Artificial intelligence and the widespread use of technology are posing new challenges for Moldovan citizens. The risks affect not only children and young people, but all age groups. President Maia Sandu stated that in September, the government will present proposals to mitigate the risks associated with the use of advanced technologies and their impact on children.
Artificial intelligence could enable developing countries to achieve results equivalent to a century of development in just a decade, if they take swift action to address gaps in energy, communications, and skills, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday.
Pressure on Meta and other smart glasses manufacturers is mounting as European privacy regulators step up oversight of these devices, which look very similar to ordinary glasses. According to European authorities, covert recording poses risks beyond just privacy.
Palantir Technologies, an American company that develops data analytics and artificial intelligence software, nearly doubled its quarterly revenue, exceeded analysts’ expectations, and raised its full-year 2026 forecast. Following the release of its earnings report, the company’s shares rose nearly 15% in after-hours trading.
From June 20 to 28, a powerful heat wave swept across Europe, creating conditions that led to the wildfires currently raging across vast areas of France and Spain.
The European Union will allocate €10 billion to build seven major centers for the development of artificial intelligence. Brussels hopes this will help it close the gap with the United States and China in the field of AI and establish its own technological base.
Companies in the fashion and beauty industries are actively implementing artificial intelligence tools; however, investment in staff training has so far lagged significantly behind the pace of digital transformation. This creates a gap between the adoption of new technologies and employees’ readiness to use them effectively in practice. This is evidenced by the results of a BoF Careers survey conducted among nearly 3,000 professionals from 98 countries.
Three of Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models gained unintended access to the internet during internal testing and infiltrated the systems of three organizations. According to the developer, the incidents were caused by a configuration error in the test environment. This is the second such incident in the industry in recent weeks, following a similar report from OpenAI.
Microsoft reported record profits driven by demand for cloud services and artificial intelligence products. Meanwhile, Meta, despite a rise in revenue, reported a decline in earnings due to litigation costs and layoffs.
The 2030 census in Moldova will be conducted using AI and digital “signs of life.” The official statistics agency plans to use government registries, databases, and digital traces instead of the traditional door-to-door canvass. Citizens will be able to verify their own data online. The UN is providing these recommendations to national agencies in preparation for the next round of the global census.
The Australian internet safety regulator, eSafety, has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Telegram FZ-LLC and Telegram Messenger Inc., accusing the messaging app of failing to comply with laws designed to combat the dissemination of prohibited content.
In the first half of 2026, crypto projects lost approximately $1.1 billion due to hacks, and the number of confirmed exploits reached a record high for a six-month period. This is according to a report by Blockaid.
Apple set a new all-time record: the company’s market value surpassed $5 trillion for the first time following a rise in its stock price on Tuesday, July 28. The iPhone maker became the world’s largest publicly traded company by market capitalization, surpassing Nvidia and other tech giants.
U.S. President Donald Trump is an active investor in the American stock market. He often buys shares in companies that he actively criticizes. Analysts note that this is a well-thought-out strategy: buy when prices are low, sell when they peak.
Major players have already invested $20 million to protect Bitcoin from quantum computers.
Europe will need about $3 trillion to develop its own digital infrastructure and reduce its dependence on foreign technology companies. The funds will be needed to advance artificial intelligence, build data centers, create cloud services, and develop software solutions.
Much has already been said about the risks to the armed forces and national security posed by artificial intelligence (AI). But few people pay attention to the threats to culture and the economy posed by large language models (LLMs) trained on a small number of languages and owned by a handful of transnational companies.
Bitcoin could lose its status as the largest cryptocurrency if its network governance mechanisms prove insufficiently flexible to address the quantum threat in a timely manner. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson made this statement during an appearance on The Starting Block.
