Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society
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Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training
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As artificial intelligence use becomes more widespread, scholars are working to understand its effects on the people who use it. MIT Professor Eric So offers one of the most complete syntheses yet, in his new book, “The Collision: What AI Does to Us,” published this month by W.W. Norton. Recognizing that AI offers opportunities to […]
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Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a global provider of AI-ready, hyperscale, and large enterprise data centers, and RMZ, a privately held Indian real assets platform, announced on October 15, 2026, that construction has begun on Mumbai 3, a 64MW AI-ready data center at the partners’ Navi Mumbai Campus in India. The facility’s first hyperscale […]
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A factory small enough to fit inside three shipping containers sounds like a logistics idea. For Stockholm startup 120ft, the harder problem is teaching robots to switch between products without rebuilding the production process each time. The company is emerging from stealth with a €576,000 angel round to develop autonomous microfactories staffed by humanoid robots. […]
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ABB Robotics on October 15, 2026, launched what it describes as its first end-to-end vision-based industrial-grade physical AI solution, integrating AI Robot Trainer into its Fashion Inductor functional module for fashion logistics. The company said the addition reduces engineering and commissioning effort by up to 75% for system integrators deploying AI-powered fashion logistics applications. The […]
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TIER IV and the Technical University of Munich announced on October 15, 2026 that they have established the TUM Autoware Research Center by TIER IV through a multi-year strategic research collaboration. The center brings together three TUM research groups working on Autoware, the open-source autonomous driving software that TIER IV develops and deploys. The announcement […]
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ASML Holding NV published its third-quarter 2026 results on October 14, 2026, reporting total net sales of €11.7 billion and net income of €5.0 billion, and said its chipmaking tool supply as currently planned for 2027 and 2028 will not fully meet customer demand. Third-Quarter 2026 Results Total net sales for the quarter reached €11,662 […]
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VitVio is bringing its Vetro operating room AI platform to Poland through a partnership with University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk (UCK). The October 14 announcement identifies UCK as the first hospital in the country to deploy the company’s 3D-native surgical operating system, beginning with selected operating rooms before a planned expansion across the surgical department. […]
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On October 14, 2026, Google announced that Google DeepMind and Google Cloud are providing up to 200 European scientific researchers with direct access to the company’s frontier models, together with $3 million in compute credits. Under the pledge, researchers will gain direct access to Google’s scientific tools, including AlphaFold 3, WeatherNext, AlphaGenome, AlphaEvolve, and AlphaEarth […]
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Anthropic has opened a new office in Singapore, its fifth in Asia-Pacific, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Ministry of Digital Development and Information, the company said in an announcement dated October 14, 2026. Anthropic described Singapore as one of its most active markets, saying Claude already powers business and government […]
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Google.org announced on October 14, 2026, that 17 organizations will receive a total of $36 million in funding through the Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science, an open-call program supporting projects that apply artificial intelligence to scientific research. The announcement was authored by Maggie Johnson, Global Head and VP of Google.org. The post says the […]
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Extensive areas of exposed ground remain following the clearance operation (image credit: Environment Agency). The Environment Agency has completed a a clearance operation begun in June 2025 to remove illegally dumped waste from Hoad’s Wood in Kent, at an estimated cost of £15.5 million. The protected ancient woodland will now be left to recover, while […]
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Alkali Consultants. A missed monitoring deadline, an outdated permit or a failed emissions test can cost far more than the test itself. For industrial operators, environmental compliance is no longer something to revisit once a year. Regulations, guidance and permit conditions are evolving, and getting […]
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The NORAH project will investigate how robotic sorting systems can overcome challenges posed by variable waste streams and contaminated materials (image credit: Kingston University). A new £3.6 million research and technology adoption hub will help UK waste and recycling operators test robotic sorting systems under real-world conditions, with the aim of improving material recovery and […]
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A new online platform bringing together flood risk information, weather alerts and practical advice has been launched by the Environment Agency, alongside a government commitment to improve flood protection for 200,000 properties in England by March 2029. Announced on 12 October to coincide with the start of Flood Action Week, Flood Action Online is intended […]
On September 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination of the $7 billion Solar for All program was unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and vacated the EPA’s action. Four days later, on September 22, 2026, the U.S. District Court for […]
Print article Share Next week, diplomats from around the world will descend on Yerevan, Armenia, to negotiate a series of decisions under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Between 19 and 30 October, 196 parties will gather to hammer out the precise wording of the dozens of legal texts that make up the decisions […]
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When government officials craft policies, there is often a comment period for public feedback. Lawmakers have long had to sort through fake feedback that is mass-produced in an effort to sway policy, but they’ve generally gotten used to detecting it. With, artificial intelligence, however, people can submit realistic-seeming comments, which are harder to dismiss as […]
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DXC Technology said on October 13, 2026, that it is partnering with LangChain to advance governed agentic AI across mission-critical enterprise IT environments, with its OASIS orchestration platform already in production and scaling toward 125 customer environments across regulated industries and multiple geographies. LangChain is the company behind the open-source LangGraph agent framework and the […]