Aminu Abdullahi

3 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Screenshot from Manus demo of its new text-to-video tool. Image: Manus Artificial intelligence startup Manus has officially launched its text-to-video feature, which transforms simple text prompts into fully sequenced and animated video stories.

3 weeks ago | eweek.com | Aminu Abdullahi

As the fears of AI taking over human jobs continue to rattle the tech industry, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says AI isn’t here to take jobs — at least, not at Google. The tech giant plans to keep hiring engineers well into next year, even as it doubles down on artificial intelligence. Speaking at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, Pichai directly addressed concerns that AI could lead to mass job cuts, as seen in other tech giants like Microsoft.

3 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Image: DragonImages/Envato Elements French AI startup Mistral has introduced Mistral Code, its new AI-powered coding assistant tailored for large enterprises. The announcement, made on Wednesday, marks Mistral’s strongest move yet into the competitive AI coding tools space.

3 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Photo of an employee at an Amazon data center. Image: Amazon Amazon is set to invest $10 billion in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, marking one of the biggest investments in the state’s tech sector. The new campus, planned for Richmond County, is expected to create at least 500 high-skilled specialized tech jobs including data center engineers, network specialists, security experts, and operations managers.

3 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has entered a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to purchase nuclear power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois, the companies announced Tuesday. Set to begin in June 2027, the contract represents Meta’s largest clean energy purchase to date; it’s designed to meet the company’s rising power demands driven by artificial intelligence and data center expansion.