New York: Amazon is slashing about 16,000 jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic. Beth Galetti, a senior vice…
This article is part of a partnership between the Mendocino Voice and nonprofit newsroom CalMatters to bring relevant nonpartisan news to Mendocino County readers. Learn more about CalMatters here. Bird singing and dancing, as practiced by the Cahuilla Band of Indians, tell a story about the creation of the world, and how the Cahuilla migrated…
The government of New Brunswick is dipping its toes into the world of artificial intelligence with the implementation of a website called ChatGNB that’s available exclusively for government employees. While there aren’t many details on exactly how it’s being used, the Department of Finance and Treasury Board, which has been piloting the program for the…
In 2026, students, creators and small teams increasingly rely on generative AI tools to move faster through everyday work – drafting text, building visuals and handling basic development tasks without switching between multiple apps. An all-in-one workspace like Wordchiefs fits that need well: one place to generate blog drafts, create images and produce code snippets,…
Flora, the creator of an “intelligent canvas” platform for creative professionals, has raised $42 million in an early-stage round with a goal to tackle the fragmentation around generative artificial intelligence design tools. Led by Redpoint Ventures, today’s Series A round also saw participation from a host of angel investors, including Vercel Inc. Chief Executive Guillermo…
GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 0800), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, today announced the launch of WeRide GENESIS1, its proprietary general-purpose simulation model. WeRide GENESIS bridges physical AI and generative AI, connecting the real and simulated worlds to accelerate the development, training, and validation of autonomous…
Table of Contents Modern healthcare faces a paradox: while medical science advances at breakneck speed, the daily practice of medicine often slows to a crawl, mired in paperwork. Physicians and nurses spend a significant portion of their day not treating patients, but feeding data into electronic health records (EHRs). This administrative friction drives professional burnout,…
UK-based developer Jagex has said players will never encounter content created using AI within its games. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, the company’s SVP of product, James Dobrowski, said that it has a “pretty hard line stance” on the matter, saying that it does not want to be using the tech to “drive creativity”. The executive did…
The EU will determine whether or not the rollout of Grok gen AI image generation in Twitter assessed and mitigated risks in accordance with the Digital Services Act. In late 2025, X (formerly known as Twitter) and its Grok AI chatbot ushered in new image generation tools and made them available to users, who then…
Generative artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping voice technology and AI-powered hardware, enabling devices to understand and respond to natural human language in ways that were once futuristic science fiction. Advances across major tech platforms are accelerating this transformation, and analysts say improved comprehension and context understanding are making voice AI a central interface for everyday…
