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CTV News
11-08-2025
- Science
- CTV News
French nuclear plant shuts down due to swarm of jellyfish in cooling systems
A display of types of Jellyfish in a display tank at the Shippagan Aquarium in Shippagan, N.B., on February 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Diane Doiron Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late Sunday due to a swarm of jellyfish in the cooling systems, operator EDF said on Monday, likely due to rising water temperatures because of global warming. The plant in northern France is one of the largest in the country and cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea. Its six units produce 900 megawatts of power each, or 5.4 gigawatts in total. The entire plant has now temporarily halted production as the other two units are offline for planned maintenance, EDF data showed. The beaches around Gravelines, between the major cities of Dunkirk and Calais, have seen an increase in jellyfish in recent years due to warming waters and the introduction of invasive species. 'Jellyfish breed faster when water is warmer, and because areas like the North Sea are becoming warmer, the reproductive window is getting wider and wider,' said Derek Wright, marine biology consultant at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries. 'Jellyfish can also hitch rides on tanker ships, entering the ships' ballast tank in one port and often getting pumped out into waters halfway across the globe,' he said. An invasive species known as the Asian Moon jellyfish, native to the Pacific Northwest, was first sighted in the North Sea in 2020. The species, which prefers still water with high levels of animal plankton like ports and canals, has caused similar problems in ports and at nuclear plants in China, Japan and India. 'Everyone talks about nuclear being clean but we don't think about the unintended consequences of heat pollution,' Derek said. EDF did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reactors 2, 3, and 4 at Gravelines stopped automatically just before midnight when the filter drums of the pumping stations became packed with a 'massive and unpredictable' swarm of jellyfish, and reactor 6 went offline several hours later, the EDF notice said. The event did not affect the safety of the facilities, staff or the environment, it said. The nuclear plant is also near beaches that have become hotspots for migrants attempting to cross into Britain. The invasive jellyfish are not considered a threat, as they do not have a poisonous sting.
Business Insider
06-08-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Vibe coding is the future — just don't trust it (yet)
In late June, the CEO of a tech startup halted all software development at the company. He wanted to ensure every team member who worked with code was up to speed on the latest trend: vibe coding. "You start to realize, wow, these things could move way faster," Rowan Trollope, the CEO of Redis, a software company, told Business Insider. He immediately approved the use of all AI-assisted coding tools. Then the company launched a weeklong hackathon that challenged teams of employees to "use all the latest and greatest AI technologies to do something cool," Trollope said. Companies have found, however, that despite the excitement — and the millions in funding pouring into vibe coding companies — the technology is still limited. So, many CEOs are developing new policies and tools to maximize the benefits of vibe coding while mitigating the pitfalls. Vibe coding is when developers (or anyone, really) prompt AI to generate code. In a survey of hundreds of engineers in May, Jellyfish, a software intelligence platform, found that 90% of them had integrated AI into their work, up from 61% just a year ago. Vibe coding is now a marketable skill in Silicon Valley. Companies from Visa to Reddit to DoorDash are posting jobs that require vibe coding experience or familiarity with AI coding tools. Meta now allows job candidates to use an AI assistant in their coding interviews. The term was coined by OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy in February. "There's a new kind of coding I call 'vibe coding,' where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists," Karpathy wrote in a post on X. "I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy-paste stuff, and it mostly works." Limits to the technology remain, however. Though vibe coding promises quick productivity gains and allows people with little coding experience to create software, tech executives say AI is still prone to mistakes, often writes unnecessarily long code, or lacks the proper architecture. So Trollope and other tech CEOs have had to introduce parameters for its use. Trollope said vibe coding is best for building proof of concepts, writing tests, and validating existing code, but not necessarily developing any of the company's core software. "It's still not in a place yet where we would trust it with our core technology," he said. While still limited, this new, more freewheeling approach has gained momentum in part thanks to the money flowing into vibe coding platforms. Last month, Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, an AI-assisted code editor, announced a $900 million Series C fundraise at a $9.9 billion valuation. Wix, a web-development platform, announced that it had acquired the vibe coding platform Base44 for $80 million. Replit, a code editor, saw revenue grow fivefold in September after it released Agent, a coding assistant that works with natural language prompts. By June, the company landed a new $250 million funding round that brought its valuation to $3 billion, according to Forbes. Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable, one of Europe's fastest-growing startups, raised $200 million in Series A funding in July at a $1.8 billion valuation, according to PitchBook. The funding frenzy pushed AirTable, a database development platform, to relaunch last month as a fully AI-native platform. As part of the overhaul, the company created an app-building assistant called Omni for vibe coders. It allows developers to "conversationally vibe generate the app they want, but understand what's been generated all the way down to the data and logic layer as well," AirTable said in a blog post announcing the overhaul. "There's still a question of: Is that an AI tourist attraction? Is it going to be durable? Is it going to be high churn?" AirTable CEO Howie Liu told Business Insider. But "all these people are coming in and pulling out their credit cards to try it out." For AirTable, "not fully reinventing ourselves is kind of like a guaranteed path to obsolescence," Liu said. With the launch of Omni, Liu also saw an opportunity to correct some of the problems that come with vibe coding. With vibe coding, "you're not really inspecting the code, you're not really thinking about the technical architecture, you're just telling it what you want it to build and kind of like clicking the 'I'm feeling lucky button,'" Liu said. "The magical thing is like the AI has gotten good enough that it seemingly just works some of the time." But even apps that "seemingly work" can be riddled with errors and security vulnerabilities at their deeper, infrastructure layers. In a perfect world, developers could leverage artificial general intelligence to code apps given the breadth of information that developers need to reason through, Liu said. Until then, developers need a "two-way feedback loop between the agent that is building the code, or building the app, and the user, the human, who's guiding it and saying, 'here's what I actually want you to build.'" At Redis, humans are convening internal groups to share best prompting practices to improve their part of the equation, Trollope said. "I think people do go on a journey where you start very small and you very quickly realize the prompts can get longer and longer and more and more complicated," he said.
