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While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
The AI arms race between China and the US has researchers on both sides worried about a “Chernobyl moment.”
The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.
Figma's update adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plug-ins for various tasks using AI.
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.
Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI's inference systems.
At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.
Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being pushed to its limits as people turn to fans and air-conditioning to try to stay cool. Some power plants won’t be online to help handle the load. On June 23, France saw its hottest day since record-keeping began in 1947.…
AI is booming. New use cases are emerging each day. To capitalize on the technology’s potential, enterprises require data at scale. In many cases, though, the relevant information is blocked or unstructured, which limits its use by AI models.  To understand this challenge, consider the foundation of the web itself. The web was not designed…
The common cold comes for us all—often more than once a year. And there is no way to prevent it. The best you can do is take vitamin C and stay away from people with the sniffles. Now, the payment company Stripe, founded by brothers Patrick and John Collison, says it will fund a new…
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Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.
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Anthropic launched a beta version of its Claude Tag feature for Enterprise and Team tiers, shifting its chat model into shared Slack channels. Moving away from traditional isolated chat boxes, users pull the artificial intelligence model into active group threads by typing @Claude.  The integration allows any team member in the channel to delegate a task, review […] The post Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack appeared first on AI News.
When I was 18, I skipped my high school graduation and headed to Kuwait. It was 1991, the first Gulf War had just ended, and the country was in complete chaos. There was little to no electricity, aside from generator power. Rubble and unexploded ordnance were everywhere. Massive oil fires lit up the desert and…
As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Japan.  Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New Mexico–based company Sceye, will park some 18 kilometers above the ocean’s surface, in a wispy-thin…
Samsung Electronics is expanding employee access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, giving staff wider use of AI tools for technical and non-technical work. According to OpenAI, the deployment covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all Device eXperience employees worldwide. The DX division includes smartphones, consumer electronics, and home appliances. Samsung plans to use […] The post Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions appeared first on A
The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
