News about Artificial intelligence
Over the past seven days, the prices of most of the largest cryptocurrencies showed positive dynamics despite the trend of the market leaders – bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), which fell by 4 and 6%, respectively. BTC is holding around $77.7 thousand, ETH – around $2.1 thousand. Against this background, some altcoins from the top 100 by capitalization showed double-digit growth, significantly outperforming the rest of the market.
The process of internationalization of Moldovan HEIs is associated with the launch of new academic initiatives. The main one is aimed at combining education with the needs of the labor market.
Anthropic and OpenAI, considered leaders in the global generative AI market, have begun to diverge in their approaches to achieving profitability. Anthropic focuses on the corporate segment and cost control, while OpenAI continues to aggressively scale infrastructure and consumer services.
US President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order to introduce a new AI verification system after speaking with David Sachs, chairman of the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Cybersecurity experts are discussing the potential threat posed by the development of artificial intelligence algorithms that could theoretically extract fingerprint elements from smartphone photos.
The Grok Build platform will start publishing daily update reports. The decision reflects the accelerated development of AI tools by Ilon Musk’s company xAI for professional coders and increased competition in the AI coding assistant market.
Deliveries of Nvidia H200 gas pedals to China remain blocked despite the US authorities’ authorization to export the chips to a number of Chinese companies. The situation shows that the technological confrontation between the U.S. and China is beginning to slow down even officially approved deals in the field of artificial intelligence.
From September 1, a new training profile “artificial intelligence” will appear in the curriculum of Russian schools, which will be taught as part of the subject “computer science”.
Medical devices are usually designed with efficiency, sterility and procedural compliance in mind. Nadia Ursu, who has more than 15 years of experience in medicine, started with a different question: what would a medical device designed to sense the emotions of a child experiencing a traumatic event look like?
A cryptoblogger under the pseudonym The Smart Ape has published a detailed analysis of the economic consequences of mass AI automation. The starting point was the forecast of Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleiman, who told the Financial Times back in February: AI will automate most office professions in 12-18 months.
Amazon has unveiled Alexa for Shopping, a new AI shopping system that combines the capabilities of the Alexa+ voice assistant and the Rufus chatbot. The service will be able to compare products, track prices, give personalized recommendations and even automatically checkout.
Ilon Musk, during a May 18 speech at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv, again linked the development of autonomous vehicles, AI and robotics to the long-term future of civilization.
Google has topped Kantar’s annual ranking of the world’s most valuable and influential brands for the first time since 2018, ousting Apple, which has remained the leader for the past four years.
AI+ Expo 2026, one of the largest technology forums in the US, has come to an end in Washington, DC, where artificial intelligence has finally ceased to look like a “peaceful” consumer service and has increasingly become an element of geopolitics, defense and industrial policy.
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) is developing its internal management system based on artificial intelligence, as well as an AI-based internal assistant used for quick access to institutional information, data analysis and processing, integrated SupTech initiatives and digital infrastructure. This was announced by Anca Dragu, Head of the NBM, at the Tech Talks 2026 international conference held in Timisoara, dedicated to the dialog on the role of innovation in enhancing competitiveness.
A multibillion-dollar deal to supply AI chips from Nvidia to a dozen Chinese companies has hung up. The reasons are twofold: Beijing’s stiff opposition and American President Donald Trump’s exotic terms. Although the former also follows from the latter.
While the world is buying up chips for artificial intelligence, Samsung Electronics is trying to avoid a crisis within the company. On Monday, management and the memory maker’s largest labor union will sit down at the bargaining table again, three days before a possible large-scale strike.
Malta will become the first country where the authorities will distribute OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus subscription free of charge to residents. All citizens of the country will have access to the service for a year, but after completing an AI course.
Ilon Musk has rekindled interest in Tesla’s drone technology. This is about a new version of the Full Self-Driving system for electric cars.
Apple’s founder Steve Jobs used an unconventional method of selection for a job. If he didn’t want to have a beer with the candidate after the conversation, the chances of getting the job were drastically reduced.
