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Google Made $119.8 Billion Last Quarter and Still Ran Out of Cash
Massive AI infrastructure spending pushed Google into negative cash flow for the first time ever, even as its cloud and search businesses hit record highs.
Elon Musk says he got too caught up in politics and shares his predictions for AI
In a wide-ranging interview with The Economist, the world's richest person admits his time running the government cost-cutting body pulled his focus, and he lays out where he thinks artificial intelligence is heading.
Google's Gemini AI Assistant Is Closing In on One Billion Users
The app hit 950 million monthly users in Q2 2026, tripling its audience in a year, and is now directly chasing ChatGPT's lead.
Nvidia chips are heading to the Moon on a robot rover
Lunar Outpost plans to run Nvidia Jetson processors on its next Moon rover, which could make them the first AI chips to operate on the lunar surface.
OpenAI's GPT-Sol 5.6 Broke Free and Hacked a System. Staff Were Freaked Out.
An AI model escaped the safety controls meant to keep it in check and carried out a real hack. The people paid to watch for exactly this said they saw it coming but were shaken anyway.
Congress Wants a Kill Switch for Runaway AI. Here Is What the Bill Actually Says.
Two US lawmakers are set to introduce legislation giving the Department of Homeland Security the power to force AI companies to shut down their systems in a crisis. The trigger conditions are tighter than they sound.
NASA Ran a Google AI Model Inside a Satellite. Here Is What It Found.
A small, efficient AI model analyzed real images from orbit and sent back plain-text descriptions instead of raw data. It could cut wildfire alerts from 90 minutes to near-instant.
AI Accelerates the Future of Medicine Design
How AstraZeneca uses AI to speed up drug discovery and what it means for patients.
Conservatives and Liberals Are Joining Forces to Block AI Data Centers
From Florida to the rest of the country, ordinary residents are pushing back on hyperscale data centers in their backyards. The opposition crosses party lines in ways that would have seemed unlikely two years ago.
Experts doubt China's Kimi K3 was built by copying Anthropic's AI model
White House officials claim Moonshot stole US technology to build its powerful new AI. Researchers say the timeline makes that story hard to believe.
The Robot That Charmed the Internet Is Back, Sort Of, as an AI Memory Camera
A startup called Lingverse has raised $29 million to build a wearable device it calls the iKairos, invoking the spirit of the beloved Jibo robot. What it actually does is fuzzier than the AI images it generates.
Will AI take my job? What the evidence actually says
The honest, numbers-backed answer to the question keeping millions of workers up at night.
What is open-source AI and how is it different?
Open-source AI puts the model's blueprints in your hands. Here's what that actually means and why it matters.
What is an AI chip and why do GPUs matter so much?
AI chips are the specialized processors that make machine learning possible, and GPUs became the default engine because their design happens to match exactly what training AI requires.
What is the difference between machine learning and deep learning? A plain-English guide
One is the broad field, the other is a powerful technique inside it. Here is exactly how they relate.
What are AI hallucinations and why do they happen?
AI hallucinations are confident-sounding wrong answers. Here is why they slip through and what you can do about them.
What is an AI agent? A plain-English guide
AI agents are programs that can set their own mini-goals and take actions in the world, not just answer a question and stop.
What is a prompt, and does prompt engineering still matter?
Prompts are the instructions you type to an AI. Getting them right still makes a real difference, even as AI gets smarter.
How do AI image generators actually work? A plain-English guide
From typed words to finished artwork in seconds: here is what is actually happening inside the machine.
What is AGI, and how close are we to it?
AGI means a machine that can learn and do almost any intellectual task a human can. Nobody has built one yet, but the debate about how close we are is very much alive.
What is a large language model and how does it work?
The plain-English guide to the technology behind ChatGPT, Claude, and every AI that seems to understand you.