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Gartner: AI Inference Costs Per Agentic Workflow to Rise More Than Fivefold by 2028
Business

Gartner: AI Inference Costs Per Agentic Workflow to Rise More Than Fivefold by 2028

A new forecast from Gartner warns that the economics of autonomous AI are about to get much harder, with per-workflow inference costs surging as agents take on complex multi-step tasks.

29 Aug 2026
AI Video Generation Moves From Research Toy to Production Infrastructure
Business

AI Video Generation Moves From Research Toy to Production Infrastructure

Diffusion models now generate coherent 4K footage at a marginal cost of €0.02 per second, reshaping advertising, film previsualization, and stock footage economics.

29 Aug 2026
Nvidia Shatters Expectations Again, but Investors Still Waver
Business

Nvidia Shatters Expectations Again, but Investors Still Waver

Record $96.2 billion quarterly revenue and a $500 billion AI infrastructure financing push underscore Nvidia's dominance, even as its stock slips on sky-high expectations.

29 Aug 2026
Cyprus proposes €35 million fines for serious AI violations
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Cyprus proposes €35 million fines for serious AI violations

Draft legislation aligning with the EU AI Act introduces tiered penalties tied to global turnover, plus criminal liability for obstructing regulators.

29 Aug 2026
DeepSeek's V4-Pro-0813 Caps a Three-Year Sprint to Frontier AI
Business

DeepSeek's V4-Pro-0813 Caps a Three-Year Sprint to Frontier AI

The Hangzhou lab's latest model, with a 1M-token context and 384K-token output, signals a structural shift in who builds and distributes the world's most capable AI systems.

29 Aug 2026
The 2026 State of Self-Driving Cars: Waymo’s Scale, Tesla’s Reach, and a Stubborn Trust Gap
Business

The 2026 State of Self-Driving Cars: Waymo’s Scale, Tesla’s Reach, and a Stubborn Trust Gap

Waymo now delivers 250,000 paid robotaxi rides a week, while Tesla’s supervised fleet logs billions of miles. But safety data, public fear, and unresolved unit economics keep the industry’s future uncertain.

28 Aug 2026
DeepSeek launches V4 Pro model with aggressive pricing to challenge Western AI rivals
Business

DeepSeek launches V4 Pro model with aggressive pricing to challenge Western AI rivals

The Chinese AI startup ends its preview period with a 1 million-token context window, agentic upgrades, and peak/off-peak billing that undercuts Anthropic by more than twelve times.

28 Aug 2026
Nvidia to cut GeForce RTX 50 production by up to 40% amid memory crunch
Business

Nvidia to cut GeForce RTX 50 production by up to 40% amid memory crunch

Supply chain sources say GDDR7 and GDDR6 shortages are forcing Nvidia to scale back consumer GPU output, prioritizing data center and AI products.

28 Aug 2026
Nvidia's Real Pivot: Matching GPUs to Nordic Data Centers, Not Space
Business

Nvidia's Real Pivot: Matching GPUs to Nordic Data Centers, Not Space

Reports of a space-based AI chip are unfounded. The company is instead positioning itself as an infrastructure matchmaker, connecting GPU owners with power-rich Nordic data centers.

28 Aug 2026
Anthropic hires Google TPU veteran Amir Salek to lead custom AI chip push
Business

Anthropic hires Google TPU veteran Amir Salek to lead custom AI chip push

The AI lab signals a long-term, multi-generation silicon strategy as frontier AI companies race to reduce dependence on Nvidia GPUs.

28 Aug 2026
AI adoption is outpacing governance, and cybersecurity is paying the price
Business

AI adoption is outpacing governance, and cybersecurity is paying the price

As organizations embed AI into core workflows, outdated oversight frameworks and unclear accountability are creating dangerous security gaps that attackers are already exploiting.

28 Aug 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic soak up half of record $407B AI funding in H1 2026
Business

OpenAI and Anthropic soak up half of record $407B AI funding in H1 2026

PitchBook data reveals extreme concentration in AI venture capital, with two frontier labs absorbing more than half of global investment while deal counts collapse.

28 Aug 2026
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