

Damaging to jobs, planet, and democracy! Over 1,000 Amazon workers sign open letter on AI rollout
In one of the largest internal protests in the company’s history, over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed a powerful open letter to CEO Andy Jassy and the senior leadership team, warning that the company's "all-costs justified, warp-speed" approach to Artificial Intelligence development threatens jobs, climate goals, and democratic norms. The letter, organized by employees affiliated with Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, was published anonymously and quickly gained suppo


China's Alibaba enters AI wearables race with its Quark AI Glasses
Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba has officially entered the AI wearables market with the launch of its Quark AI Glasses series in China. The move represents Alibaba's most ambitious push yet into consumer-facing hardware, aiming to integrate its proprietary AI directly into users' daily lives and challenge the global dominance of Meta and the high-end appeal of Apple and Samsung. The new smart glasses are powered by Alibaba's in-house large language model, Qwen


OpenAI launches group chat feature globally for up to 20 users
AI Assistant Shifts from Solo Sidekick to Collaborative Team Member OpenAI has confirmed the global rollout of its new Group Chat feature for ChatGPT, allowing up to 20 people to collaborate with the AI assistant in a single, shared conversation. The move signals a major strategic pivot, transforming the world's most popular chatbot from a personal productivity tool into a powerful, shared workspace. Following a successful pilot in select Asia-Pacific markets, the feature is


Microsoft announces plans for autonomous, self-repairing data center platforms
At its annual Ignite 2025 conference, Microsoft announced a major, long-term initiative to transform the operations of its massive Azure cloud infrastructure, moving toward fully autonomous, self-repairing data center platforms driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents. The company stated that the goal is to shift from reactive maintenance, where human engineers respond to server failures, to a predictive, self-healing model where the AI platform identifies, isolates, and


Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees 'Elements of Irrationality' in AI investment boom
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has issued one of the clearest warnings yet about the sustainability of the massive, ongoing investment wave in Artificial Intelligence, stating that the booming market contains "elements of irrationality" reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com bubble. Editorial credit: Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com In a recent interview, Pichai acknowledged that the current moment is an "extraordinary" period of technological transformation. However, he























