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Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has had enough of merely being an artificial intelligence kingmaker. He now plans to back a…
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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs. That cohort…
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Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI
Martin Scorsese has signed on as a partner and adviser to AI image-generation startup Black Forest Labs, The New York…
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Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
Google parent company Alphabet said Monday that it plans to raise $80 billion to help pay for the massive AI…
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After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Groq is looking to raise $650 million in new funding from existing investors, sources tell Axios, as it leans into…
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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots
In the latest sign of these AI-heavy times, the National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed access to its docket system…
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You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
Earlier this week, Google rolled out a completely new Search experience, foregrounding AI summaries and kicking the traditional “10 blue…
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Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses
Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order…
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Smart ring maker Oura files to go public
SpaceX may have stolen the show with its IPO prospectus, but Elon Musk’s aerospace-AI-data center company wasn’t the only notable…
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Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user
Messaging platform giant Discord has switched on end-to-end encrypted voice and video messaging for every user. The end-to-end encryption feature…
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Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership…
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US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip
President Trump and a delegation of U.S. officials left Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the…
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