AI News & Articles

Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech

Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created...

State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

The letter demanded companies institute new safeguards to keep users safe from harmful psychological...

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

A new software option could make it possible to see the approximate location of...

Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from...

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages

By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they...

ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

ElevenLabs has made a name for itself building realistic AI voices.   What started as...

ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

This is ChatGPT's first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App...

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,”...

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa...

Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension

Figma is launching a new image editing toolbar to bring all its features in...

Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go

For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199...

CoreWeave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’

The CEO of the AI data center provider, which has Nvidia as an investor...

Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round

Led by Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, the new hardware...

Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI

Cashew Research uses AI to automate the market research process while still collecting real-world...

Max Hodak is more worried about Twitter than brain-computer interface hacking

This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos speaks with Science Corp. founder Max Hodak...

B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform

Kabir Narang is laying the groundwork for a new investment platform slated for 2026...

Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup

After reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue, Anysphere CEO Michael Truell explained the features...

Rivian is building its own AI assistant

The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI & Autonomy...

Three in 10 US teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing

While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with...

Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer

OpenAI says that Dresser will be responsible for the company's revenue strategy in enterprise...

Perplexity: AI agents are taking over complex enterprise tasks

New adoption data from Perplexity reveals how AI agents are driving workflow efficiency gains...

Inside the playbook of companies winning with AI

Many companies are still working out how to use AI in a steady and...

Accenture and Anthropic partner to boost enterprise AI integration

Accenture and Anthropic are setting out to boost enterprise AI integration with a newly-expanded...

OpenAI targets AI skills gap with new certification standards

Adoption of generative AI has outpaced workforce capability, prompting OpenAI to target the skills...

How people really use AI: The surprising truth from analysing billions of interactions

For the past year, we’ve been told that artificial intelligence is revolutionising productivity—helping us write emails,...

Newsweek: Building AI-resilience for the next era of information

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way information is created, summarised, and delivered. For publishers,...

Instacart pilots agentic commerce by embedding in ChatGPT

Instacart has deployed an embedded checkout experience within ChatGPT through the emerging Agentic Commerce...

OpenAI: Enterprise users swap AI pilots for deep integrations

According to OpenAI, enterprise AI has graduated from the sandbox and is now being...

Battling algorithmic bias in digital payments leads to competition win

Digital payments and fintech company Ant International, has won the NeurIPS Competition of Fairness...

Google, Sony Innovation Fund, and Okta back Resemble AI’s push into deepfake detection

Resemble AI has raised US$13 million in a new strategic investment round for AI...

UK doctors’ surgeries deploying AI in patient care

InTouchNow.ai is now offering doctors surgeries a piece of software designed to modernise phone...

Agentic AI smartphones: ByteDance signals opportunity beyond consumer hype

ByteDance’s December 2 launch of an agentic AI smartphone prototype with ZTE sparked immediate...