Nvidia AI chip rivals attract record funding as competition heats up
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Robots are learning to do housework from videos of humans doing chores
Silicon Valley’s next great leap may be built on videos of people folding laundry. Start-ups and entrepreneurs including…
Inside Amazon’s AI Sprawl Problem: More Tools, More Data, Less Control
Amazon’s AI boom is creating a new kind of mess: a growing bloat of internal tools and duplicated…
The attack on Sam Altman exposed a dark underbelly of the anti-AI movement
New York — Mainstream artificial intelligence safety groups moved quickly to distance themselves after a 20-year-old allegedly attacked the…
Makers of As Deep as the Grave defend use of AI-generated Val Kilmer in movie
The makers of a new film featuring the late Val Kilmer in a prominent role say their approach…
Teen boys are dating their AI chatbots—and experts warn it could hurt their careers
Gen Z dated strategically—dating people 25% more attractive and successful than them to climb the social ladder. Gen…
Iran war’s big winners: Wall Street, weapons firms, AI and green energy | Business and Economy News
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global growth forecast for 2026 from 3.3 to 3.1 percent, citing…
How NVIDIA Optics Deal and New AI Facility Will Impact Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Investors
Lumentum Holdings recently announced multiyear agreements with NVIDIA, a very large US$2 billion investment in advanced optics, and…
Nvidia rivals eye huge funding rounds as AI chip market booms
European chip startups developing alternative technology to Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) are eyeing big funding rounds as…
Is Nvidia Stock a Buy as the Agentic AI Era Begins?
Valuing an explosive tech enterprise is tricky — especially when the underlying industry is transforming. For a powerhouse…
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The…
OpenAI Targets Pharma Giants With Purpose-Built AI Model
OpenAI has introduced an artificial intelligence model that is purpose-built for scientific research and drug discovery. The new…