News reporting focused on AI and machine learning, covering the companies behind these technologies, their real-world applications, and the ethical concerns they raise. This includes areas like generative AI (large language models, text-to-image and video), speech tech, and predictive analytics.
NVIDIA and dozens of industry leaders, including Adobe, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, IBM, Microsoft, and Red Hat, have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance. The group aims to develop and share open tools, models, and techniques to improve cybersecurity and AI safety, building on the Linux Foundation's Akrites initiative and OpenSSF community work.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly endorsed AI tools in kernel development, writing on the mailing list that 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects.' The debate was sparked by Sashiko, an AI-powered code review system from the Linux Foundation that automatically analyzes proposed kernel code changes. Torvalds stressed that decisions in the kernel project are based on technical merit, 'not fear of new tools.'
Uber blew through its 2026 AI coding budget by April. Microsoft revoked Claude Code licenses. Priceline saw Cursor renewals jump 4-5x. As token consumption skyrockets with agentic AI, the Linux Foundation launches the Tokenomics Foundation to bring cost discipline. Startups and vendors rush to offer tracking tools, but a common language for token economics is still months away.