Tech & AI
AMD’s Su seeks more AI memory in Seoul as MI455X load jumps 50%
AMD has begun shipping MI455 accelerators and Helios systems with HBM4 from Samsung and SK hynix, Su said during the visit.
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Tempo opens capacity and labor-cost data to AI assistants
The MCP Server gives Tempo Cloud customers read-only access through tools including Claude Code, Codex and Cursor at no additional charge.
Tech & AI
Yoodli moves AI roleplay platform into corporate training
The Oct. 7 expansion adds course creation, in-app coaching and skill measurement as customers use the software for onboarding, AI-tool training and certifications.
Tech & AI
Cigna targets $3 billion in savings by 2030, with AI aimed at employee tools and supplier management
The program, which the company says will self-fund, leans on automation, tighter supplier management and AI tools for employees. Part of the savings goes straight to earnings targets.
Tech & AI
Six AI developers sign a White House safety pact that carries no legal weight
The accord's four layers of controls target hacking, cyber, biological and chemical threats, and the auditors are chosen by the companies. Employers deploying the tools are left with the legal frame the administration keeps pointing to: laws already on the books.
Tech & AI
AMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in stock
Li will become AMD's chief scientist, and her cofounders will keep leading the lab AMD says will help shape its chip roadmap.
Tech & AI
Nvidia launches agent safety platform built on human-gated permissions
More than 100 organizations are working with the technology, including Anthropic, SAP and Salesforce. OpenAI, whose agents breached Hugging Face, is absent from Nvidia's list.
Tech & AI
Warp's $85 million was already counted. The new move is an HR agent after the offer is signed
The New York startup reached that cumulative funding total in June. Its September launch puts payroll, onboarding and state-registration agents directly in customers' hands, starting at $35 per person a month.
Tech & AI
eSentire buys AI-security startup for user-level AI monitoring in Atlas
Atlas AIDR is already available, with deeper controls at the desktop layer and more limited visibility into browser-based AI use.
Tech & AI
Medallion buys Andros, adding health-plan credentialing to AI-assisted platform
The combined business covers more than one million providers across nearly 400 healthcare organizations and health plans.
Tech & AI
Trump pledges an 'AI Force' and a new AI czar, and no new federal AI rules
The Truth Social post says the administration can police bad AI conduct through existing criminal and civil courts, while some states are pursuing their own AI oversight efforts
Tech & AI
Bolt.new ties bigger AI app-building allowance to training-data opt-in
Individual Pro users get up to 50 times more open-model usage during the preview; shared sessions feed licensed datasets for AI developers, starting with Arcee.
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