IBM Is Betting $2.5 Billion on Poughkeepsie Becoming the Place Quantum Grows Up
Dutchess County approved a 30-year tax deal for IBM's $2.5 billion quantum expansion in Poughkeepsie. Here is what the Starling facility, the school district share, and the 2029 target mean for local residents.
The County Turned Its Cameras Off. Poughkeepsie Has Not.
Dutchess County switched off its 65 plate reader cameras after residents pushed back. The City of Poughkeepsie runs its own, and its mayor and police chief have not said what happens next. Callahan Blackwood on who actually decides.
Clinton Corners: East Clinton Fire District Budget Hearing Set for October 20
The East Clinton Fire District votes on its 2027 budget right after a public hearing on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. in Clinton Corners. June Mercer explains what the hearing decides and where to read the preliminary budget now.
The AI Designing AI Chips Still Has to Pass Physics
An AI model that runs the chip-design tools itself, iterates toward power, performance, and area goals, and still has to pass deterministic physics sign-off. What GPT-Synopsys changes, and what it does not.
The Paperwork Said Malaysia. The Servers Went to China.
Federal prosecutors allege Earthmade Computer Inc. routed more than $300 million in Nvidia A100 and H100 servers to China through Malaysia and Singapore on false paperwork. Mara Quinn breaks down the case, the numbers, and what it means for AI hardware buyers and sellers.
The Agent Said It Was Done. The Database Disagreed.
Microsoft and Hugging Face graded 18 AI agents on the database records they left behind across 507 business workflows run 20 times each. Clean replies hid wrong records in most failures. Ellis Ward explains what ThinkingBox measures and what it does not.
When AI Behaves Like Us, We Still Do Not Call It Conscious
A new LMU study in Cognition finds people rate AI as aware of its surroundings, but withhold consciousness, even when AI and humans behave identically. Ellis Ward explains what the study shows, what it does not prove, and why word choice matters.
The Voice on the Phone Is Not Proof Anymore
AI can now fake a supplier across email, phone and video at once - and 76% of treasury teams in a new 104-person survey said they were hit by payment fraud in the past year. The voice on the phone is no longer proof. Verification has to happen outside the conversation.