Massive Russian earthquake and tsunami having no effect on subsea cables so far
Magnitude 8.8 earthquake strikes off Russia’s east coast The epicenter is near two local subsea…
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability with Langfuse
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents marks a change in software development and how applications make decisions and interact with users. While traditional systems follow predictable paths, AI agents engage in complex reasoning that remains hidden from view. This invisibility creates a challenge for organizations: how can they trust what they can’t see? This…
Scaling MLflow for enterprise AI: What’s New in SageMaker AI with MLflow
Today we’re announcing Amazon SageMaker AI with MLflow, now including a serverless capability that dynamically manages infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and operations for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) development tasks. It scales resources up during intensive experimentation and down to zero when not in use, reducing operational overhead. It introduces enterprise-scale features including seamless access…
How Swisscom builds enterprise agentic AI for customer support and sales using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
This post was written with Arun Sittampalam and Maxime Darcot from Swisscom. As we navigate the constantly shifting AI ecosystem, enterprises face challenges in translating AI’s potential into scalable, production-ready solutions. Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecommunications provider with an estimated $19B revenue (2025) and over $37B Market capitalization as of June 2025 exemplifies how organizations can…
How Harmonic Security improved their data-leakage detection system with low-latency fine-tuned models using Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Nova Pro
This post was written with Bryan Woolgar-O’Neil, Jamie Cockrill and Adrian Cunliffe from Harmonic Security Organizations face increasing challenges protecting sensitive data while supporting third-party generative AI tools. Harmonic Security, a cybersecurity company, developed an AI governance and control layer that spots sensitive data in line as employees use AI, giving security teams the power…
The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War
On Thursday, Disney and OpenAI announced a deal that might have seemed unthinkable not so long ago. Starting next year, OpenAI will be able to use Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel, and Yoda in its Sora video-generation model. Disney will take a $1 billion stake in OpenAI, and its employees will get access to…
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with performance gains across writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks. The launch comes just days after CEO Sam Altman internally declared a “code red,” a company-wide push to improve ChatGPT amid intense competition from rivals. “We announced this code red to really signal to the company…
Wes Streeting confirms public inquiry into Teesside NHS trust
Stuart Whincup,in Darlingtonand Federica Bedendo,North East and Cumbria Family handouts The families of Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif and Emily Moore have campaigned for a public inquiry An NHS trust which grieving families say subjected their loved ones to ”chaotic and appalling” mental health care will be the subject of a public inquiry. Relatives met with…
CDC Vaccine Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Recommendation and Reviews Aluminum in Vaccines, Plus Public Awareness of Mifepristone Safety — The Monitor
KFF Poll Shows Fewer than Half of the Public Are Aware of Abortion Pill Mifepristone’s Prevalence or Safety In September, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary announced the FDA would be reviewing the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, which was…
Flu in four charts – how this year’s winter outbreak is different
Jim Reed,Health reporterand Wesley Stephenson,BBC Verify PA Media The NHS has urged those eligible to get vaccinated against flu to help limit the severity of symptoms The NHS says it’s facing its “worst-case scenario” after the number of people in hospital with flu jumped by 55% in a week. NHS England chief executive Sir Jim…
Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, President Trump issued an executive order on “gender ideology” outlining how his administration would view sex and gender and incorporate these concepts into government. This executive order has had widespread implications across government and for federal grantees. One area that has been impacted is…
