ByteDance 2025 profit drops over 70% amid surging AI investment · TechNode

According to sources, ByteDance’s net profit in 2025 declined by more than 70% year-on-year, with its net profit margin also seeing a significant drop. This was attributed to the company’s substantial increase in investment in AI businesses during the third and fourth quarters of last year. At the same time, ByteDance’s overseas revenue in 2025…

Xebia expands AI strategy with NVIDIA, Anthropic tie-ups

Xebia expands AI strategy with NVIDIA, Anthropic tie-ups

Xebia, a digital transformation and engineering company, has announced partnerships with NVIDIA and Anthropic. The partnerships focus on helping enterprises move from isolated AI experiments to production-level deployment through a combination of infrastructure, models and engineering practices. The company’s approach includes an emphasis on sovereign and responsible AI, allowing organisations to retain control over their…

Smart Catering: reducing cabin food waste with AI | News

Smart Catering: reducing cabin food waste with AI | News

The global airline industry currently generates an estimated 3.6 million tonnes of cabin and catering waste annually, based on 2024–2025 data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF). This volume is to be at four million tonnes by late 2025 and could potentially double by 2040 if current practices…

Amazon to invest $5 bn in Anthropic, may add $20 bn more as AI partnership deepens

Amazon to invest $5 bn in Anthropic, may add $20 bn more as AI partnership deepens

New Delhi: Amazon has announced a major expansion of its partnership with AI company Anthropic, combining fresh investment with a long-term infrastructure deal focused on generative AI. As per Amazon, the company will invest $5 billion in Anthropic immediately, with the possibility of up to an additional $20 billion in the future, subject to certain…

Singapore pushes for global standard to test generative AI

Singapore pushes for global standard to test generative AI

Singapore is proposing a new global standard to standardise testing methodologies for generative AI to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems are deployed safely and reliably. The proposed standard, ISO/IEC 42119-8, is the first international standard of its kind. It was announced as Singapore hosts a global AI standardisation plenary meeting this week. Co-organised by…

5 Mistakes That Are Quietly Destroying Your AI Visibility

5 Mistakes That Are Quietly Destroying Your AI Visibility

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Getting recommended by AI platforms comes down to the same trust signals that have always mattered. But teams are making preventable mistakes by treating generative engine optimization like an exotic new discipline. These mistakes include flooding the internet with AI-generated content, chasing citations instead of…

I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It’s helped create passive income from my solo business.

I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It’s helped create passive income from my solo business.

Career coach Julia Starr used AI to vibe code an app that mimics her signature framework. The app is a passive income stream and a marketing funnel, introducing her work to new customers. Starr said she does not worry about the AI replacing her human coaching experience. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…

Τεχνητή νοημοσύνη: Μήπως τα chatbots μπορεί να σε κάνουν πιο «χαζό»; | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία

Τεχνητή νοημοσύνη: Μήπως τα chatbots μπορεί να σε κάνουν πιο «χαζό»; | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία

Καθώς τα μεγάλα γλωσσικά μοντέλα αναλαμβάνουν ολοένα και περισσότερες νοητικές εργασίες, ερευνητές προειδοποιούν ότι αυτή η «εξωτερική ανάθεση» σκέψης έχει κόστος. Όταν η ερευνήτρια Ναταλία Κοσμίνα αναζητούσε ασκούμενους, παρατήρησε ότι πολλές συνοδευτικές επιστολές ήταν εντυπωσιακά παρόμοιες: καλογραμμένες, εκτενείς και με αφηρημένες συνδέσεις με το έργο της. Για την ίδια, ήταν σαφές ότι οι υποψήφιοι χρησιμοποιούσαν…