Sandisk, Micron dive as Google Research unveils AI algorithm to reduce memory demands
This might be an unfortunately memorable day for the memory trade. Memory stocks , , , and sank Wednesday after Google Research group published details of a new algorithm known as TurboQuant.
Arm says its in-house AI chip will generate billions in revenue
British semiconductor firm rose more than 13% in premarket trading after it announced Tuesday evening that it would create a new AI chip in partnership with , which its CEO says should lead to a boom...
Disney ends its OpenAI deal after Sora video app is shuttered
is exiting its first-of-its-kind deal with OpenAI now that the AI giant is winding down its AI video app, Sora, according to reporting by The Hollywood Reporter. The news comes just three months after...
Reports: OpenAI winding down Sora as Altman focuses on data centers
The Wall Street Journal and The Information report that OpenAI is discontinuing its once viral Sora text-to-video generation app. Sora debuted late last year and started off scorching hot, but quickly...
Anthropic’s Claude can now control your computer through prompts from your phone
Anthropic has added a new feature to let Claude control your computer and accept prompts from your phone — and investors think this is extremely bad news for traditional software companies. The abilit...
Jensen Huang: We have achieved AGI now... sort of
Lots of AI leaders are thinking about a big moment looming over the current AI boom: when will we have achieved artificial general intelligence? There’s no shortage of predictions , but we haven’t yet...
WSJ: OpenAI rolling everything into one desktop “superapp”
OpenAI is trying to eliminate distractions and focus on building AI that helps with enterprise productivity tasks like coding and organizing spreadsheets. As part of that effort, the startup is consol...
Google testing Gemini app for Mac, aims to compete with Claude Cowork and Codex
Bloomberg reports that is testing a new version of its Gemini AI app that runs on Mac computers. Currently both OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude have Mac apps, which allow for deeper AI automat...
OpenAI acquires Astral, adding talent to Codex team
OpenAI has acquired open-source Python tool developer Astral, bringing aboard additional coding talent for its Codex team. The company said the acquisition will help Codex “expand beyond coding” by he...
OpenAI is shipping everything. Anthropic is perfecting one thing.
OpenAI and Anthropic are locked in a fierce battle to secure substantial new revenue streams to help realize their AI dreams of unlocking AGI. The rival startups are cut from a different cloth: Anthro...
OpenAI snags Amazon AWS deal for classified government work with Anthropic pushed aside
Following Anthropic being deemed a “supply chain risk” to national security, the field is clear for OpenAI. The Information is reporting that OpenAI just landed a deal with AWS to sell its AI service...
Musk says “xAI was not built right” amid executive departures, Cursor hires
There’s been a lot of turnover lately at xAI, with numerous executive departures and, yesterday, news that the SpaceX-owned company was hiring two senior leaders from Cursor , an AI coding startup tha...
Google Maps is getting a new AI-powered “Ask Maps” feature
For those of us who weren’t sure we’d heard enough about chatbots and how they can find their way into all facets of modern life, Alphabet announced on Thursday that it would be integrating Gemini int...
Meta reportedly delays the launch of its new AI model because it’s just not that good
Here’s The New York Times with something that Mark Zuckerberg probably wishes had never seen the light of day: Per the NYT, the social media giant is postponing the release of its new foundational AI ...
Musk blurs the boundaries of his companies even more with joint xAI-Tesla AI agent project
and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that Tesla and xAI, which is part of SpaceX, would work on a joint AI agent project called “ Macrohard ,” also referred to as “Digital Optimus,” as part of Tesl...
Perplexity has been left behind in the AI wars
Last summer, Perplexity was hot stuff. The CEO of the AI-powered research tool was on the front cover of Fortune magazine, the company itself was about to make a long-shot $34.5 billion offer to buy G...
Tesla accelerates AI agent push as xAI’s Macrohard falters
Painting “MACROHARD” on the roof of an xAI data center hasn’t been enough to bring the company’s core AI office worker to life. Business Insider reports that the effort to compete with Microsoft has s...
Yann LeCun raises $1 billion for his Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs, breaking European records
One of the esteemed pioneers of generative AI, Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion in a seed funding round for his company Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, the largest seed round for a Europ...
OpenAI reportedly delaying “adult mode” to focus on “gains in intelligence”
OpenAI is delaying its planned “adult mode,” as it seeks to shore up ChatGPT’s core capabilities before the chatbot can generate erotic content. A source within OpenAI told tech news site Sources that...
AI models are crying out for new video footage and GoPro has thousands of hours’ worth — can it save the company?
GoPro is dying. The once iconic company — which provided a way for everyday heroes to film their backflips, waterslides, and sky dives — has seen its share price somersault to a near 99% decline from ...