Business Wire
06-08-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Wrike Copilot: Turning AI Hype Into Everyday Productivity
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wrike, the intelligent work management platform, today announced an all-around update to Wrike Copilot, turning it into a real-time AI teammate that transforms how enterprise teams uncover key insights, collaborate, and act on what matters. Wrike Copilot leverages natural language to get rapid responses and real-time insights about key projects, initiatives, and workflows. Rather than digging through data or waiting on updates, you can simply ask Wrike Copilot, making it easy to get the information that is needed, when it is needed. This advancement marks a major milestone in Wrike's Work Intelligence® roadmap, which brings human and artificial intelligence together to unlock organizational intelligence and surface actionable insights tailored to each organization's business context. 'AI isn't just transforming how we work, it's rewiring how companies operate,' said Thomas Scott, CEO of Wrike. 'Wrike Copilot represents the next phase of intelligent collaboration, where AI works shoulder-to-shoulder with your team to uncover risks, remove friction, and drive results. This is core to how the future of work will function.' Context-aware intelligence built for the enterprise Wrike Copilot empowers teams to move faster and make smarter decisions through simple, conversational commands. It simplifies work management by giving instant access to the insights needed to take action, like having a project expert by your side at all times, keeping your team aligned and work progressing toward outcomes. Unlike other AI tools, Wrike Copilot is deeply embedded into your workflows. It delivers context-aware support based on where work happens, respects permission structures, and scales effortlessly across teams, departments, and global operations, ensuring secure, intelligent assistance at every level. Core capabilities allow users to: Quickly comprehend the objectives and desired outcomes for any project or initiative Review visual resource allocation to understand who may be under or over-allocated Generate and share project status updates Uncover delays and potential risks and brainstorm mitigating actions Retrieve key insights even on a program or portfolio level 'Enterprise teams don't just need another AI assistant, they need an AI partner with access to the right data and the ability to deliver meaningful, actionable insights,' said Alexey Korotich, Chief Product Officer at Wrike. 'Wrike Copilot turns data into well-thought-out action, helping teams adapt in real time. This is AI that understands, responds, and scales with your business.' Real results: Jellyfish saves hours and elevates client trust Global digital marketing agency Jellyfish has already experienced the impact of Wrike's AI platform — achieving time savings, increased delivery speed, and stronger client relationships. 'Wrike Copilot has become more than just a productivity tool, it's a strategic teammate,' said James Ball, VP of Project Management at Jellyfish. 'It helps our teams stay focused, anticipate blockers, and make faster decisions with less manual work. As our workflow grows more complex, Wrike Copilot gives us clarity and speed where we need it most.' Jellyfish results at a glance: 95% reduction in time spent summarizing client team communication 3–5 hours saved per team member each week Accelerated response times and improved transparency with clients By integrating Wrike Copilot into daily workflows, Jellyfish has reduced manual work and elevated their competitive edge. Built for the agentic future of work Wrike Copilot is the latest innovation upgrade in Wrike's Work Intelligence ecosystem. It will pair seamlessly with the other available and upcoming components that make up Wrike Agentic AI: MCP Server integration – Connecting AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and Claude to the work data stored in Wrike Klaxoon Board AI Assistant – Extending agentic workflows to workshops, brainstorms, and visual planning on an infinite canvas AI Agent Builder (coming soon) – Empowering teams to build no-code AI agents in Wrike that route approvals, monitor status, act on key signals, and much more This unified, AI-assisted platform positions Wrike as the connective tissue of modern work, blending speed, scale, and automation with human expertise to create the foundation for organizational intelligence. Join us at Wrike Collaborate 2025 Wrike Copilot is just the beginning. To see our full vision for agentic work in action, join us, October 8, 2025, at Wrike Collaborate 2025, our premier user conference featuring product deep dives, live demos, and customer success stories. [Register Now] Be among the first to explore the future of Work Intelligence, and discover how Wrike is rewiring work for human and AI collaboration. About Wrike Wrike is an intelligent work management platform where anyone can build, connect, automate, and scale workflows so work flows without limits. With unmatched intelligence, versatility, flexibility, scalability, and security, Wrike breaks down the barriers that hinder modern work and creates new pathways to success. More than 20,000 customers do the best work of their lives on Wrike. Find out how work flows at
Business Insider
01-08-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
AI coding agents are infiltrating the corporate world. Here are the top tools.
