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AI bubble update: 79% of companies say their GPUs sit idle at least half the time, yet most plan new AI platforms
Most surveyed companies running AI in production say the GPUs they use sit idle at least half the time, and most of those companies plan to add or switch AI compute platforms anyway, according to the latest data from VentureBeat Intelligence. A whopping 79% of the 218 respondents who reported GPU utilization said their GPUs are busy half the time or less, across three monthly VB Pulse surveys from July through September.
Reflection's Beam aims to undercut Chinese open models with fewer tokens, not cheaper tokens
Reflection AI today released the weights of Beam, its first open model, and is pitching it against the Chinese open models that many U.S. companies are already embracing because of their lower costs. Reflection is betting that Beam, a 501-billion-parameter model, can finish a task in far fewer tokens than other models its size, which Reflection says lowers the cost of each finished task.
OpenAI's AI agent platform is used by twice as many companies as Anthropic's, new VentureBeat survey finds
Twice as many companies use OpenAI's agent orchestration platform as Anthropic's, VentureBeat Intelligence found in its September survey on agent orchestration. OpenAI holds that lead even though Anthropic may lead OpenAI on other important indicators. For example, Ramp, the corporate card and spending company, reports that more businesses now pay for Anthropic than for OpenAI.
Belt Announces Funding Opportunity For Local Fire Departments
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced that applications are now being accepted for the Small Equipment Grant Program benefiting fire departments and ambulance services. “Now is the time for local fire and ambulance departments to get their applications in,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Announces Funding Opportunity For Local Fire Departments
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced that applications are now being accepted for the Small Equipment Grant Program benefiting fire departments and ambulance services. “Now is the time for local fire and ambulance departments to get their applications in,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Announces Grant Funding for Tourism in the Metro East
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced nearly $430,000 in grant funding is being awarded to the Metro East to attract visitors and support tourism in the region. The awards includes funds to support projects along Route 66 and in St. Clair County. “The Metro East has a significant footprint in the automotive and motorsport industries,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Urges Families To Apply For Energy Bill Assistance
SWANSEA – To combat rising energy prices, State Senator Christopher Belt encourages eligible families in the 57th District to apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. “Families in the Metro East work hard and they deserve some support to keep the lights on during hard times,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “With the LIHEAP program, those in need can get assistance when it comes to their energy bill.” The LIHEAP program – which opens Oct.
Belt Announces Additional Funding To Prevent Food Insecurity
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced new funding is available under the Illinois Grocery Initiative through the New Stores in Food Deserts, Equipment Upgrades and Grocery Rescue grant programs – representing a $26 million effort to address food deserts and prevent grocery store closures in communities across the state. “The Metro East has been hit hard with grocery chain closures.
69% of enterprises that install OpenAI's agent platform make it primary. For Anthropic's Claude Platform it's 38%
Enterprises that use OpenAI's agent platform are far more likely to build on it than enterprises that use Anthropic's, according to new VB Pulse data from August. Of the 75 enterprises that have OpenAI's Agents SDK or Responses API somewhere in their agent stack, 52, or 69%, name it their primary orchestration platform. Of the 45 that have Anthropic's Claude Platform and Agent Skills, 17, or 38%, do the same. Enterprises that use both are counted in both groups.
Belt Secures Nearly $1.5 Million to Expand Workforce Training in Metro East
SWANSEA – In an effort to expand workforce training, State Senator Christopher Belt helped secure nearly $1.5 million to connect workers with the skills and resources they need to enter in-demand careers while helping employers build the qualified workforce they need to grow. Article continues after sponsor message “We have so many wonderful organizations in the Metro East who just want to help people, and all they need is the funds to do it,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Encourages Local Organizations To Apply For Pre-Apprenticeship Funding
SWANSEA – To expand the 57th District’s talent pipeline and boost diversity in Illinois’ construction and building trades, State Senator Christopher Belt is encouraging local community-based organizations to apply for the latest round of funding through the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program. “We have a diverse group of hard-working people here in the Metro East that will directly benefit from this program,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
VentureBeat names Rob Strechay as its first Lead Analyst, expanding its enterprise AI research push
Rob Strechay, until recently managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, has joined VentureBeat as our first Lead Analyst and a founding analyst of VentureBeat Research. His arrival is the next step in a deliberate move at VentureBeat toward deeper specialization: analysis built for the technical decision-makers — the directors, VPs, CIOs, and CTOs — who are evaluating, buying, and deploying enterprise AI.
