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Claude and other AI services help Americans file tax returns
Tax preparation in the US is becoming a new niche for AI: Claude and other tools are already helping users navigate forms, rules, and calcul

Generative AI tested in a US Supreme Court case: can it replace lawyers
A lawyer handling a case before the US Supreme Court tested generative AI on materials from his own case, and the experiment again raised th

White House presents AI regulation plan: Trump wants a single standard for the US
Donald Trump's administration has released a framework for a future federal AI law, proposing uniform rules for the US and triggering a new

Elon Musk's xAI sends engineers to client offices to take contracts from OpenAI
xAI has begun sending engineers directly to prospective corporate customers, hoping to take enterprise contracts from OpenAI and Anthropic t

Super Micro co-founder accused in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China
US authorities charged Super Micro's co-founder and two other defendants in a case over the illegal shipment of servers with Nvidia chips to

OpenAI to nearly double headcount by end of 2026 amid competition with Google and Anthropic
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce by the end of 2026 to keep pace in the race with Anthropic and Google and scale products, infras

Elon Musk launches Terafab in Austin: Tesla, xAI and SpaceX prepare a chip factory
Elon Musk has chosen Austin for Terafab, a future factory for in-house chips for robots, AI and space data centers that Tesla, xAI and Space

Upstage in talks with AMD to buy 10,000 AI accelerators in South Korea
South Korean startup Upstage is in talks with AMD to buy 10,000 of the latest AI accelerators to deploy large-scale compute capacity within

BlackRock's Larry Fink: AI boom will deepen inequality unless people start investing
Larry Fink says AI risks widening the income gap even further: large companies and investors will capture most of the gains unless access to

Kandou AI raises $225 million from SoftBank and Synopsys amid the AI chip race
Kandou AI, led by a former Goldman Sachs executive, has raised $225 million from SoftBank, Synopsys, and Maverick Silicon — another sign of

Silicon Valley and Trump administration to test their alliance at AI summit in Washington
The Washington summit should demonstrate the alliance between tech giants and the Trump administration, but the conversation about US AI lea

Meta hires Dreamer founders, former Google and Stripe executives, to develop AI agents
Meta hired founders and employees of Dreamer — a young startup founded by former Google and Stripe executives that helped users create their

Elon Musk prepares his own chip factory: Tesla and SpaceX launch TeraFab project
Elon Musk wants Tesla and SpaceX to produce chips themselves for robots, AI, and orbital data centers, while Nscale in Europe has grown to a

Women use AI less at work — and it's not because they don't understand the technology
Bloomberg examined the gender gap in AI adoption and discovered: many women deliberately avoid AI tools, fearing loss of professional status

Qualcomm Finds First Major Customer for AI Chips, Enters Data Center Market
Qualcomm announced it will begin shipping a custom AI chip to a major hyperscaler in 2026, doubling down on the data center market beyond it

Brad Lightcap from OpenAI: Memory Shortage and Energy Crisis Threaten AI Infrastructure
OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer warned that HBM chip shortages and limited US power capacity are becoming real barriers to scaling AI infra

DeepSeek Pivots to Agentic AI: New Job Openings Signal Strategy Shift
Chinese startup DeepSeek has begun recruiting specialists in agentic AI, a clear signal that the company is positioning itself to focus on s

Figure AI Founder Launches Hark — AI-Device Startup with Product Family
New AI-device startup Hark from Figure AI founder Brett Adcock targets the AI-device market and from the start bets not on a single gadget,

Norwegian Wealth Fund Saved Billions on AI, But Won't Lay Off Staff
Norway's $2.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund said AI already saves it billions of kroner in trading and investments, but these savings will

Halter raised $220M for global expansion of smart collars for cattle
New Zealand-based Halter secured $220M to expand its smart collars for cattle to more farms and ranches worldwide, transforming niche agrite

Microsoft leases Texas data center previously prepared for Oracle and OpenAI
Microsoft has agreed to lease a data center in Texas that was originally built for Oracle and OpenAI — a new signal that competition for AI

OpenAI wants to direct $1 billion through its nonprofit wing to AI projects in 2026
OpenAI wants to direct $1 billion through its nonprofit wing to AI initiatives in 2026 — a sharp increase in philanthropy following a recent

Microsoft States It's Building Its Own Safeguards for AI, Brad Smith Says
Microsoft President Brad Smith said at CERA Week in Houston that the company is building its own safeguards for AI and betting on internal s

Palantir CTO Names Iran War First Major Conflict With Central Role of AI
Palantir's Chief Technology Officer believes the Iran war is the first major conflict where artificial intelligence became not a supplementa

OpenAI Close to Attracting $10B from MGX, Coatue and Thrive in New Round
OpenAI is preparing a deal worth approximately $10B with MGX, Coatue and Thrive; if the round closes, the total amount raised by the company

OpenAI Closes Sora Six Months After Launch, Ends Disney Partnership
OpenAI is shutting down the Sora video service just six months after launching the standalone application, while simultaneously terminating

US Court Questions Ban on Anthropic AI Use by Federal Agencies
An American court challenged the US government's ban on federal agencies using Anthropic's AI tools, while the company warns of potential bi

SK Hynix Prepares US Listing to Boost Memory Output for AI Market
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has filed a confidential application for ADR listing in the US, aiming to raise capital for expanding HBM an

China bans Manus co-founders from leaving country amid Meta startup deal
Chinese authorities have banned two Manus co-founders from leaving the country while investigating whether the sale of the AI startup to Met

Kuaishou Boosts Revenue amid Generative AI Monetization and Kling Platform Growth
Kuaishou reported 12% quarterly revenue growth: generative AI, advertising tools, and the Kling platform began making notable contributions