… It is on track to become one of the most funded AI startups in the country, with reports suggesting a funding round of $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation is in the works. …
Google's Android Update Pushes Smartphones Into the AI-First Era Gemini will now have more control over your apps and tasks. …
… While I understand that AI would naturally blur some boundaries, that shouldn’t change the fundamental role of each product, and currently, it appears that Google is pushing both Search and Gemini in the same direction, with the same end goal. …
In a letter addressed to Google’s managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives for DeepMind employees. “Fundamentally, the push for unionization is about holding Go… …
… Just a few days after the White House event, three Democratic senators sent letters to a number of AI companies and data center developers, including xAI, OpenAI, and Meta, expressing concern about specific large-scale data center projects and their potential impact on the environment and the clima… …
… She called them “backroom deals,” pointing out that among those helping to make the decision on how the money was distributed was Dario Gil, a 22-year IBM veteran who now is undersecretary for science at the DOE. “I do not question the legitimacy of any of these companies or our government’s need t…
… That said, something real is changing. Two founders with today’s AI tools can make more progress in two months with one round of funding than they could a year ago with ten people, two rounds, and a full year of work. …
… More concretely, Leo called for an end to the AI arms race — the push to build “ever more powerful algorithms and larger datasets” that companies and countries believe will “secure geopolitical or commercial dominance.” “To disarm means discrediting the assumption that technical power automatically… …
… The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to roughly $100 million and will finance WeRoad’s push into the U.S., beginning with Austin. …
I spend most of my days testing AI tools and trying to push them to their limits. …
