OpenAI puts a 20% compute cost on its new AI safety monitoring
OpenAI has put figures and detail on the slowdown it signalled this week. It paused some frontier training for two weeks, it said. It is also running a new monitoring system for t…
A watchdog says Meta pays influencers to fight teen bans worldwide
Meta is running a global campaign to push back against laws that would ban teenagers from social media, according to a new investigation by the Tech Transparency Project. The effo…
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China lands a rocket booster on the ground for the first time
The Chinese startup LandSpace recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday. It is one of only a handful of private companies to land an orbital-class booster. Reu…
TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
Nebius is raising $4.5bn in convertible bonds to build AI data centres
Nebius Group said on Wednesday that it plans to raise $4.5 billion by selling convertible bonds. It will use the money to build data centres for artificial intelligence. The Amste…
Rivian spinout Also raises another $150 million
The round, led by Prysm Capital, will fund the company's expansion beyond pedal-assist electric bikes and commercial cargo quads to autonomous delivery vehicles.
Temporal is in talks to raise $500mn at a $12bn valuation, double February
Temporal Technologies is in talks to raise around $500 million, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The round would value the software startup at $12 billion or more before the new mon…
The $2.1 Billion “worst idea ever”: How Gamma built a profitable empire with 50 people
Grant Lee still remembers the investor’s verdict. “Yeah, so the investor said it was the worst idea he had ever heard”. The call came in 2020, when Grant Lee and co-founders Jon N…
Anthropic says Claude designed working protein binders, and beat human experts on some
Anthropic says its Claude models designed working protein binders and ran a chemical-analysis job in minutes. It published the two experiments on Tuesday. The company reported the…
Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment
The investment comes amid Navi plans to go public.
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required
Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.
Amazon’s Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 U.S. cities
Amazon is significantly expanding its Prime Air drone delivery service, with plans to reach nearly 500 U.S. cities by the end of 2026.
Rillet raises $100mn at a $1bn valuation to put AI agents inside the general ledger
Rillet, a startup that rebuilds corporate accounting around AI, has raised $100mn at a $1bn valuation, making it the latest AI unicorn. ICONIQ led the Series C, the company told F…
Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon owns a piece of the buyer
Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon quietly owns a slice of the company that will run them. The Swedish electric-trucking firm said on Tuesday it will deploy the 500 ele…
Most Americans under 30 are now more worried than excited about AI
Pew found that 55% of Americans under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI, the first majority since it began asking in 2021, with 73% expecting fewer jobs. A European …
Anthropic’s revenue passed OpenAI’s for the first time last quarter
OpenAI grew more slowly than Anthropic last quarter, and for the first time its rival’s sales came in higher. OpenAI told investors its revenue rose 18 percent from the first quar…
India’s Murf AI launches Falcon 2 to challenge voice AI leaders
Bangalore-based Murf AI is releasing its Falcon 2 voice model on 20 August at $0.01 per generated minute, a fifth of what ElevenLabs charges. The company says it scores above some…
63% of Europe’s new data centre capacity is now going somewhere other than the big five
Europe’s data centre capacity will reach 13 gigawatts by the end of 2026, a fifth more than last year, and most of the new supply is no longer landing where the industry has alway…
Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie
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Amazon’s drone fleet is expanding sixfold in America and capped at 100 deliveries a day in England
Amazon says it will offer drone delivery in nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, six times its current footprint. Its only British site, in Darlington, is under an A…
Anthropic’s AI watermark has already spawned tools to remove it
Anthropic’s push to label AI-written text has produced an immediate counter-move. Developers have started building tools to strip those labels off, according to Business Insider. …
Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why.
Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible.