IREN Nvidia deal signals $3.4B AI pivot

District technology leaders say schools are not facing a sudden AI bandwidth crisis, but AI is steadily transforming the architecture of school networks, devices, cybersecurity systems and budgets.

The semiconductor surge highlights AI's transformative impact on tech markets, with potential volatility if AI growth or supply dynamics shift. The post Intel, Micron and Qualcomm shares jump to records at open appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

OpenAI said its new Daybreak initiative uses AI to help companies identify software vulnerabilities and speed up cyber defense.

Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Monday that it's working on something called "interaction models." The idea behind interaction models, according to Thinking Machines, is that they will let people "collaborate with AI the way we naturally collaborate with each other - they continuously take in audio, video, and text, and think, respond, and act in real time." As explained by Thinking Machines: Today's models experience reality in a single thread. Until the user finishes typing or speaking, the model waits with no perception of what the user is doing or how the user is doing it. Until th … Read the full story at The Verge.

Decentralized wallet and AI developers are the latest focus of Tether’s expanding open-source funding efforts. Blockchain platform Tether is putting fresh capital behind developers building independent crypto and AI tools. New grants will fund projects tied to wallets, payments, browser extensions, and on-device AI systems. Company executives say the goal is to support software that […] The post Tether Opens Grants Initiative to Fund Wallet and Payment Tool Developers appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

A crypto analyst has laid out a bold Bitcoin price forecast for the next three years, predicting an ultimate target above $200,000 by 2028. In the analysis, he outlines several key catalysts expected to drive BTC toward these projected milestones each year. These catalysts include a range of driving forces such as macroeconomic shifts, institutional accumulation, and even an anticipated AI-driven economic boom.  Bitcoin Price Forecast For 2026 And 2027 DANNY, a crypto analyst, has shared his Bitcoin price outlook from 2026 to 2028, outlining a bullish roadmap to a price peak above $280,000. However, before that peak materializes, he projects a significantly more bearish near-term picture for Bitcoin in 2026.  Contrary to the widespread speculation that Bitcoin may have entered a new bull trend and is on its way to new all-time highs, DANNY predicts that BTC’s price could still crash meaningfully from current levels. He expects Bitcoin to drop down to $52,000, representing a more than 3

The total value of virtual assets held by South Korean investors plummeted by over $41 billion in roughly one year, according to Bank of Korea data. Massive Capital Migration to Stocks The value of virtual assets held by domestic investors in South Korea has plummeted by more than $41 billion (60 trillion won) over the […]

ERNIE 5.1 hits the top of Chinese AI leaderboards while spending a fraction of what rivals do. Baidu calls it a "parameter efficiency" leap.