Labour MPs' use of AI-powered ChatGPT to write their speeches has turned the House of Commons into an 'absurd' place, according to Tom Tugendhat. The former security minister warned that the chatbot-generated phrases, such as 'I rise to speak', are an "Americanism" not used in the UK. A search of Hansard reveals a spike in the use of this phrase over the past year, with many recent revelations about MPs using AI to fulfill parliamentary duties.
Databricks AI Chief to Exit, Launch a New Computer Startup. Naveen Rao, head of artificial intelligence at Databricks Inc., is leaving his position to launch a new computer startup. Rao's departure comes after he spent 10 years at the company, which is valued at $100 billion. Rao's new venture aims to create a novel type of computer, with details yet to be disclosed.
Oracle's stock market value surged to $922 billion, just behind Berkshire Hathaway's $1.06 trillion and trailing Tesla's $1.12 trillion, following the company's announcement of four multi-billion-dollar contracts to secure computing capacity for the AI race. This surge, along with other AI-related companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft, has contributed to the S&P 500's 11 per cent increase in 2025, with AI stocks accounting for around half of the gains. The U.S. stock market's valuation has risen above historical levels, with the S&P 500 trading at over 22 times expected earnings and tech stocks seeing a forward P/E rise to over 28 times.
Red Cat is advancing drone warfare and all-domain integration by highlighting its ARACHNID drone family, AI-enabled autonomy, and rapid innovation at the DSEI 2025 event. This technology is intended to support US and NATO warfighters, showcasing Red Cat's capabilities in the field.
SANY unveils its 40 chariots elevators electric vehicles in Qatar, opening the door to green logistics in the Middle East. SANY has developed high-performance electric forklifts with advanced technologies, including a 300V lithium-ion battery platform. The vehicles offer equivalent or superior power to diesel forklifts, with a 25% maximum slope and an "8 hours of operation for 1 hour of charging" cycle. The SANY electric forklifts have undergone rigorous technical tests, proving their stability in extreme conditions. Equipped with IP67 central systems and liquid cooling, the vehicles ensure reliable operation in ports, warehouses, chemical plants, and cold chain logistics. The forklifts integrate autonomous driving and AI capabilities to create an intelligent logistics ecosystem with low carbon emissions, covering storage, handling, sorting, and loading. SANY has deployed its electric forklifts in over 50 countries and more than 40 challenging sites worldwide. The company has invested $300 million in R&D, accounting for over 5% of its total revenue.
SK hynix has completed the world's first HBM4 development and is readying mass production. The company successfully developed HBM4, a next-generation memory product for ultra-high performance AI, with increased bandwidth and power efficiency. HBM4 has a doubled bandwidth through the adoption of 2,048 I/O terminals and improved power efficiency by over 40%. The product is expected to improve AI service performance by up to 69% and reduce data center power costs. SK hynix has far exceeded the JEDEC standard operating speed by implementing over 10Gbps operating speed in HBM4. The company has also adopted the Advanced MR-MUF process and 1bnm process to minimize mass production risks.
Sophont, a healthcare AI startup founded by 22-year-old innovator, has raised $9.22M in its seed round to transform healthcare with multimodal AI. The company, led by the same developer who previously worked on MindEye, a leading pipeline for reconstructing visual experiences from brain scans, collaborates with international medical centers and academic institutions to publish open-source medical AI research. The funds will be used to expand the research team, accelerate model development, and launch pilot programs with leading healthcare institutions, healthtech companies, and pharmaceutical companies.
Supermicro begins volume shipments of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra systems and rack plug-and-play data center scale solutions, achieving 1.1 exaFLOPS dense FP4 compute performance in its GB300 NVL72 rack-scale system. The NVIDIA HGX B300 systems provide up to 7.5x performance gains over Hopper-based systems, with 144 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute and 270 GB of HBM3e memory per GPU. Supermicro's total solution combines hardware, infrastructure software, and application software to bring optimized AI performance to these powerful systems.
The US Air Force is considering expanding drone testing, with the B-21 bomber flying for the first time as a multipurpose drone. This new capability, referred to as Launched Effects, allows drones to perform reconnaissance and strike missions.