Belt Announces Funding For 57th District Libraries, Literacy Programs
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt is proud to announce eight libraries in the 57th District will be receiving over $200,000 for literacy program enhancements, workplace skills development and more. “Reading is a wonderful gift,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
New Belt Law Helps Illinois Emergency Management Agency With Economic Efficiency
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt carried a law that allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to earn interest on idle funds to help offset program expenses and reduce reliance on budget appropriations. “Just like any bank account, it is wise to not let funds sit idly by without purpose,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “This law allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to generate a modest, passive revenue without increasing fees or state taxes.
New Belt Law Helps Illinois Emergency Management Agency With Economic Efficiency
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt carried a law that allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to earn interest on idle funds to help offset program expenses and reduce reliance on budget appropriations. “Just like any bank account, it is wise to not let funds sit idly by without purpose,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “This law allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to generate a modest, passive revenue without increasing fees or state taxes.
New Belt Law Expands Certified Nursing Assistant Training
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt sponsored a newly signed law that will expand the workforce pipeline to get more Certified Nursing Assistants working in the long-term care industry. “Nursing assistants are a vital cog in our health care system,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
New Belt Law Expands Certified Nursing Assistant Training
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt sponsored a newly signed law that will expand the workforce pipeline to get more Certified Nursing Assistants working in the long-term care industry. “Nursing assistants are a vital cog in our health care system,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Measure Removing Employment Barriers For People With Disabilities Signed Into Law
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt’s measure to reduce unfair barriers to employment for people living with disabilities was signed into law. “Everyone in our state deserves the opportunity to earn a living and support their family,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt’s Suicide Prevention Measure Signed Into Law
SPRINGFIELD – Legislation championed by State Senator Christopher Belt to expand access to mental health resources and strengthen suicide prevention efforts has been signed into law. “Too many families have experienced the heartbreak of losing a loved one to suicide,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt’s Suicide Prevention Measure Signed Into Law
SPRINGFIELD – Legislation championed by State Senator Christopher Belt to expand access to mental health resources and strengthen suicide prevention efforts has been signed into law. “Too many families have experienced the heartbreak of losing a loved one to suicide,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Illinois retailers must accept cash up to $500 under new Belt law
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt’s measure to prohibit retailers from refusing cash payments up to $500 was signed into law. Article continues after sponsor message “Cash is still necessary for many working people and seniors across our state,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Illinois retailers must accept cash up to $500 under new Sen. Belt law
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt’s measure to prohibit retailers from refusing cash payments up to $500 was signed into law. “Cash is still necessary for many working people and seniors across our state,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
VentureBeat Research: Where enterprise AI agent governance hasn't caught up
Enterprises deployed AI agents ahead of the controls needed to manage them — and they did it knowingly. That is the central finding across the five parallel surveys VentureBeat Research fielded in June, spanning every layer of the agentic stack.
Belt Announces Workforce Training Grant Program Now Open
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced the Illinois Workforce Pell, a new program expanding on the federal Pell Grant by allowing eligible students to use grant funding for short-term workforce training programs aligned with in-demand occupations, is now accepting applications. Article continues after sponsor message “This is an opportunity to develop unique skills while putting students in line for high-demand jobs,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
New Belt law aims to ease licensing barriers for formerly incarcerated Illinoisans
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt led a bipartisan effort to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with a second chance to maintain a publicly clean licensing record. The new law allows these individuals to continue serving the people of Illinois as licensed professionals while still providing the state with the flexibility to decide when to issue a license for protection of the public.
Illinois Bans AI Use In Teacher Evaluations Under New Law
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt spearheaded a new law that will ban the use of AI tools in teacher evaluations. Article continues after sponsor message “I believe that our teachers should be judged based on actual observations and professional judgement, not by AI software,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Wall Street is debating the AI buildout. Enterprises just answered: 86% say their GPUs run at half capacity or less
Enterprise companies are running AI agents ahead of the controls needed to manage them — and they deployed that way knowingly. That is the central finding from VentureBeat Research's June survey of 573 technical leaders at companies with 100 or more employees, fielded across five parallel surveys of the agentic stack.
