One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.
The NAACP and its Mississippi State Conference are suing Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that it did not get a permit before ...
Amazon is offering Globalstar shareholders either $90 in cash per share, or 0.32 shares of Amazon stock with a value capped at $90 a share.
Like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Alon Chen coded his way to success. Now, he says, AI has made the skill “obsolete” for ...
The origin story of Google buying DeepMind is worth understanding if you own Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) or if you are following AI whatsoever. (All of us?) The Funding Crisis That Changed Everything In January 2014, Demis Hassabis was facing a wall. VC backers had reneged on funding commitments to DeepMind, leaving the lab without the ... Why Demis Hassabis Ignored Elon Musk and Sold DeepMind to Google for $650 Million Instead
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, escalating tensions over ...
An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.
Globalstar’s stock is heading toward an 18-year high on the back of an Amazon buyout deal, and has quadrupled over the past ...
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has teased the crypto community with his “true currency” just as his X platform gears up to “fix” ...
Elopn Musk, who is the world's richest person, has been counting on the greater Memphis area to serve as the backbone for xAI's buildout.
Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.
Science Corporation, the BCI company founded by ex-Neuralink president Max Hodak, is preparing to place a pea-sized, 520-electrode sensor on a human brain’s surface during already-scheduled surgery. Yale neurosurgery chair Murat Günel will lead the programme; trials could begin in 2027. The company also has PRIMA, a retinal implant that restored vision in 38 patients […]This story continues at The Next Web
YouTube will now automatically hold back advertisements during livestreams when its systems detect that chat engagement has peaked, a change that prioritises collective viewer experience over ad impressions in real time. The platform announced the feature on Monday alongside a suite of updates to its live-streaming tools, including personal ad-free windows for viewers who purchase […]This story continues at The Next Web
In short: AppDirect has acquired Toronto-based PartnerStack, the partner relationship management platform with 138,000+ B2B partners and ~50% market share in the PRM category. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is AppDirect’s sixth acquisition in 12 months, following Tackle.io (cloud go-to-market, $20B+ in hyperscaler transactions), vCom Solutions ($100M+, network/mobility), and DNE Resources (energy). AppDirect has […]This story continues at The Next Web
Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.
In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.
Waymo's commercial service will eventually follow testing if the U.K. government approves.
Until now, the only way to avoid seeing ads was by paying for a YouTube Premium subscription.
The device could help address multiple neurological conditions if it proves successful. One early use could be delivering gentle electrical stimulation to damaged brain or spinal cord cells to encourage healing.
Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, letting users save and reuse AI prompts across websites. The feature builds on Gemini’s browser integration.