Amazon’s data centers withdrew 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, and the AI boom is just getting started

AIs struggle to understand documents designed for humans; the DocLang working group seeks to flip that imbalance with its specification for machine-readable business documents “built from the ground up for LLM tokenizers.” The working group, founded by IBM, Nvidia, and Red Hat and hosted by the Linux Foundation’s LF AI & Data project, aims to create an open, universal, AI-native document format designed to improve how enterprises prepare, exchange, and govern document data for AI systems. ABBYY and Human Signal will also be involved in its development, and other contributors are welcome. “Enterprises today work across a fragmented landscape of document formats, including PDFs, JPEGs, and other file types built primarily for human consumption rather than AI interpretation,” the group said in its launch announcement. “This disconnect can introduce complexity, raise costs, and reduce reliability when extracting meaning from business documents,” as organizations increasingly rely on genera

Hot AI companies can’t stop talking about forward-deployed engineers (FDEs), which are now very much in vogue.  FDEs, in case you haven’t heard, are hired by companies looking (hoping?) to successfully deploy AI tools and services. It’s one of the hotter professions in a world still trying to understand the impact of AI on careers. So, what exactly are FDEs — are they techy lone rangers like the ones OpenAI, Google and Microsoft are hiring? Turns out it’s not so much about individual engineers who swoop in to design and roll out AI deployments; it’s more about a team of engineers working together at customer sites. At least, that’s the view at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In fact, according to Taimur Rashid, managing director of the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, the FDE concept pre-dates the current generative AI (genAI) gold rush. The same kinds of engineering teams were needed for the earlier machine-learning and cloud eras to help companies with deployments. Taimur Rashid, man

The G7's focus on AI and digital security over crypto suggests decentralized regulation, impacting global digital asset strategies. The post G7 summit in Evian enters day two with AI and digital security in focus, crypto notably absent appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. New technology is enabling scientists to track how flowering times have shifted by weeks around the world, rapidly identify new specimens and even get crucial genetic data from 180-year-old fungus specimens, potentially opening a “genomic goldmine”. Digitisation and online access to millions of specimens that were until now only accessible in archives is also producing new insights, especially in the global south. Continue reading...

Mistral AI's disinformation issue could undermine Europe's AI credibility, prompting increased regulatory scrutiny and investor caution. The post Mistral’s chatbot repeats Russian disinformation half the time, audit finds appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The situation highlights growing tensions between government control and private AI innovation, potentially boosting decentralized AI solutions. The post Trump administration weighs sanctions on Anthropic amid AI model dispute appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bain Capital's success with Kioxia highlights the transformative potential of strategic investments in tech sectors driven by AI demand. The post Bain Capital poised to earn $15B from Kioxia buyout in one of private equity’s biggest wins appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Buyout groups that have invested heavily in professional services face disruption from developing technology