AI News & Articles

VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power

The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device....

OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation

Chai is building foundation models for drug discovery, specifically to predict interactions between ...

Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season

After the one year is up, Disney is free to sign similar deals with...

Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models 

Nvidia acquired SchedMD, the lead developer of Slurm, and launched the Nemotron 3 family...

Creative Commons announces tentative support for AI ‘pay-to-crawl’ systems

The organization offered support for this idea of an AI marketplace, and suggested...

Lightspeed raises record $9B in fresh capital

The massive fund haul will allow the Silicon Valley firm to continue to invest...

Merriam-Webster names ‘slop’ the word of the year

AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took...

First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits

First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speedrun,...

Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China

After successfully lobbying the Trump administration to approve the sales of its H200 chips...

Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem

Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to...

Grok got crucial facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting

Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media...

AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects

Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center...

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

Women ran an experiment to see if LinkedIn's new algo was being sexist and...

Trump’s AI executive order promises ‘one rulebook’ — startups may get legal limbo instead

Trump signed an AI executive order targeting state laws and promising one national rulebook....

Google Translate now lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so...

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve...

Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

For the first time, developers can embed Google's Deep Research tool, based on Gemini...

1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses

Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X's...

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without...

Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie

In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually...

JPMorgan Chase AI strategy: US$18B bet paying off 

JPMorgan Chase’s AI strategy is delivering measurable returns – but at a human cost....

AI literacy and continuous education are cornerstones

Across the US, workers are experiencing a seismic shift in workplace operations as AI...

Strong contractor belief in AI for industry-wide transformation

The construction industry generates colossal amounts of data, with much of it unused or...

AWS’s legacy will be in AI success

As the company that kick-started the cloud computing revolution, Amazon is one of the...

Walmart’s AI strategy: Beyond the hype, what’s actually working

Walmart’s December 9 transfer to Nasdaq wasn’t just a symbolic gesture. The US$905 billion...

CEOs still betting big on AI: Strategy vs. return on investment in 2026

Enterprise leaders are pressing ahead with artificial intelligence, even as some early results remain...

AI in 2026: Experimental AI concludes as autonomous systems rise

Generative AI’s experimental phase is concluding, making way for truly autonomous systems in 2026...

BBVA embeds AI into banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise

BBVA is embedding AI into core banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise to overhaul risk...

Microsoft’s Copilot usage analysis exposes the 2am philosophy question trend

F. Scott Fitzgerald observed that “in a real dark night of the soul, it...

Microsoft ‘Promptions’ fix AI prompts failing to deliver

Microsoft believes it has a fix for AI prompts being given, the response missing...

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...