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China moves to regulate AI companions amid fears they are replacing human relationships
A 19-year-old cried when her AI boyfriend was switched off. China's government is worried millions more feel the same way.
Generalist Hits $3 Billion Valuation After Raising Nearly $200 Million More
The robotics AI startup, founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, now claims its software can teach a robot a new skill from a video clip as short as three seconds.
OpenAI's Head of Data Centers Has Left the Company, Adding to a Long List of Senior Departures
Chris Malone, who oversaw OpenAI's data center strategy during a critical period of infrastructure growth, left last week. He is at least the 13th senior executive to exit the company in 2026.
Nvidia's $20 Billion Groq Bet Goes Live: What It Means for AI Speed
Nvidia's Groq 3 LPX racks are now in full production and will be online later this year, promising AI responses more than four times faster than OpenAI's current top speed.
Amazon and Twitch Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Using Streamers' Videos to Train AI
A Connecticut streamer is leading a lawsuit on behalf of millions of Twitch broadcasters who say Amazon fed their live videos into AI training systems without asking first.
NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion Lets Chipmakers Plug Their Own AI Chips Into NVIDIA's Data Centre Infrastructure
A new programme lets companies building their own specialised AI chips skip years of infrastructure work by connecting directly into NVIDIA's existing data centre plumbing.
Goldman Sachs exec warns AI could quietly hollow out the next generation of Wall Street talent
A senior Goldman partner says banks risk producing workers who can't think for themselves if AI handles all the analytical work that used to train junior staff.
Sprinting robots break Bolt's record, then break themselves: inside China's humanoid robot games
Beijing hosted the second World Humanoid Robot Games, where machines ran faster than any human ever has, did kung fu, played table tennis, and occasionally caught fire.
Stability AI raises $76 million, with music giants and EA among the backers
The maker of Stable Diffusion has pulled in fresh funding from Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music and Electronic Arts, a roster that says a lot about where the company is heading.
Most Companies Still Can't Point to AI Profits, McKinsey Finds
A survey of 1,719 business leaders finds confidence in AI is growing fast. Actual earnings from it, not so much.
Claude Now Shares Its Memory Across Chat and Its AI Agent, No More Rebriefing
Anthropic has merged the memory systems in Claude's chat and its Cowork agent, so the assistant carries what it learns from one into the other. Users can read, edit, or delete exactly what Claude has stored.
Texas Senate Candidate Ken Paxton Releases 'Texas First' Datacenter Plan, With an AI-Made Graphic to Prove It
The Trump-endorsed Republican wants to limit the 'negative impact' of datacenters. His announcement image was flagged by X as artificially generated.
They warned us about AI tyranny in 1972. We still didn't listen.
A forgotten gathering of experts on Lake Como mapped out political coercion, eroded human freedom and the dangers of automation. Half a century later, their warnings feel uncomfortably current.
Google Search Wants to Redecorate Your Living Room With AI
From mocking up an emerald sofa in your actual lounge to tracking down that vintage rug you spotted on the bus, Google's search tools are quietly turning into a home-decor assistant.
Guident: Human Oversight Still Key in Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Robotaxi fleets are growing fast, and Guident says a human safety layer is the thing standing between public trust and a costly incident.
NVIDIA's new Jetson Orin Nano 2 chip aims to put frontier AI inside drones and home robots
The tiny computer uses 40% less power than its predecessor while doubling AI processing speed, and NVIDIA says developers will be able to run frontier-grade intelligence directly inside physical machines.
AI Won't Replace Radiologists, But Their Job Is Changing Fast
A bold 2016 prediction that computers would wipe out radiology within five years turned out to be wrong. What actually happened is more interesting.
IBM's Granite 4.2: Three Sizes, One Big Leap Into AI Reasoning
IBM has released Granite 4.2, a family of reasoning-focused AI models that can think through hard problems step by step, use tools, and browse the web, all free under an open licence.
OpenAI Built Its Own AI Chip. Here Is What That Means for Your Wallet and Your Wait Times.
OpenAI's custom silicon, called Jalapeño, promises faster responses and lower energy bills. Small volumes ship before the end of 2025, with a bigger push in 2027.
Apple's AI Model Can Write Text and Draw Pictures at the Same Time, Using One Engine
A new research model from Apple blends language and image generation into a single, unified system. Here is why that matters for the next generation of AI assistants.
Keenable's $26M Bet on Search Engines for AI
A new startup is rebuilding search from scratch, not for people clicking links, but for AI agents that need raw web data at scale.