Artificial Intelligence

Some workplace experts argue that with more businesses adopting AI tools, soft skills such as empathy, critical thinking and ethical decision-making are worth cultivating to help employees become indispensable.

A KKR-led group on Thursday launched a new company with more than US$10 billion in committed capital to finance the build-out of AI infrastructure, the latest effort by an alternative asset manager to capitalize on growing demand for AI services.

If not for the intense rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI, the generative AI boom might not have arrived so quickly.

Shares of Oracle slid on Thursday after the cloud giant’s higher-than-expected capital spending plans fueled concerns over soaring AI data center costs, overshadowing strong quarterly results.

Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its user.

Anthropic is rolling out a public version of its Mythos AI model, but with guardrails barring its use in risky areas such as cybersecurity, after a preview earlier this year sent shockwaves globally with its ability to find software flaws.

Many people desperate to find work have been “doomjobbing,” sending mass job applications with the help of artificial intelligence and inundating hiring teams, according to employment insiders.

The Quebec government is partnering with Canadian company Cohere to explore opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence into the public sector.

OpenAI confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering recently, the ChatGPT maker said on Monday, joining rival Anthropic in a push toward a stock market listing as it looks to tap into insatiable investor demand for AI shares.

Alberta is touting its abundant supply of cheap fossil fuels to entice tech companies to build data centres for the AI boom, a move that would undermine Canada’s plan to link new data centre development with clean energy expansion.

As Ottawa rolls out a national artificial intelligence strategy, there’s growing opposition to the data centres needed to power the technology.

Samsung Electronics’ co-CEO and head of its chip division, Jun Young-hyun, said on Monday he discussed cooperation in next-generation foundry chips with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a meeting in Seoul.

Nvidia on Monday announced a series of deals in South Korea with tech giants including SK Hynix and Naver, as it looks to secure crucial memory chips to power its AI ambitions and entice new customers.

Anthropic is calling on major artificial intelligence labs to consider a coordinated and verifiable pause in development, warning that rapid advances in the technology could soon allow AI systems to improve themselves faster than society can manage the risks.

Broadcom shares slumped more than 14 per cent on Thursday, dragging chip peers lower, after the company’s results fell short of lofty expectations around demand for its custom AI chips business.