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Nvidia in Talks to Back Perplexity at Over $30 Billion as Revenue Triples
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion as the AI search startup’s annualized revenue tops $7...
OpenAI Halts Its Largest Frontier Training Run as Unreleased "Astra" Model Nears Critical Cyber Threshold
OpenAI has halted its largest frontier RL training run after a Hugging Face cyber incident and concerns that unreleased Astra may reach crit...
Tennessee Puts Instagram's Design on Trial as Meta's Courtroom Summer Begins
Meta faces trial in Tennessee over claims Instagram's design harms teen mental health, with autoplay and notifications at the center of the...
'Blasphemy Against AI': Son Dismisses Bubble Talk and Doubles Down on $5 Trillion
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son rejects AI bubble fears, forecasting $5 trillion in annual AI spending by 2040 while doubling down on OpenAI.
Meta Kills Its Instagram AI Photo Tool Three Days After Launch
Meta shut down its Instagram AI photo tool just three days after launch following backlash over privacy, consent, and AI-generated images us...
Meta Puts a Price on Its AI: Muse Spark 1.1 Opens to Paying Developers
Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 with paid API pricing, developer access, 1M-token context, coding agents, and a direct challenge to OpenAI and...
Meta Puts Custom 'Iris' AI Chip Into Production From September, Plans to Double Computing Power to 14 Gigawatts
Meta's custom Iris AI chip enters production in September 2026 as the company plans to double computing power to 14 gigawatts. Here's what i...
The Great AI Unbundling: Vercel's CEO Draws a Battle Line Between Models and Agents
Vercel's Guillermo Rauch bets AI models and agents will split apart. What it means for OpenAI, Gemini, and open models like GLM-5.2 and Deep...
UK Financial Watchdog Weighs Bringing ChatGPT and Claude Inside the Rulebook as Millions Turn to AI for Money Advice
The UK FCA is considering whether ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini should fall under financial regulation as millions increasingly rely on AI for...
Tesla Just Capped Employee AI Spending at $200 a Week. The One Tool That's Exempt Says Everything.
Tesla is capping employee AI spending at $200 a week while exempting xAI tools. Here's what the policy means for Elon Musk's AI strategy and...
No Keynote, No Press Release: Meta Quietly Launches Its Pocket Gaming App
Meta quietly launches Pocket, an AI app that turns text into playable games. Inside the secret release, Gizmo acquisition, and Meta's AI gam...
Google Loses Its €4.1 Billion Android Appeal, and the Damages Bill Is Just Starting
Google's final Android appeal has failed, confirming a €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine and setting the stage for damages claims, DMA investig...