Business
Higher Performance, Lower Prices: AI model prices drop as competition heats up
Prices for access to large language models are falling as providers exploit new efficiencies and compete for new customers.
Business
Business
Google Gets Character.AI Co-Founders: Google acquires Character.AI talent and tech in strategic move
Character.AI followed an emerging pattern for ambitious AI startups, trading its leadership to a tech giant in exchange for funds and a strategic makeover.
Tech & Society
Web Data Increasingly Off Limits: Online publishers crack down on AI training data access
Online publishers are moving to stop AI developers from training models on their content.
Tech & Society
AI Investors Hoard GPU Power: Investors are stockpiling AI chips to attract startups
Investors have been gathering AI chips to attract AI startups.
Business
Amazon Onboards Adept: Amazon adds majority of Adept AI staff to boost agentic AI capabilities
Amazon hired most of the staff of agentic-AI specialist Adept AI in a move that echoes Microsoft’s absorption of Inflection in March.
Tech & Society
Building an AI Oasis: Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion bet to become a global AI powerhouse
Saudi Arabia plans to spend billions of dollars to become a global AI hub.
Tech & Society
Amazon Rethinks Cashier-Free Stores: Amazon scales back its AI-powered "Just Walk Out" checkout service
Amazon withdrew Just Walk Out, an AI-driven checkout service, from most of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores...
Business
AI Progress Report, Manufacturing: Manufacturers embrace AI despite talent and data challenges
Manufacturers are embracing AI even as they struggle to find the talent and data required.
Tech & Society
Benchmarks for Industry: Vals AI evaluates large language models on industry-specific tasks.
How well do large language models respond to professional-level queries in various industry domains? A new company aims to find out.
Tech & Society
GPT Store Shows Lax Moderation: A report exposes policy violations in OpenAI’s GPT Store.
OpenAI has been moderating its GPT Store with a very light touch. In a survey of the GPT Store’s offerings, TechCrunch found numerous examples of custom ChatGPT instances that appear to violate the store’s own policies.
Business
Instability at Stability AI: Stability AI CEO steps down as company faces financial and market challenges
The CEO of Stability AI resigned as the company faces an increasingly competitive market.
Tech & Society
Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.
European AI champion Mistral AI unveiled new large language models and formed an alliance with Microsoft.