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 […]
GOOGLE’S AI SCAM SHIELD FALLS SHORT IN INDIA Google is rolling out new AI tools in India to combat rising digital scams, including an on-device scam detector for newer Pixel phones that flags suspicious calls and pilot screen-sharing alerts with major financial apps. These features aim to warn users in real time without sending any […]
Cursor Soars with $2.3 B Funding in Record Time AI coding assistant startup Cursor has secured an impressive $2.3 billion in new funding, catapulting its valuation to around $29.3 billion—just five months after its last round. The raise was led by Accel and Coatue, with participation from major industry players including Nvidia and Google. The […]
NVIDIA’s 260,000-GPU Alliance Supercharges South Korea’s AI Ambitions NVIDIA is deepening its collaboration with South Korea’s biggest technology players — Hyundai, Samsung, SK Group, and NAVER — in a massive new AI initiative. Together, they plan to deploy around 260,000 of NVIDIA’s cutting-edge GPUs to power the country’s next wave of artificial intelligence innovation. Each […]
When AI Hits the High Notes: OpenAI’s Next Move in Music OpenAI is reportedly developing a cutting-edge generative music tool designed to create original compositions from text and audio prompts. This innovation aims to bring the same creativity and accessibility that tools like ChatGPT and DALL·E brought to language and imagery into the world of […]
The Great AI Tug-of-War: Apple Loses Another Star to Meta In a fresh blow to Apple’s ambitious AI roadmap, another top executive has jumped ship — this time to Meta. Ke Yang, who was recently leading Apple’s “Answers, Knowledge & Information” team (the powerhouse behind the upcoming, smarter version of Siri), has reportedly left to […]
Intel Powers Ahead with Panther Lake: A New Era of 18A Innovation Intel has unveiled its next-generation processor, Panther Lake, the first to utilize the company’s groundbreaking 18A semiconductor technology. Built at Intel’s newly established Fab 52 facility in Arizona, this processor represents a pivotal leap in performance and efficiency, setting the stage for Intel’s […]
DevDay 2025: OpenAI’s Biggest Stage Yet OpenAI’s third DevDay lands Monday at Fort Mason, San Francisco, promising its “biggest event yet” with announcements, live demos, and a one-hour opening keynote from Sam Altman (10:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. PKT). Rumors swirl around an AI-powered browser, progress on the Jony Ive–collab hardware device, and possible […]
xAI’s Big Shift: Lays Off 500 Data Annotators to Boost Specialist AI Teams Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has laid off around 500 workers from its data annotation team, the largest division responsible for labeling and contextualizing data to train its Grok chatbot. The affected employees, primarily generalist AI tutors, were notified via email on […]