Organizations may be eager to embrace artificial intelligence, but many are still struggling with the operational realities of deploying it at scale. A new report from AvePoint and research firm Omdia suggests that governance, rather than technology, has become the primary obstacle.
Intel will expand its use of Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise platform across engineering, supply chain, and corporate operations.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/17/2026
New York's new moratorium on hyperscale data centers has reopened a national argument over who pays for the AI boom's power, water, and land, and what communities get in return.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/17/2026
Chinese AI company Moonshot has released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model, positioning it as the largest open-weight model released to date.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/17/2026
Nvidia introduced two new Jetson Thor computer modules, the T3000 and T2000, designed to run AI models directly on robots, industrial machines, and edge devices
Geneva's AI for Good Summit brought something more consequential than a new model or regulation: permanent institutions.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/16/2026
The United Nations and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) used this week's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva to launch two initiatives aimed at expanding international cooperation on artificial intelligence, signaling a broader effort to move global AI governance beyond voluntary principles and toward permanent institutions.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/16/2026
Nvidia's introduction of Cosmos 3 Edge, and the roster of Japanese manufacturers adopting it, illustrates a build-versus-buy pattern taking shape in physical AI: rather than compete on proprietary world models, Nvidia is distributing the foundation model layer openly and competing instead on the hardware and tooling built around it.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/16/2026
Nvidia introduced Cosmos 3 Edge, a new addition to its Cosmos 3 family of open world models for physical AI, and announced that a group of Japanese manufacturing and technology companies intend to build on its physical AI stack.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/16/2026
According to Deloitte, enterprise AI is entering a new phase as organizations move beyond experimentation and begin deploying the technology at scale. But while AI adoption is accelerating, many companies are still trying to work out how to turn early successes into lasting business value.
Microsoft and 3M have formed a strategic partnership that combines next-generation AI data center infrastructure with enterprise-wide AI adoption, highlighting a broader industry shift toward integrating both the physical and operational foundations of AI.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/15/2026
The race to build the most capable artificial intelligence models is increasingly expanding into a second front: hardware.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/13/2026
Apple has sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging that former employees misappropriated confidential hardware designs and manufacturing information to support OpenAI's push into consumer devices.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/13/2026