In a bold leap forward for semiconductor technology, Cognichip has launched out of stealth with $33 million in seed funding to build what it calls Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) — a foundational shift in how chips are designed, developed, and brought to market. The funding round…
How AI Is Reshaping M&A Strategy Amid Trade Tensions and Global Volatility
As we head into summer 2025, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) stands at a crossroads. Geopolitical tensions, economic headwinds, and rapid advances in technology are forcing dealmakers to rethink how they source, structure, and close transactions. Trade policy is emerging as a major variable. Unpredictable tariffs, shifting…
Tom Dunlop, CEO and Founder of Summize – Interview Series
Tom Dunlop, CEO & Founder at Summize is an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Prior to this, he worked as a Global Legal Director for several fast-growth technology companies. Summize is transforming Contract Lifecycle Management…
How Walled Gardens in Public Safety Are Exposing America’s Data Privacy Crisis
The Expanding Frontier of AI and the Data It Demands Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how we live, work and govern. In public health and public services, AI tools promise more efficiency and faster decision-making. But beneath the surface of this transformation is a growing imbalance: our…
Quantum leaps: Transforming data centers & energy
Take a look at how quantum computing is reshaping data centers and the energy grid, with insights on solar, nuclear, and decentralized tech….
AI tool speeds up government feedback, experts urge caution
An AI tool aims to wade through mountains of government feedback and understand what the public is trying to say. UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: “No one should be wasting time on something AI can do quicker and better, let alone wasting millions of taxpayer…
The Sequence Opinion #542 : Some Ideas About the Future of MCP
Better discovery, networking models, memory and others….
Alibaba Wan2.1-VACE: Open-source AI video tool for all
Alibaba has unveiled Wan2.1-VACE, an open-source AI model designed to shake up how we create and edit videos. VACE isn’t appearing out of thin air; it’s part of Alibaba’s broader Wan2.1 family of video AI models. And they’re making a rather bold claim for it, stating…
AI Is Giving Pets a Voice: The Future of Feline Healthcare Begins with a Single Photo
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way we care for animals. Once limited to reactive treatments at vet clinics, animal healthcare is evolving into a proactive, data-driven field where AI can detect pain, monitor emotional states, and even forecast disease risk—all before symptoms become visible to the…
Getting Language Models to Open Up on ‘Risky’ Subjects
Many top language models now err on the side of caution, refusing harmless prompts that merely sound risky – an ‘over-refusal’ behavior that affects their usefulness in real-world scenarios. A new dataset called ‘FalseReject’ targets the problem directly, offering a way to retrain models to respond…