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Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung
The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.
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Kling AI raises two billion dollars as Kuaishou spins off its fastest-growing business
Kling AI, the video generation unit of Chinese tech company Kuaishou, has raised an initial two billion dollars in venture capital…
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Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns
A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.
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Lucid Motors replaces its CFO and overhauls its entire leadership team as new CEO reshapes the company
Lucid Motors said on Thursday that its chief financial officer, Taoufiq Boussaid, will be leaving the company, the latest in a ser…
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Should the EU block the UK from its €5bn superfund?
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Andy Burnham's plan to overhaul AI strategy sparks backlash
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Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II
Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised a $46.6 million Fund II from LPs including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures
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OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussi…
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Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI
TV Time, the popular TV tracking app, is shutting down on July 15 as parent company Whip Media pivots toward enterprise AI product…
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Lucid Motors’ CFO is out as its new CEO continues leadership shakeup
The company announced a new slate of executive hires meant to help turn things around, as Gravity SUV sales are not taking off as …
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Microsoft launches a $2.5 billion AI deployment business with 6,000 engineers
Microsoft announced a new operating business called Microsoft Frontier company on Thursday, backed by a $2.5 billion investment an…
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Ford’s Q2 US sales fell 10.3% as EV sales dropped 40.7% and an aluminium shortage hit F-Series trucks
Ford reported a 10.3% decline in US new vehicle sales for the second quarter, selling 549,200 vehicles compared with 612,095 a yea…
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US government says it got hacked — again
A top Democrat on the Senate's Intelligence Committee warned that the information accessed on a Homeland Security intelligence-sha…
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Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in Q2, far exceeding the 406,000 Wall Street expected
Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, far exceeding the Wall Street consensus of approximately 406,000. …
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Cloudflare gives AI crawlers a September deadline: pay publishers or get blocked
Cloudflare has set the AI industry a deadline. From September, it will block the crawlers that hoover up content for AI training. …
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Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment
Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.
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Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.
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Why the next leap in AI video is teaching avatars to see and listen
For the past few years, progress in generative video and AI avatars has been measured almost entirely in fidelity, with each new m…
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Getty scraps its $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after a UK regulator won’t budge
A $3.7bn plan to merge the world’s two biggest stock-photo libraries has collapsed. The reason is not America, where regulators wa…
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Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter
The company delivered more than 480,000 EVs globally, seemingly thanks to geographic expansion and cheaper versions of the Model 3…
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A cheap Chinese AI model is closing in on Anthropic and OpenAI
Chinese startup’s latest AI model has landed fourth on one of the industry’s most closely watched intelligence rankings, and it co…
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The two bets founders are taking in physical AI
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Google loses final appeal over record €4.1 billion EU Android fine
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed Google’s final appeal against a €4.1 billion antitrust fine, ending an ei…
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Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up
The company now expects to ship a few thousand more vehicles by the end of 2026 than it previously expected, after launching its R…