New Alibaba AI framework skips loading every tool, cutting agent token use 99%

A new framework called SkillWeaver tackles AI agent tool routing by skipping full-library loading, cutting token use 99% on ...
Campus Technology

Report: AI Impact Starts with Strong Data Foundation

High-impact AI implementations are more likely to treat data architecture, governance, and operationalization as strategic requirements, according to TDWI's 2026 Blueprint report.
EDUCAUSE Review

Data Governance and Reporting Transformation: ULM and Scaffold DataX

Large-scale data-management initiatives sit at the intersection of technical work and organizational change management.
The Economist

Are you having fun yet? Dataland, an intense new AI art museum

V ISITORS TO Dataland, a new museum for AI arts in Los Angeles, step onto an escalator and descend into a tempest. Rain blows ...
Ars Technica

Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress

The US Department of Defense has a lot of congressionally mandated homework to do every year involving hundreds of required reports on various national security topics. But Pentagon officials have ...
Barron's

CPI Inflation Hits 4.2%. What Comes Next for the Fed.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May consumer price index report on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
CNBC

Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, highest in three years

The consumer price index rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, both in line with expectations. The core CPI accelerated 0.2% for the month and ...
The Boston Globe

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...