Wall Street is debating the AI buildout. Enterprises just answered: 86% say their GPUs run at half capacity or less
6 hours ago China can do it, too. China flew and then recovered a new Long March rocket booster, a first for the country and a key step toward cheaper, reusable spaceflight. China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday that the Long March-10B rocket lifted off from Hainan Province and placed whatever it …
Enterprises lost Claude Fable 5 for a few weeks. New data shows two-thirds had already built their hedge
Two-thirds of enterprises have hedged their AI model strategy, and the past few weeks of controversy around Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 model showed why that posture has gone mainstream. On June 12, a U.S. export-control order pulled Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 — the most capable model on the market — offline for every customer, with no warning and no timeline. It returned this week wrapped in tighter safeguards, after China's Z.ai released its open-weights GLM-5.2 into the vacuum.
Enterprises lost Claude Fable 5 for a few weeks. New data shows two-thirds had already built their hedge
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Belt Secures Over $800,000 For Metro East Libraries
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced 31 public libraries and school districts across the Metro East are set to receive more than $800,000 for library services, enhanced programming and construction and security upgrades. “Libraries are places where no one is turned away,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
How DeepSeek’s radical architecture is shattering Silicon Valley's token moat
DeepSeek’s announcement over the weekend that it has made its 75% price cut permanent on its flagship V4 Pro model is a disruptive assault on the capital-heavy business models of Silicon Valley’s frontier labs. The reduction on DeepSeek V4 Pro directly undercuts comparable Western models used as workhorses for enterprise production.
How DeepSeek’s radical architecture is shattering Silicon Valley's token moat
DeepSeek’s announcement over the weekend that it has made its 75% price cut permanent on its flagship V4 Pro model is a disruptive assault on the capital-heavy business models of Silicon Valley’s frontier labs. The reduction on DeepSeek V4 Pro directly undercuts comparable Western models used as …
The AI governance mirage: Why 72% of enterprises don’t have the control and security they think they do
Decision makers at 72% of organizations claim to have two or more AI platforms that they identify as their "primary" layer, according to a survey of 40 enterprise companies conducted by VentureBeat last month, revealing real gaps in security and control. For enterprise management and technical leaders, and especially security leaders, these multiple AI platforms extend the attack surfaces of most enterprises at a time when AI-driven attacks have become increasingly potent.
Marshall commentary: Governor must stop economically illiterate income tax before Washingtonians force a reckoning
Washington’s political class pretends it can pile on new taxes without consequence, but the numbers — and the moving vans — tell a different story. A new 9.9% tax on personal income over $1 million is billed as the “millionaires’ tax,” but business groups and relocation data already show that high earners and investors are voting https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/?authuser=0&usp=docs_webwith their feet.
Commentary: Governor must stop economically illiterate income tax before Washingtonians force a reckoning Original
Washington’s political class pretends it can pile on new taxes without consequence, but the numbers — and the moving vans — tell a different story. A new 9.9% tax on personal income over $1 million is billed as the “millionaires’ tax,” but business groups and relocation data already show that high earners and investors are voting with their feet.
Op-Ed: Drug pricing bill benefits affluent areas rather than those in need Original
There are times when more isn’t better. It’s just more. This is one of those times. Democratic legislators are pushing Senate Bill 5981, which would expand a little-known federal drug discount program called 340B. The problem is that the program is not consistently serving the people it was intended to help; it’s already growing at a staggering pace, and further expansion could increase health care costs for Washingtonians.
Nvidia just admitted the general-purpose GPU era is ending
12 lenses of Christmas: Laowa and Viltrox try to outdo each other for most new lenses in the same month! For each of the 12 days of Christmas, I’m revisiting a month’s worth of lenses that we covered on DCW. Today it's September 2025… check out the other …
Nvidia just admitted the general-purpose GPU era is ending Original
Nvidia’s $20 billion strategic licensing deal with Groq represents one of the first clear moves in a four-front fight over the future AI stack. 2026 is when that fight becomes obvious to enterprise builders. For the technical decision-makers we talk to every day — the people building the AI applications and the data pipelines that drive them — this deal is a signal that the era of the one-size-fits-all GPU as the default AI inference answer is ending.
