Artificial intelligence has already transformed fields ranging from healthcare and finance to logistics and autonomous vehicles. Now, AI is turning its attention to one of humanity’s oldest scientific pursuits: observing the stars. Researchers from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab have successfully demonstrated what they describe as the

By Sankar Natarajan Global Head of Smart Manufacturing & Digital PLM Hitachi Digital Services August 14, 2026 Blog Executive Perspective Artificial Intelligence has become the defining topic in manufacturing boardrooms. Every discussion about the smart factory now includes AI, autonomous operations, or intelligent automation. Yet amid all the excitement, one important question often goes unanswered.

Each week, CDO Magazine curates a high-level overview of executive appointments and leadership transitions shaping the global data, AI, and analytics ecosystem. This roundup offers a quick-read snapshot of how leadership talent is transitioning across organizations as they evolve data and AI strategies to support digital transformation, data management, enterprise innovation, security, and AI-driven decision-making.

Medicare has approved a new technology add-on payment for a key radiology artificial intelligence solution under the recently finalized inpatient payment rule.  The federal insurance program for seniors will pay a maximum of $137.53 per case in 2027 for BriefCase-Triage. Manufactured by radiology vendor Aidoc, the CARE (Clinical AI Reasoning Engine) Multi-Triage CT Body tool uses

Agentic AI , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Experts Warn AI Could Lower Barriers to Malicious Use and Risky Scientific Mistakes Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ( HealthInfoSec) • August 14, 2026     Experts warn that powerful AI tools could help bad actors develop dangerous biological weapons and enable risky mistakes

Arduino Arduino App Lab 0.10.0 adds an AI coding agent that can inspect projects, modify files, run applications, debug errors, and streamline embedded development. Arduino has added an AI coding agent to App Lab, turning the open-source electronics development environment into a more automated workspace for building applications on its hardware platforms. The feature arrives

Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com August 13, 2026 2 Min Read Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch, used by many to broadcast and promote video games, is facing criticism for harnessing user data to train the generative AI models of its parent company. In a statement on X , the company confirmed users will need to

Bohyung Han of Seoul National University Named Fellow Taerin Han, Data Engineering Expert, Joins as Executive Vice President AI to Be Applied Across All Core Semiconductor Operations Samsung Electronics is accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in its semiconductor division by consecutively recruiting experts in deep learning and data engineering. Professor Bohyung Han of