Inside AI Industry News

SoftBank is reportedly establishing a new robotics company focused on constructing the physical infrastructure required for artificial intelligence.

Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by Bret Taylor, has announced its acquisition of the YC-backed French startup Fragment.

Court documents from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI reveal messages from Shivon Zilis, detailing her role as an intermediary between the two parties.

The rivalry between legal AI startups Legora and Harvey intensifies as Legora achieves a $5.6 billion valuation, with both firms raising huge sums.

Runway's CEO sees current AI video generation as a precursor to building general world models, which can simulate and understand complex systems.

Google Cloud's quarterly revenue has surpassed $20 billion for the first time, driven by intense demand for AI services that outstripped its capacity.

Bloomberg is integrating large language models into its iconic terminal, aiming to enhance the platform for financial professionals without disruption.

Amazon Web Services has announced it will offer OpenAI models on its cloud platform, including a new agent service, just one day after Microsoft ended its exclusive rights.

A 13-acre property in Mill Valley, California, is being offered for sale with an unusual condition: the seller is seeking equity in AI firm Anthropic.

Anthropic has conducted an experiment creating a classified marketplace where AI agents, acting as both buyers and sellers, completed real transactions.

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany's Aleph Alpha, backed by the Schwarz Group, to create a sovereign AI alternative to US tech giants.

Era has raised $11 million in a new funding round to develop a software platform for a new generation of artificial intelligence hardware devices.

Google has launched new, faster, and more cost effective Tensor Processing Units, yet continues to offer Nvidia hardware within its cloud services.

Google is integrating Gemini-powered AI capabilities into its Chrome browser for enterprise clients, enabling automation of workplace tasks like research.

Google has launched its Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a new tool specifically designed for IT departments and other technical enterprise users.

Google has integrated a new AI system, Workspace Intelligence, into its productivity suite, introducing a range of new automated functions for users.

Experts are increasingly concerned by the sophisticated social skills of AI models, which could pose a significant threat beyond their technical cyber capabilities.

A North Korean hacking group has reportedly used AI tools to steal as much as $12 million in just three months, raising concerns about AI's role in cybercrime.

Mozilla used Anthropic's Mythos to identify and resolve 271 bugs in Firefox, signalling a cautious approach to AI in cybersecurity.

OpenAI's latest image-generation model, ChatGPT Images 2.0, demonstrates significant advancements in AI's ability to generate text within images.

Artificial intelligence has become deeply embedded at MIT, influencing diverse fields. Is this organic growth or a deliberate institutional strategy?

Researchers have developed an analog computing method that utilises waste heat from electronic devices for data processing, moving away from electricity.

New evidence suggests that some early life forms evolved the ability to utilise oxygen hundreds of millions of years before the Great Oxidation Event.