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SK hynix Charts Co-Packaged Optics Roadmap as AI Hardware Competition Shifts to System-Level Design

Memory manufacturer SK hynix has published a technology roadmap for co-packaged optics (CPO) in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Electronics, highlighting what the company sees as the next frontier in AI hardware development. Co-packaged optics involves integrating optical connections directly into the same package as processors and memory, rather than routing

NASA's SpeX Harris Mission Ends Without Recovering ISS Telescope Component

NASA's mission to recover a malfunctioning telescope component attached to the International Space Station has ended in failure. The SpeX instrument, originally designed to analyze atmospheric composition of celestial bodies, experienced a critical malfunction that prompted the agency to attempt a first-of-its-kind recovery operation. Despite careful planning and

Co-Packaged Optics Emerge as Critical Enabler for Next-Generation AI Infrastructure

Co-packaged optics (CPO) is positioning itself as a transformative technology for the next generation of AI and high-performance computing systems. The approach integrates optical components directly onto the same package as compute dies—such as GPU and AI accelerator chips—rather than using traditional pluggable optics modules mounted on circuit

AI Training Data, Courtroom AI, and Meta Smart Glasses: This Week's Tech Headlines

This week's tech news brings together three distinct but related developments in the AI landscape. Amazon's Book Acquisition Practices Reports indicate that Amazon has been acquiring books—including rare and out-of-print titles—to use as training data for its AI systems. The practice has raised concerns

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The Emerging Market for AI Compute Derivatives

The Challenge of Pricing AI Infrastructure The AI industry continues its massive capital deployment phase, with data centers and GPUs representing the single largest expense for organizations building AI products. Yet unlike commodities such as oil or gold, the AI compute market has lacked standardized pricing mechanisms and derivative instruments

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Flock's New AI System Moves Beyond License Plates to Profile Drivers by Behavior

Flock Safety has begun testing a new artificial intelligence surveillance tool that goes significantly further than conventional license plate readers. The system uses computer vision and machine learning to analyze not just vehicle identification, but also driving behaviors including speed patterns, typical routes, stopping habits, and other behavioral signals. Unlike

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Amazon Opens AI-Powered Alexa+ to All Fire TV Users

Amazon has announced that its AI-powered assistant Alexa+ is now available for free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the United States. The company is automatically upgrading users to the new assistant regardless of whether they hold a Prime subscription, significantly lowering the barrier to access the generative AI