New data from Jellyfish, a software engineering management service, reveals a sharp uptick in how companies are moving beyond assistive AI to embrace tools that independently take action in the coding process. Between December 2024 and May 2025, Jellyfish analyzed data from more than 400 companies to gauge adoption of agentic AI in software coding. This is technology that doesn't just suggest code, but performs tasks such as reviewing, authoring, and submitting code. At the start of 2025, just over half of companies were using agentic AI for these tasks. By May, that figure had jumped to 82%, according to Jellyfish data. AI-powered code reviews grew even more, from 39% in January to 76% in May. Popular tools for this task include GitHub Copilot Reviewer, Cursor BugBot, and CodeRabbit, with up-and-comers being Graphite and Greptile, according to Jellyfish data. There's still a long way to go before AI fully takes over software coding. This can be seen in a third set of data from the same period. Just under 8% of companies analyzed by Jellyfish are piloting fully agentic coding workflows, where AI is not just reviewing, but actually writing and submitting code. That's up from less than 2% in January, but still pretty low adoption.
Daily Mirror
22-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Huge plans to build undersea tunnel network in UK hits major milestone
Ambitious proposals to build a huge network of undersea UK tunnels have been discussed for years, but always failed to gain momentum. However, the plan just got one step closer to becoming reality Ambitious plans to create a network of undersea tunnels connecting one of the UK's most isolated regions have taken a 'significant step' forward. Famed for its secluded white beaches, rugged grassy cliffs and crystal-clear waters, the Shetland Islands (commonly referred to as just Shetland) consists of roughly 100 picturesque isles, with only 16 of them being inhabited. Situated some 110 miles from mainland Scotland, and 140 miles west of Norway - the archipelago is the northernmost region of the UK. Despite only having a tiny population of around 23,000 - the archipelago attracts around four times the number of tourists every single year. However, for residents and holidaymakers alike, getting from island to island isn't always easy. At the moment, there appear to be only two airports in Shetland that have scheduled flights (Sumburgh and Lerwick/Tingwall), meaning the most common way to cross the rough waters is via ferry. However, the archipelago could soon be efficiently linked together by a huge network of tunnels. It's an idea that would be life-changing for many locals, and industries such as salmon farming, which has been in the works for years but always failed to gain momentum. However, last month the Shetland Islands Council had a meeting to approve the Network Strategy - Strategic Outline Case (SOC) report, presented by Stantec in partnership with COWI, Mott Macdonald and ProVersa. The report is designed to establish the case for investment in ferries and harbours and, in some cases fixed links, including tunnels. In what has been described as a 'significant step', the council agreed to fund a study to establish the commercial and financial viability of fixed links and the future steps required to move the project forward. If the early plans go ahead, Shetland could see enhanced ferry services for Fetlar, Foula, Papa Stour and Skerries, together with the case for tunnels to Bressay, Unst, Whalsay and Yell. "Tunnelling in Shetland is, ultimately, about future-proofing our island population," said Council Leader Emma Macdonald. "Transport connectivity is central to creating sustainable islands which provide good homes and good jobs for our people, and which can reverse decades of depopulation." The councillor pointed to the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago that's part of the Kingdom of Denmark, located some 200 miles further out into the Atlantic. Despite its isolated position, the 18 islands are actually connected by 23 tunnels, four of which run below the sea. One of these is a 7.1-mile tunnel which connects the island of Streymoy to two sides of a fjord on the island of Eysturoy, and features the world's only undersea roundabout nicknamed the Jellyfish. "Tunnelling from mainland Shetland to our outer islands could increase their population, lower their average age, and increase their economic prospects," she added. "It's also critical that we continue to invest in a resilient and reliable ferry service to support all our islands. The Council has today approved this latest recommendation, and as a result this represents a significant step towards the construction of tunnels between our islands." Isles MP Alistair Carmichael also welcomed the move, arguing that tunnels have the potential to transform Shetland's economy and communities. "We have seen a few false dawns on tunnels for Shetland – now is the time to deliver on their promise," he said. "I am glad that the Council is putting investment into this project to move it to the next stage. "The Stantec report made it clear that the choice is between either investing further in the ferry service or in fixed links. That means that tunnels can no longer be dismissed as the 'high cost' option relative to ferries, which is good news as we go into the next stage of development... It has been a long road just to reach this point and there is still a long way to go but I am glad that progress is being made." Details on how much such a project would cost, or how long it would take to construct, have yet to be announced.
