TIME
TIME Magazine named “The Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year, highlighting tech leaders who propelled artificial intelligence from promise to pervasive power. TIME's article chronicles 2025 as a year of rapid AI deployment across industries, governments, and daily life, alongside fierce U.S.–China competition. It explores breakthroughs in reasoning models, massive infrastructure buildouts, and productivity gains, while also detailing risks: job disruption, environmental costs, misinformation, mental-health harms, and growing public backlash against unchecked AI power.
From "The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year"
TIME (12/11/25) Charlie Campbell; Andrew R. Chow; Billy Perrigo
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NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships announced a new initiative to launch and scale independent “Tech Labs” aimed at accelerating breakthrough science. These labs will support full-time, interdisciplinary teams with operational autonomy and milestone-based funding to tackle complex technical challenges beyond the reach of traditional academia or industry. The goal is to move innovations from early concepts to commercially viable platforms ready for private investment.
From "NSF Initiative to Transform Independent Tech Research"
NSF News (12/12/25)
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insideHPC
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $320 million in new investments to advance artificial intelligence under its Genesis Mission, supporting “AI for science” initiatives. The funding will help build the American Science and Security Platform, an integrated discovery engine aimed at significantly boosting the productivity and impact of U.S. science and engineering.
From "DOE Awards $320M for Genesis Mission"
insideHPC (12/11/25)
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InfoWorld
R once again broke into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity for December, coming in at No. 10 with a 1.96% rating. R has cracked the Tiobe index’s top 10 before, but not in recent years. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and data scientists like a glove,” said Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen. “As statistics and large-scale data visualization become increasingly important, R has regained popularity.”
From "R Language Makes a Comeback"
InfoWorld (12/08/25) Paul Krill
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Axios
The White House has issued guidance directing federal agencies to avoid procuring AI systems that produce “woke” responses. Released by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the guidance memo requires agencies to assess whether AI models meet principles of “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality,” without forcing disclosure of sensitive technical details like model weights. The guidance largely mirrors standard oversight for high-risk government contracts and applies broadly to generative AI tools beyond text models.
From "White House Issues Guidance Against 'Woke' AI"
Axios (12/11/25) Maria Curi
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Bloomberg
A series of lawsuits accuse Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments of failing to prevent their chips from being diverted into Russian and Iranian weapons used against civilians in Ukraine. Filed in Texas on behalf of Ukrainian victims, the suits allege “willful ignorance” as third parties resold restricted semiconductors in violation of U.S. sanctions, enabling drones and missiles such as Iskander and KH-101 systems. The cases also accuse distributor Mouser Electronics of facilitating transfers via shell companies.
From "Intel, AMD Accused of Allowing Chips in Russian Missiles"
Bloomberg (12/10/25) Jef Feeley; Stephanie Baker; Madlin Mekelburg
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