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    The London Metropolitan Police faced a major setback this week. Mayor Sadiq Khan blocked a £50 million contract for AI technology from Palantir. This deal would have been the largest Palantir contract in UK policing. But City Hall stepped in, citing serious procurement breaches and concerns over value and ethics. The tech giant’s AI was

    AI Ethics & PolicyMay 21, 2026
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    The fight over online safety is heating up in Washington. Researchers who study hate speech and disinformation are suing the administration over new visa restrictions. The policy blocks foreign-born experts whose work helps moderate harmful content on social platforms. They argue it violates free speech and due process rights. This case could reshape who gets

    AI News & TrendsMay 21, 2026
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    Big news for developers and AI enthusiasts! PaddleOCR just dropped version 3.5, and it’s shaking up how we handle optical character recognition (OCR) and document parsing. Why? Because it now runs supported OCR models on the powerful Transformers backend. This means smoother integration with the Hugging Face ecosystem, a playground many AI teams already love

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    ByteDance just dropped Lance—a single AI model that handles image and video understanding, generation, and editing all at once. That’s a rare feat. Usually, these tasks demand separate systems because they pull in opposite directions. Understanding images and videos relies on semantic, language-aligned features. Generating them needs detailed, continuous data that preserves texture, geometry, and

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    A psychiatrist in Melbourne has started requiring new patients to agree to AI note-taking during their sessions. If patients refuse, they must seek care elsewhere. This policy marks a shift in how mental health professionals use artificial intelligence to manage clinical records. The psychiatrist’s registration form clearly states patients must consent to AI transcription software.

    AI in HealthcareMay 21, 2026
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    Imagine riding a motorcycle at high speed with navigation arrows floating right in your line of sight. No phone, no dashboard—just your helmet and a tiny lens. This is not a sci-fi dream. It’s a glimpse of where smart glasses are heading, thanks to a South Korean startup called LetinAR. LetinAR builds the tiny optical

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    Aluminum prices just jumped 20%. That sent shockwaves through recycling. Why? Because aluminum is a goldmine hiding in plain sight. It’s everywhere—in trash bins, landfills, even mixed waste streams. Yet only 20% gets recycled in the U.S. Imagine the untapped treasure buried in your garbage. Now, startups are deploying AI to grab it. Aluminum’s Hidden

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    Choosing an AI agent isn’t just about picking the best model anymore. The way an agent is built changes everything. It’s about the full system — how it plans, what tools it uses, how it remembers, and how it handles mistakes. That’s why a new open leaderboard is shaking things up. Instead of just comparing

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    Nvidia just blew the roof off expectations. Their first quarter results for fiscal 2027 smashed records with net income soaring 211% to a staggering $58.3 billion. Revenues exploded 85%, hitting $81.6 billion. This is not just a jump. This is a leap into a new era of AI-driven growth. AI Is Driving Nvidia’s Meteoric Rise

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    The United States and the Philippines are teaming up to build a colossal 4,000-acre AI and semiconductor hub. This project is not just about tech. It’s a bold move to reshape the global technology supply chain. And it’s happening right now in New Clark City, just north of Manila. The Dawn of Pax Silica’s First

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