Exclusive: Peter Thiel–backed industrial AI startup emerges from stealth in a16z ‘American Dynamism’ push
In a move that signals the next phase of the artificial intelligence boom, Emanate, an AI startup focused…
Claude Opus 4.6 spends $20K trying to write a C compiler • The Register
An Anthropic researcher’s efforts to get its newly released Opus 4.6 model to build a C compiler left…
Is investment in Nvidia still a good bet?
After last week’s sell-off of technology stocks over concerns about whether enormous artificial intelligence spending plans are justified,…
Grindr trials premium $500 per month plan to become ‘AI-first’ app
Grindr. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Gay hook-up app Grindr is currently trialing a new ultra-premium subscription plan – that…
Google adds 1GW of solar to fuel $185B AI spending spree • The Register
Let’s hope it’s always sunny … in Texas, at least for Google’s sake. The Chocolate Factory plans to…
Microsoft boffins show LLM safety can be trained away • The Register
A single, unlabeled training prompt can break LLMs’ safety behavior, according to Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and…
ChatGPT rolls out ads | TechCrunch
OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and…
John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM
Anybody can create an X account and speak their mind, but not all minds are worth listening to.…
Andreessen Horowitz backs AI virtual character in 1st Japan-related bet
Shizuku is a character developed by Shizuku AI. The company plans to develop the character as an AI…
Discord puts everyone in teen mode by default • The Register
Don’t want Discord to start treating your account like it belongs to an underage kid? Then you’d better…
Databricks CEO says SaaS isn’t dead, but AI will soon make it irrelevant
On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year, of which more…
OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today
OpenAI plans to start testing ads in ChatGPT today, according to a report from CNBC. The “clearly labeled”…