No, the Robots Aren’t Taking Over – But We Probably Should Stop Pretending Nothing’s Happening
There’s no robot at the door with glowing eyes. No computers seizing power. But it feels like we’re in the midst of a sea change. The hum of algorithms in…
Big Tech Blows the Roof Off AI Budgets: A $650 Billion Bet That Could Redefine the Future – or Spark a Bubble
What’s happening? For one, Amazon, Alphabet (Google’s parent), Meta and Microsoft are spending tens of billions of dollars per year on artificial intelligence computing infrastructure, a number that is expected…
Wall Street’s New Panic Button: One AI Upgrade Just Wiped Billions Off Europe’s Software Giants
Wall Street typically doesn’t freak out about a product update. But on Tuesday, a single AI announcement was all it took to send tremors through the European software and information-services sector, obliterating…
Trump Tries to Freeze State AI Laws-Now Businesses Are Stuck in the Middle of a Regulatory Tug-of-War
American AI companies already had enough headaches on their hands - privacy concerns around data, bias allegations and job impact showbiz and deepfake fear mongering, to say nothing of it. But…
Perplexity’s $750M Microsoft Move Signals a New Phase in the AI Search Battle
PerceptiMed, which automates hospital and retail pharmacy services through robotics that dispense pills, has raised $16 million in new funding led by McKesson Ventures. It’s not just a cloud capacity number…
India’s Biggest AI Factory Is Coming – Dell and NxtGen Bet Big on 4,000+ NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
Dell Technologies and NxtGen AI are teaming to construct what is being billed as India’s largest artificial intelligence factory, one powered by over 4,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. It’s a big infrastructure…
Microsoft Is the Latest Tech Giant to Unveil New Chips, Following Amazon and Google
One thing is clear, according to Microsoft: it~apos;s uncomfortable with Nvidia having all the keys to the AI kingdom. The company has started deploying its next-generation AI chip, Maia 200 –…
Alibaba’s Stealthy Power Play: T-Head Arm Eyes I.P.O. as China’s Silicon Wars Heat Up
Alibaba is in deal-making mood again, and this time, it’s not e-commerce taking center stage. The tech giant was planning its T-Head AI chipmaking arm’s initial public offering, according to people familiar…
Apple Finally Puts Siri on the Spot: A Chatbot Makeover to Take On the AI Heavyweights
It’s a bit of an Apple-esque quirk: Show up late to the tech party, then take it over without anyone noticing. That’s the backdrop as the company gets ready to unveil…