Nvidia CEO declares AGI has arrived as OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra model

The rise of searching for hard ROI in the CFO role The adoption race is over. The ROI race just started. In a June 2025 survey of 183 CFOs, Gartner reported that 84 of finance organisations had deployed AI or planned to, but only 7 reported a high impact. Most AI spend results in increased productivity, efficiency and time back, rather than hard ROI. Gartner surveyed […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Slow asylum procedures cost immigration service €99 million in fines in 6 months In the first half of 2026, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) paid €99 million in fines to asylum seekers whose applications took too long to process, Minister Bart van den

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Parliament looks at speeding up hiring of civil servants Parliament on Monday took a first look at a batch of bills aiming to rationalise and speed up hiring in the civil service, with MPs objecting to some of the proposals. The government has tabled three bills amending hiring and examination procedures, including the assessment of candidates. The proposed legislation concerns positions of first appointment. […]

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Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute deals after Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless risk Anthropic signed compute contracts worth up to $517 billion in eleven months but still trails OpenAIs $750 billion plan through 2030. In early 2026, CEO Dario Amodei warned against investing too fast. Now Anthropic is racing to catch up, while Sam Altman warns about "unsustainable silliness" in the compute buildout, especially from neo-cloud providers. The article Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute deals after Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless risk appeared first on The Decoder.

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A deep relief: Trans advocates celebrate Bulgarian courts ruling in favor of legal gender changesAfter a legal battle that lasted nearly 10 years, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that transgender people have a legal right to change their name and gender markers on official ID documents. The case began when a Bulgarian trans woman moved to Italy and, for years, was repeatedly denied the right to change her legal name and gender on her home countrys documents, the Washington Blade reported.

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Jensen Huang says AGI has arrived, and 400,000 more GPUs are coming Jensen Huang said it in four words. AGI has arrived, the Nvidia chief executive wrote on X late on Sunday, congratulating OpenAI on GPT-6 Astra. By Monday morning the post had passed 10 million views. The rest of the post is the part worth reading. Huang wrote that OpenAI trained Astra on more than 100,000 […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Chiesa might leave Liverpool - Tuesdays gossip Federico Chiesas future at Liverpool is in doubt, Jadon Sancho might return to the Premier League, Real Madrids Endrick is attracting interest from Italy, plus more.

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3 More Vehicles on Croatian Motorways Than This Time in 2025 September the 8th, 2026 – There have been 3 more vehicles recorded on Croatian motorways this year than back during this period in 2025. From the beginning of the year until the end of August, 56.5 million cars passed along Croatian motorways, which is an increase of 1.6 million, or three percent, compared with the ... Read more The post 3 More Vehicles on Croatian Motorways Than This Time in 2025 appeared first on Total Croatia.

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Egyptian wrestlers keep vanishing abroad amid a sport in crisis Two wrestlers have become the latest to flee while abroad, drawing a wave of sympathy as well as legal threats.

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US-Iranian Kamran Hekmati Released From Tehran Prison But Cant Leave Country An Iranian-American citizen, Kamran Hekmati, has been released from Tehrans notorious Evin Prison, sources have told RFE/RLs Radio Farda, but he is unable to leave the country due to a travel ban.

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The return of whale hunting in Iceland stirs public debate Lacking market opportunities, the last whaling company still in operation decided not to use its fishing quotas for 2024 and 2025. But during summer 2026, the company Hvalur hf. killed more than 50 whales, reigniting discussions over a total ban.

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GITEX AI Türkiye 2026 to gather global investors in Istanbul The inaugural GITEX AI Türkiye 2026 conference will bring together more than 100 international investors managing over $100 billion in assets alongside domestic tech firms, as organizers seek to position Istanbul as a regional hub for artificial intelligence innovation and startup scaling.

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33,000 repatriations in the first six months of 2026, but its not enough. Frontex calls for further strengthening of the system Migration management in the EU is proceeding according to the plans set out by the Berlaymont Building: compared with the first half of 2025, the number of arrivals has fallen by 37 per cent

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