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Enterprise customers appear willing to switch between frontier AI labs as new models land, raising questions about how durable their spending commitments really are.

The startup’s growth reflects a broader boom in AI training data demand that is also lifting rival firms.

Affected users say Grok began returning nonsensical output as early as Wednesday morning, flagging the issue to TechCrunch.

The computer scientist known as a 'godmother of AI' describes leading her venture, World Labs, with a demanding, high-expectation approach.

The automaker is positioning artificial intelligence embodied in machines as the cornerstone of a strategy to move past traditional automobile manufacturing.

Silicon Data is building a benchmark to help investors value and hedge the soaring cost of AI computing power.

Multiple cybersecurity researchers said they suddenly lost access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber program, which offers vetted users models with fewer guardrails.

The latest feature launch deepens Google's push to make Gemini the AI assistant students turn to for learning and studying, as competition with rivals like OpenAI intensifies.

The scheduling company is expanding into meeting productivity tools and is also releasing a scheduling assistant called Callie.

Leaked camera-equipped AirPods suggest Apple may lean on strict recording limits to sidestep the privacy pitfalls dogging other AI wearables.

The new offering adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools to the chatbot teens were already using.

Four in ten leaders with employees working from home now want less remote work, according to a new survey from the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

Founder and CEO Jacob Bank says he'll soon share more on ambitious plans to help users work with AI in Chrome.

The Japanese ramen chain is targeting expansion in Muslim-majority Indonesia, with halal considerations central to its strategy.

Nikkei Asia highlights ten notable Japanese craft spirit distilleries that offer public tours and tastings.

An open-weight model arrives alongside a locked, more powerful system, raising questions about how far Meta's AI openness really goes.

According to Nikkei Asia, Chinese electric vehicle brands, spearheaded by BYD, are closing in on the long-held stronghold of Japanese automakers in Australia.

After a multi-billion kroner loss in 2024, the investment firm Perestroika posted a pre-tax profit exceeding 500 million kroner last year.

The AI company is tapping Dali Rajic to become its top salesperson as leadership changes continue.

The Wall Street Journal says Apple has considered a nine-figure budget to help Siri deliver current news from publishers.

The Chinese AI firm's latest flagship model is now available, but at steeply increased subscription rates for users.

Twitch's Chief Product Officer defended the opt-out default on a livestream, saying an opt-in system would draw almost no participation.

Nikkei Asia reports that Dhaka is pursuing partnerships with Turkey and China to develop domestic drone manufacturing capacity.

The AI company's coding assistant will soon operate with even less human oversight as auto mode switches on by default.

An opinion piece argues that long-running conflicts must remain exceptional rather than becoming an accepted feature of the international order.

The AI company has launched its Armenia facility as the first stage of a plan to deploy more than 70,000 Nvidia GPUs by 2027.

The legal-AI startup is reportedly seeking around $500 million in fresh funding, extending a rapid run-up in its valuation.

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After burning through millions on AI in months, Rippling launched AI Spend Console to track individual and team employee AI spending.

Tokyo's move to support the currency delivered only a muted response as traders questioned whether intervention could outweigh deeper skepticism about Japan's policy direction.

The home-sharing platform says artificial intelligence is helping it ship features faster while it begins testing a new AI-powered search experience users can switch on and off.

The Japanese trading house is moving to scale up beef production in Vietnam using sanitation and quality-management practices modeled on Japanese standards.

The island's electronics and manufacturing supply chain is positioning the emerging space economy as its next major market opportunity.

The e-commerce company brings serial entrepreneur Elias Torres back as chief product officer to spearhead its AI agent development.

Meta is expanding its AI coding offerings with a new agent it says can handle complex tasks in complex software.

The software company is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models, with plans to extend on-device inference to third-party developers.

The Claude-maker says it will co-design hardware and models to make its technology run faster and more efficiently.

Tech strategic adviser Itay Sagie argues that integrating AI can inadvertently reduce acquisition value unless founders design their AI strategy with exits in mind.

The battery purchase underscores the financial and supply-chain ties binding Elon Musk's companies together.

The Japanese HVAC maker posted a higher profit, with hotter European weather driving stronger demand for cooling units.

A seven-year review of Tesla earnings calls shows the CEO devotes roughly half his speaking time to robots and AI, leaving the core car business in the background.

Endeavour Optical Networks is betting that ultra-fast laser links in space can outpace today's undersea fiber backbone.

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After years of delays, Apple's AI upgrade makes Siri genuinely useful, but it lands in a landscape where capable assistants are now table stakes.

On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Altman's plea to slow the rate of AI progress puts him at the center of the industry's acceleration-versus-deceleration fight.

Recent local elections indicate declining support for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump urged Britain to stop depending on Norwegian oil, dismissing its role as only 'peanuts in the big picture.'

The popular YouTuber and science communicator warns that the dopamine rush from interacting with large language models has become detrimental to his personal well-being and, he argues, the wider world.

Nvidia-backed AI startup Safe Superintelligence and fusion energy firm Commonwealth Fusion Systems topped this week's largest venture rounds.

The state ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward despite xAI’s lawsuit.

A critical Exchange Server vulnerability is under active exploitation, with exploits capable of giving attackers persistent access that can survive credential rotation and disk re-imaging.

Mark Zuckerberg previewed a future in which Meta’s AI tools do more than chat, acting on users’ behalf as the company goes all-in on AI.

Satya Nadella says the unified app combining chat, coding, and agentic capabilities will span consumer and commercial experiences when it launches this year.

A report says the incident helps explain how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face, with 10 days passing between exploitation of the JFrog flaw and a released fix.

MIT Technology Review’s newsletter flags a chip talent battle alongside a broader discussion of deflating AI hype.

As Meta spends heavily on AI infrastructure and agents, its CEO is trying to persuade investors the bet will pay off.