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Tech Elites and Billionaires Return to the AI Front LinesEstablished tech leaders are abandoning executive titles and boardrooms to take hands-on roles at AI frontier labs like Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Uber Product Chief Outlines Strategy for Hotels and RobotaxisChief Product Officer Sachin Kansal details Uber's expansion into travel and the role of its new AV Labs division in securing autonomous vehicle data.
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Hermes Agent Maker Nous Research Nears $1.5B ValuationThe open-source AI startup is in talks for $75 million in new capital just months after its Series A, led by Robot Ventures and USV.

The new 'Gmail Live' feature allows users to query their inboxes using natural language voice commands to surface specific details buried in messages.

The new Workspace tool allows users to generate and edit complex graphics using the Nano Banana 2 model and Gemini-driven feedback layers.

The Alphabet spinout is making its physics-grounded drug discovery tools accessible through a natural language interface, removing the need for specialized

A unanimous verdict found Musk's claims were filed past legal deadlines, removing a significant hurdle for OpenAI ahead of its reported IPO.
A prominent venture capitalist warns of a frenetic atmosphere in San Francisco as a small group of AI insiders achieves massive wealth while the broader

The preprint repository will implement a one-year ban for papers containing incontrovertible evidence of unvetted large language model usage.

Legal proceedings between Elon Musk and Sam Altman conclude while a new generation of startups led by Musk alumni reshapes the venture capital landscape.

The $5.3 billion startup is betting that observational video data, rather than text, is the key to the next frontier of artificial intelligence.

Over 50 employees, including key researchers in pre-training and voice modeling, have departed the company for rivals like Meta and Thinking Machines Lab.

Nine jurors must decide if OpenAI co-founders violated a charitable agreement with Elon Musk by pivoting to a for-profit model with Microsoft.

The networking giant announced thousands of job cuts alongside record revenue as it adjusts its cost structure for a data-driven future.

The Canadian software firm's rapid growth underscores the massive demand for AI-driven legal tools, even as model providers like Anthropic launch direct

The former Meta news chief is building a system of expert-led AI judges to solve the accuracy problem in high-stakes information funnels.

The NAACP has requested a court injunction against the AI startup, alleging that mobile turbines are being used to circumvent environmental regulations.

The company introduced a suite of tools including cloud-based Workers and database sync to allow teams to build and connect external AI agents.

At the second annual Code with Claude conference, Wu detailed a strategy focused on the technological frontier over competitive benchmarking.

The London-based startup uses conversational AI agents to capture granular professional skills that traditional job titles and LinkedIn profiles often

The search giant is updating its AI-driven results to include direct excerpts from social media and online forums to provide more human-centric advice.

The Chinese AI lab is reportedly in talks to raise capital from state-backed funds and tech giants Tencent and Alibaba to retain talent and scale its

The tech giant reached an agreement to resolve claims that it misled consumers regarding the availability and capabilities of Apple Intelligence features

The Khosla-backed startup is moving beyond software to build its own dexterity-focused hardware and data-collection gloves.

A surprise deal sees Anthropic leasing the entire capacity of xAI’s Colossus 1 data center, marking a significant shift in the AI hardware landscape.
A new filing reveals plans for a vertically integrated semiconductor plant designed to produce chips for xAI, Tesla, and SpaceX.

New testimony and journal entries from OpenAI President Greg Brockman describe a tense 2017 confrontation over the organization's move toward