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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.”

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One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments.

Sora's mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

Take Zuckerberg's outlook with a grain of salt. After all, he thought we'd all be hanging out in the metaverse by now.

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Elon Musk says X will begin identifying "manipulated media" but doesn't share details.

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.

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ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.

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Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.

Google's launch of practice tests for JEE follows its recent move to offer full-length SAT practice tests in Gemini.

This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch.

Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.

OpenAI has launched a new scientific workspace program called Prism, which integrates AI into existing standards for composing research papers.

Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto has raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by Bonfire Ventures.

“We’re on the cusp of a completely new way of shopping,” Gates told TechCrunch.