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funding, startups, jobs, and how people and companies are actually making money with AI
The AI chip shortage you never heard of is making your next phone more expensive
Factories building AI data centres are gobbling up the same memory chips that go into smartphones. India is feeling it first, and the ripple is heading everywhere.
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Trade Secrets, and the Timing Hits Hard
Apple claims more than 400 of its former employees took confidential knowledge to OpenAI. The lawsuit lands just as OpenAI is trying to go public.
Apple passes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company again
A 3.5% drop in Nvidia's share price on Friday was enough to hand Apple back the top spot, and it signals that Wall Street is starting to question whether the AI spending boom can keep going at its current pace.
A $400 Million Bet That Cheaper AI Chips Will Win
A startup called General Compute just borrowed $400 million to build a cloud service around a less-expensive type of AI chip. The deal may signal a turning point away from the pricey hardware that dominates AI today.
Apple Is Talking to the Startup That Squeezes Giant AI Into an iPhone
PrismML says it shrunk a 54-gigabyte AI model down to under 4 gigabytes. Apple is paying close attention.
The Electricity Problem at the Heart of Modern AI
Every AI data centre runs on a fixed power budget. The company that squeezes the most useful work out of each watt wins. Here is what that means in plain English.
AI Token Spending Is About to Blindside Corporate Bosses, Warns Investor Chamath Palihapitiya
Companies are quietly racking up huge AI bills their CEOs don't even know about. One prominent tech investor says the shock is coming, and it will show up in earnings.
Open AI Models Let Companies Build Systems They Actually Own. Here Is What That Looks Like.
NVIDIA's Nemotron family is being shaped by law firms, hospitals and language communities into specialised tools that match frontier accuracy at a fraction of the cost.
Your Software Bill Is Going Up. AI Is Why.
A major tech research firm warns that AI vendors are passing their enormous infrastructure costs on to business customers through higher prices and unpredictable usage fees.
Google Search Now Plugs Straight Into Instacart, Canva and YouTube Music
AI Mode in Google Search can now shop, design and DJ for you through connected apps. Here is what it actually does and who pays.
Energy IPOs Are Breaking Records Because AI Needs So Much Power
Investors poured $12.6 billion into energy company stock offerings in the first half of 2025 alone, more than any six-month period since the dot-com peak in 1999. The reason: AI data centres are hungry for electricity, and someone has to supply it.
OpenAI Is Selling a $70 Basketball and a $175 Quarter-Zip. Who Is the Customer?
The ChatGPT maker has quietly launched a line of branded merchandise, including a rubber basketball and academic-themed clothing. It is less clear who is supposed to buy any of it.
A Smaller AI Trained on One Language Just Beat Two Bigger, Newer Models at Reading Brazilian Portuguese
DharmaOCR outscored both Mistral OCR4 and Unlimited-OCR on a Portuguese reading test, and the reason comes down to focus, not size.
Applied Computing's AI Model Aims to Revolutionize Oil and Gas Operations
London startup Applied Computing secures $20 million to enhance energy facility operations with AI.
Microsoft is coaching its sales team to badmouth OpenAI and Anthropic
The company that built its AI business on partners' models is now telling salespeople those same models are slower, less accurate, and too expensive.