Nvidia CEO Rejects Reports of Stalled $100B OpenAI Investment Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang has pushed back against recent claims that the company’s $100 billion investment in OpenAI has stalled. A report suggested internal disagreements at Nvidia had led to delays in the deal, which is set to provide significant computational resources to OpenAI. However, Huang […]
Meme Yourself” – Google Photos Adds AI Meme Generator Feature Google Photos has introduced a fun new feature called Me Meme, which allows users to create memes using their own photos. This generative AI tool lets you choose from various meme templates and personalize them with your own image, making it easy to turn a […]
The $134 Billion Battle for AI’s Soul Elon Musk has intensified his legal crusade against OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking a massive $134 billion in damages ahead of a scheduled 2026 jury trial. Musk’s legal team argues this figure represents the “wrongful gains” the companies achieved by pivoting from a non-profit mission to a commercial powerhouse. […]
Google’s New “Universal Commerce Protocol” Aims to Make AI Shopping Agents Actually Work Google announced a new open standard called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to streamline how AI agents handle shopping across the web—covering everything from product discovery to checkout and post-purchase support. The idea is to reduce the messy world of one-off integrations […]
India Puts Grok on Notice After “Obscene” AI Outputs India has directed Elon Musk’s X to make immediate technical and procedural changes to its AI chatbot Grok after complaints that it was generating “obscene” content, including AI-altered images of women. The order tells X to restrict Grok from producing material involving nudity, sexualization, sexually explicit, […]
Nvidia’s Groq Play: License, Talent, and a $20B Rumor Nvidia has struck a non-exclusive licensing deal with AI chip rival Groq, and will hire Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra, and other employees. CNBC also reported Nvidia is acquiring Groq assets for $20B, but Nvidia told TechCrunch this is not an acquisition of the […]
Tune the Tone: ChatGPT Adds Warmth and Enthusiasm Controls OpenAI has introduced new personalization controls that let users directly adjust how “warm” or “enthusiastic” ChatGPT sounds. The settings include options such as More, Less, or Default for warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use, allowing people to tailor the assistant’s voice to better match their preferences—whether they […]
Translation in Your Ears: Google Translate Goes Live on Headphones Google is rolling out a beta “Live translate” experience in the Google Translate app that lets you hear real-time translations through any headphones, aiming to preserve a speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence so conversations are easier to follow. The initial rollout is on Android in […]
NYT vs. Perplexity: A New Flashpoint in the AI–News Wars The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against AI search startup Perplexity, accusing it of copyright infringement and unfairly substituting the newspaper’s work in its products. The Times says Perplexity’s retrieval-augmented generation tools pull from websites and databases — including Times articles, sometimes behind […]
Who Gets to Rule the Robots? D.C. vs the States As AI weaves into everything from elections to healthcare, a political brawl has broken out over who should write the rules: Congress and the White House, or the 50 states. With no comprehensive federal AI law in place, states like California and Texas have rushed […]