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WSJ: Microsoft Profits Jump 31% as Azure Cloud Sales Surpass $100 Billion (Jul. 29, 2026)
Microsoft reported strong cloud-driven results: revenue rose 18% to $90B, net income grew 31% to $35.8B, and Azure topped $100B in fiscal revenue. -
NY Times: Microsoft Increases Spending on A.I. as Profit Jumps 31.6% (Jul. 29, 2026)
Microsoft sharply increased AI and data-center spending, reporting $41 billion in quarterly capex, while profit rose to $35.8 billion, and revenue reached $90 billion. -
Artificial Analysis: Kimi K3: second only to Fable 5 on AA-Briefcase (Jul. 21, 2026)
Kimi K3 ranks second to Fable 5 on AA-Briefcase, showing strong analytical performance, weaker presentation, and a 51% rubric pass rate. -
NY Times: A.I. Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters by the Thousands (Jul. 29, 2026)
Data center construction is drawing electricians with high pay, overtime, and bonuses, creating labor competition and straining other projects. -
NY Times: A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps (Jul. 29, 2026)
The number of A.I. chips in use is roughly doubling every nine months, rising from about 30 million in 2024 to roughly 150 million by 2028, and powering advances in weather forecasting, Alzheimer’s research, and mathematics. -
NY Times: What Is Open-Weights A.I.? (Jul. 28, 2026)
“Open weights” means publishing a model’s learned numerical parameters so others can inspect and modify its behavior; this is distinct from releasing all underlying code. -
NY Times: What A.I. Is Actually Doing to the Economy (Jul. 27, 2026)
AI is reshaping the economy, but its true effects are unclear: official data lag, private datasets disagree, and companies may blame AI for layoffs. Adoption is fast, and economists warn it could be transformative. So far, job impacts seem subtle. -
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Jagged Intelligence: Does AI grading make the grade? (Jul. 28, 2026)
Detecting AI‑generated writing is increasingly difficult: popular detectors (Turnitin, GPTZero) are not fully reliable, can produce false positives, and tend to flag students with low AI literacy. -
NY Times: An A.I. Music F.A.Q.: Can I Remix Madonna? Is This All Legal? (Jul. 24, 2026)
Music A.I. promises to change how songs are made, shared, and promoted, offering new tools for creators and fans. But it raises copyright, legal, and fraud concerns, and could cut artists’ incomes, dilute credit, or flood listeners with generic songs.