Business
Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions
Big AI companies found creative ways to gain cutting-edge technology and talent without buying startups.
Business
Business
Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up
Fierce competition among model makers and cloud providers drove down the price of access to state-of-the-art models.
Machine Learning Research
Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month
OpenAI launched not only its highly anticipated o1 model but also an operating mode that enables the model to deliver higher performance — at a hefty price.
Business
Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video
Amazon introduced a range of models that confront competitors head-on.
Business
Agents Open the Wallet: Stripe builds ecommerce agent toolkit for AI to securely spend money
One of the world’s biggest payment processors is enabling large language models to spend real money.
Business
AI Power Couple Recommits: Amazon deepens Anthropic partnership with $4 billion investment
Amazon and Anthropic expanded their partnership, potentially strengthening Amazon Web Services’ AI infrastructure and lengthening the high-flying startup’s runway.
Machine Learning Research
Next-Gen Models Show Limited Gains: AI giants rethink model training strategy as scaling laws break down
Builders of large AI models have relied on the idea that bigger neural networks trained on more data and given more processing power would show steady improvements. Recent developments are challenging that idea.
Tech & Society
Big AI Pursues Military Contracts: Meta and Anthropic open doors for AI in U.S. defense and national security
Two top AI companies changed their stances on military and intelligence applications.
Tech & Society
Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports
Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.
Tech & Society
No Work for Coders: Could coding assistants take over software development?
AI coding assistants are brewing codebases that once were the sole province of human programmers. Will AI systems take over software development?
Tech & Society
Innovation Can’t Win: Bureaucracy chokes AI growth as lawmakers tighten grip
Politicians and pundits have conjured visions of doom to convince lawmakers to clamp down on AI. What if terrified legislators choke off innovation in AI?
Business
AI Bromance Turns Turbulent: Microsoft and OpenAI partnership faces strain as both seek less dependence
Once hailed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman as the “best bromance in tech,” the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI is facing challenges as both companies seek greater independence.