Taking on the Challenge of a ‘Fully Automated’ Video Media: It Was Harder Than I Thought

Taking on the Challenge of a ‘Fully Automated’ Video Media: It Was Harder Than I Thought

Starting today, I would like to share a series of stories called the “Marketing Automation Rhapsody.” I am taking on the challenge of using AI to “automate” the process of delivering various types of content, so I would like to talk about that process. People in the world say it can be done easily, but…

Google Open-Sources TorchTPU to Challenge Nvidia’s Grip on AI Development

Google Open-Sources TorchTPU to Challenge Nvidia’s Grip on AI Development

Google has made TorchTPU, its long-awaited version of PyTorch, available as an open source project, joining Amazon in efforts to loosen Nvidia’s dominance over AI development, where most applications are built by default to run on Nvidia GPUs. PyTorch, the widely used open source toolkit for building, training and running AI models, was developed by…

Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy to Reach $368B in 2026, but Data Rules Pose a Challenge

Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy to Reach $368B in 2026, but Data Rules Pose a Challenge

Southeast Asia’s digital economy is booming, but its borders remain a challenge for businesses trying to scale. A growing network of cloud and AI infrastructure must navigate data regulations that differ sharply between countries. The region’s digital economy is projected to reach $368 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2026, up 17% year over…

Spinutech to Challenge Traditional Measures of Brand Visibility at the 2026 North American Marketing Leadership Summit

Spinutech to Challenge Traditional Measures of Brand Visibility at the 2026 North American Marketing Leadership Summit

Spinutech will sponsor the annual summit and lead a session exploring how AI, social media and fragmented search are reshaping brand discovery and marketing measurement. PHOENIX, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Spinutech, a performance-driven digital agency, announced its sponsorship of the 2026 North American Marketing Leadership Summit (NAMLS), taking place September 28–30 at the Arizona Biltmore…

2026 Global Open-source AI Challenge Grand Finals and Awards Ceremony Held in Hangzhou

2026 Global Open-source AI Challenge Grand Finals and Awards Ceremony Held in Hangzhou

Hangzhou, China, Sept. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — From September 22 to 23, the Global Open-source AI Challenge Grand Finals and Awards Ceremony was held at the Cloud Valley Center in Hangzhou. The Competition is hosted by the Hangzhou Open Source Artificial Intelligence Foundation, with the Agentic…

Vietnam AI Innovation Challenge 2026 spotlights real-world AI solutions

Vietnam AI Innovation Challenge 2026 spotlights real-world AI solutions

The winning team, L-GPT 6.7, impressed judges with Lawgic, a legal analysis platform that combines large language models with knowledge graph technology to enhance legal reasoning and information retrieval. The project received the competition’s top award of 10,000 USD. Second place went to Genation for Tangent, an AI platform that converts users’ questions…

Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy | Scotland

Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy | Scotland

The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK’s AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider….

Arduino and Robu.in Launch Arduino Physical AI Challenge India 2026 with ₹30+Lakh Prize Pool

Arduino and Robu.in Launch Arduino Physical AI Challenge India 2026 with ₹30+Lakh Prize Pool

Robu.in, in association with Arduino, has announced the Arduino Physical AI Challenge India 2026, a nationwide innovation competition inviting students, makers, startups, developers, and technology enthusiasts to build real-world AI solutions using the Arduino UNO Q development board. With a total prize pool exceeding ₹30 lakh, the challenge focuses on Physical AI intelligent systems that…

Four health innovators crowned winners of Isle of Man Innovation Challenge 2026

Four health innovators crowned winners of Isle of Man Innovation Challenge 2026

The finale of this year’s competition, which was organised by government agency Digital Isle of Man, brought together healthcare professionals, policymakers, business leaders, community organisations from across the island for a day of live pitches, expert insight and collaboration, culminating in the announcement of four winners across the Wellness, Working Smarter, Home First and the…

Code Layers Challenge Cursor as GPU Shaders Hit Paid Plans

Code Layers Challenge Cursor as GPU Shaders Hit Paid Plans

Figma closed its three-day Config 2026 conference on Thursday with a product slate that moves it onto direct competitive ground with AI coding environments like Cursor and Replit, and into motion design territory previously occupied by After Effects. The announcements, delivered in a Wednesday keynote at Moscone Center in San Francisco, put GitHub-linked code, a…