Android engineer leaves Google amid concerns over defense partnerships
Can a giant tech corporation such as Google still have some sort of moral compass?
Samsung is building floating data centers on ships, and it's already got regulatory approval
Seasides can ease the pains of giant mainland AI date centers, if the concept works at all
ChatGPT becomes the fastest app to reach 1 billion monthly active users
Claude and Meta AI are growing faster, but OpenAI's chatbot remains far ahead
Editor's take: Much like the Call of Duty series and pornography, generative AI is one of those things that's incredibly popular despite a lot of people claiming to dislike it. ChatGPT, for example, has just reached one billion monthly app users, just 3.5 years after it launched in November 2022.
Microsoft is now letting Nvidia GPUs run local AI features that were locked to Copilot+ PCs
You don't need an NPU for Windows AI anymore, just an RTX 30 series GPU with 6GB of VRAM
Anthropic launches powerful Fable 5 model publicly, while keeping Mythos restricted over cybersecurity concerns
Same underlying model, two very different leashes
OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true
It's not like people needed much convincing
AMD claims next-gen Zen 6 server CPU will deliver 330% of Nvidia Vera's performance per rack
AMD counters Nvidia-controlled benchmark with internal performance calculations
Crazy Taxi is back, but Sega's use of generative AI steals the spotlight
Sega reveals AI was used on Crazy Taxi and the backlash starts immediately
A Florida hospital is using Palantir to catch sepsis earlier, it's saved 866 lives so far
The system is identifying warning signs that clinicians might otherwise miss
Elon Musk reveals SpaceX's 230-foot-wide orbital AI data center satellite ahead of IPO
The first-generation AI1 craft is wider than a Boeing 747 and built around a 120 kW sustained compute payload
The AI boomerang effect: more data suggests employers are reversing AI layoffs
Studies find up to 50% of companies that replaced workers with AI are rehiring or expressing regret
Connecting the dots: Generative AI has been blamed for hundreds of thousands of layoffs over the past year, but evidence that companies moved too quickly to automate white-collar jobs is steadily mounting. Multiple recent studies suggest that many employers are refilling recently eliminated positions after overestimating AI's productivity gains and cost savings.
iOS 27's most advanced on-device AI needs 12GB of RAM – and most iPhones don't have it
The memory requirement cuts deeper than Apple's existing AI compatibility list
Facepalm: Apple released the first public beta for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 this week, bringing several new generative AI features, many of which utilize on-device AI models running locally on devices supporting Apple Intelligence. However, it has now been confirmed that the most sought-after on-device AI features will only run on a handful of devices with compatible hardware.
PSA: Scammers are getting their fake shopping sites into ChatGPT's results
Convincing copycats use near-identical domain names and layouts while dangling discounts of up to 80%
OpenAI is going public and overhauling ChatGPT at the same time
"Chat is dead." OpenAI is redesigning ChatGPT as a superapp – and filing for a $1 trillion IPO
US government could take a stake in OpenAI as Trump explores AI equity plan
OpenAI's Public Wealth Fund proposal could give Americans a stake in AI-driven growth
In Hindsight: Tech Quotes That Got the Future Right and Wrong
Tech leaders love predicting the future. Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they miss spectacularly, and sometimes they leave behind quotes that only get better with age.
AMD welcomes Nvidia to the local AI PC race, points to Gorgon Halo's 192GB memory advantage
AMD says the CUDA advantage is shrinking
Anthropic is blacklisted by the Pentagon and being used by the NSA at the same time
NSA reportedly using Anthropic's Claude Mythos for offensive cyber operations despite Pentagon supply chain blacklist
Google tests making AI Mode the default in Search, then says it was an error
Google's "accidental" AI Mode test gives users a glimpse of a possible Search future most don't want
Spammers are flooding Reddit with fake posts designed to show up in AI search results
The spam campaign that doesn't want to sell you anything – it wants to train AI to recommend it
Bots have officially overtaken humans on the internet
Dead internet theory feels a little less theoretical now as AI agents flood the web
71% of Americans now oppose data centers near their homes, up from 42% just nine months ago
Water shortages, rising power bills, and broken promises from big tech
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis devs confirm AI use, but promise final game will be fully human-crafted
AI NOT: Whether you like it or not, generative AI is quickly gaining traction among game developers. Even the upcoming remake of the original Tomb Raider is reportedly using generative AI in some form, although potential issues are expected to be resolved by the end of development.
Microsoft took OpenClaw, wrapped it in enterprise security, and called it Scout
3,000 Microsoft employees are already using Scout to book travel, schedule meetings, and handle paperwork
Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box packs 128GB unified memory and Nvidia's new Arm chip for local AI
Microsoft's new dev box runs 120-billion-parameter AI models locally