Belt Law Protects Workers Taking Time Off For Organ Donation Starting Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD – Part-time workers may be dissuaded from taking time off to donate a life-saving organ due to fears of losing their job. That will change come Jan. 1, thanks to a new law championed by State Senator Christopher Belt ensuring part-time workers are covered for this time away. “We need all the organ donors we can get,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “I received a life-saving kidney transplant, so I know firsthand that donations save lives.
Belt Law Bans Bait-and-Switch Gym Membership Sales Tactic Starting Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD – For too long, consumers have been left tricked when gyms and fitness centers offer a lifetime membership, only to change the terms of the deal after the fact. That will change come Jan. 1, thanks to a new law championed by State Senator Christopher Belt ensuring these businesses keep their word. “If you run an honest business that provides quality service to your customers, then this law won’t concern you,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt: Big Win For Local Chicken Farmers
SPRINGFIELD – Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a new law supported by State Senator Christopher Belt will allow smaller poultry producers increased access to the poultry market while still upholding basic food safety measures. “Farmers markets are popping up all over Illinois. They are a great way to grow local businesses, and now we will allow smaller poultry producers in on that growth,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
Belt Supports Legislation To Give Property Tax Relief For Seniors
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt backed a property tax relief package that increases property tax exemption thresholds for senior citizens in Illinois. “When this piece of legislation came across my desk, it was a no-brainer,” said Belt (D-Swansea).
LinkedIn’s generative AI cookbook: How it scaled people search to 1.3 billion users
Man, 63, Claims Romance Scammers Have Used His Photos to Attract Victims for 15 Years: 'It's So Awful, Tragic and Mean' A 63-year-old California man said he has been the victim of romance scams for 15 years. Scott Cole claimed that since around 2010, his photos and likeness have been used for multiple fraudulent social media accounts to form romantic relationships with women around the world, according to ABC News. …
Inside LinkedIn’s generative AI cookbook: How it scaled people search to 1.3 billion users
LinkedIn is launching its new AI-powered people search this week, after what seems like a very long wait for what should have been a natural offering for generative AI. It comes a full three years after the launch of ChatGPT and six months after LinkedIn launched its AI job search offering. For technical leaders, this timeline illustrates a key enterprise lesson: Deploying generative AI in real enterprise settings is challenging, especially at a scale of 1.3 billion users.
Belt, Hoffman Partner To Host Canned Food Drive
SWANSEA — To kick off the giving season, State Senator Christopher Belt and State Representative Jay Hoffman are collecting canned goods ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. “Let’s come together to address the pressing need for food in our community,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “Every little bit helps.
Belt Celebrates Groundbreaking At Venice Store
VENICE – State Senator Christopher Belt joined Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and leaders from across the Metro East region to break ground on a new grocery store in Venice as part of the Illinois Grocery Initiative — marking an important milestone in expanding access to fresh, affordable food for local residents.
Belt: For Those Who Have Earned It, A Second Chance Is Possible
SPRINGFIELD – Marking a significant step forward in criminal justice reform, State Senator Christopher Belt supported a transformative approach to providing second chances while maintaining critical public safety protections. "The Clean Slate Act gives hope to those looking to start over and do better," said Belt (D-Swansea).
Strengthening Our Core: Welcoming Karyne Levy as VentureBeat’s New Managing Editor
I’m thrilled to announce a fantastic new addition to our leadership team: Karyne Levy is joining VentureBeat as our new Managing Editor. Today is her first day. Many of you may know Karyne from her most recent role as Deputy Managing Editor at TechCrunch, but her career is a highlight reel of veteran tech journalism. Her resume includes pivotal roles at Protocol, NerdWallet, Business Insider, and CNET, giving her a deep understanding of this industry from every angle.
Swansea Sen. Chris Belt Calls For Bipartisan Action To Protect Illinois Families From SNAP Benefit Shutdown
SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt is urging federal lawmakers to resolve the ongoing government shutdown to prevent the cessation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, come Nov. 1. Nearly two million Illinois residents rely on SNAP to provide basic nutrition for themselves and their families. "SNAP is a lifeline for families in need, and by the end of the week, it could be shut down just like that," said Belt (D-Swansea).
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