What’s New Today: Intel plans to launch its Crescent Island AI chip next year for data centers, aiming for energy-efficient inference and flexible AI solutions.
Fast-Track Insights: Jack & Jill AI raised $20 million to develop autonomous AI agents that conduct thousands of human-like conversations daily, streamlining hiring processes.
Here’s a quick rundown of today’s biggest tech headlines: From Intel’s Crescent Island AI chip launch to Jack & Jill AI’s $20M funding, Infosys hiring over 8,200 employees, Google AI’s new cancer research breakthrough, and Florida’s crypto reserve bill, stay updated with key tech moves.
Intel is going to introduce its new AI chip, Crescent Island, to the market next year, with the focus on data centers that will help it compete with Nvidia and AMD. Its design enables it to do multiple AI tasks but its main area of focus is inference processing. Intel has taken a modular route that supports customers to mix and match chips different vendors, thus aiming to provide flexible and economical AI solutions.
Jack & Jill AI, a startup that is committed to revolutionizing the hiring process, has obtained $20 million in investment to create automated AI agents that liquefy hiring workflows. These agents hold thousands of subtle, human-like conversations every day, fusing compassion with AI productivity to generate a more diverse and successful hiring process. To put it another way, the firm wants to tackle the problems of inefficiency and discrimination that are inherent in the conventional recruitment process.
Infosys hired 8,203 employees in Q2FY26, bringing its total headcount to 331,991. The company is on track to meet its annual target of hiring 15,000–20,000 fresh engineering graduates. Attrition remained stable at 14.3%. CEO Salil Parekh highlighted the firm's strategic focus on local hiring and digital innovation hubs in the U.S., reducing dependence on H-1B visas.
The C2S-Scale 27B model created by Google in collaboration with Yale University has made its way to predict a new method for treating cancer by evaluating data of over a billion single cells. The proposal that silmitasertib (CX-4945) and low interferon work together to present more antigens in cancer cells has been tested on human cells and proved to be correct. This discovery is one of the main reasons why scientists and researchers are now looking at AI more favorably as it can not only make but also test hypotheses about the future of cancer treatment in the area of immunotherapy.
Florida's House of Representatives member Webster Barnaby has brought back a new version of the cryptocurrency reserve bill, namely HB 183, after his previous attempt was withdrawn. The current bill has transitioned from being a Bitcoin-only investment proposal to allowing the investment of up to 10% of state funds into a wider range of digital assets that include cryptocurrencies, ETFs, and NFTs. Moreover, the bill imposes higher standards in terms of custody, documentation, and fiduciary, thus making the implementation deadline of July 1, 2026, more realistic.