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'You cannot manage what you do not know': The NCSC is calling for a crackdown on shadow AI

Organizations are urged to identify shadow AI use and tighten up security procedures

Samsung backs Mistral in record-breaking €3 billion funding round as French AI firm targets sovereign AI gains

The French AI company breaks European records, but still trails American rivals with a €21bn valuation

Advania targets fresh growth with new UK chief executive

The seasoned technology veteran will lead the IT services provider into its next phase of growth and transformation

OpenAI says some researchers are blowing through $7,000 in AI tokens every day – but it’s a price the company appears willing to pay

OpenAI has revealed that researchers now spend around $600 each day on AI tokens amidst a surge in agentic coding. Some, meanwhile, are using upwards of $7,000 worth of tokens per day.

‘This is about as close as you can get to a personal supercomputer’: AMD has Nvidia in its crosshairs with the Threadripper Halo AI workstation

The new device boasts 3.4x the total system memory compared to the Nvidia DGX Station, according to AMD

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