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Palantir and Thales Compete for FAA AI Tool for Air Traffic Management
FAA has engaged Palantir, Thales and Air Space Intelligence in a competition for a new AI tool designed to better manage air traffic and red

OpenAI loses two executives: curator of scientific initiatives and Sora head depart
Two leaders are departing OpenAI: the curator of scientific initiatives and head of Sora — marking a new phase in personnel changes as the c

China: Washington's export bills could disrupt chip supplies
Beijing criticized semiconductor export restrictions being advanced in the U.S. Congress, warning of risks to global trade and stability of

Intel shares hit new record after strong forecast amid AI boom
Intel shares reached a historic high following a revenue forecast that exceeded expectations: the market saw the first clear signs that the

Manitoba prepares strict ban on social media and AI chatbots for minors
Canadian Manitoba authorities want to block children and teenagers from accessing social media and AI chatbots, shifting the conversation ab

Beauty Brands Accelerate AI Adoption: From Virtual Selection to Formula Development
Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into the beauty industry: it helps customers select products while enabling companies to

Rio Tinto and the copper race: how the AI boom forces the US to urgently scale mining
Growing data centers and power grid demand turn copper into a strategic resource: the US is trying to launch new mines, but faces import dep

DeepSeek Slashes Prices on New AI Flagship, Intensifying Price War in China
DeepSeek launches aggressively cheap pricing for its new flagship AI, intensifying the price war in China and pressuring competitors struggl

Emma Grede of Good American: AI Is Changing Business, But Jeans Design Stays With People
Emma Grede, head of Good American, says artificial intelligence is already restructuring how her companies operate, but she's keeping creati

German Sereact Raises $110M for AI Helping Robots Predict Consequences
German startup Sereact has secured $110M to develop an AI model for robots that helps machines better understand tasks, adapt to them, and a

Meta plans to power AI data centers with energy transmitted from space
Meta has reserved up to 1 GW of orbital solar energy from Overview Energy and expects to continuously power its AI data centers in the US st

Qualcomm shares rise on reports of possible OpenAI smartphone collaboration
Qualcomm shares rose following reports of possible collaboration with OpenAI on a smartphone, and the market saw this as a bet on a new phas

China blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus ahead of US-China summit
Chinese authorities blocked Meta's deal to acquire AI startup Manus for $2 billion, heightening risks for China's AI market and adding tensi

China blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus
Chinese authorities halted Meta's planned acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI developer, for $2 billion, citing concerns that the sale would

Microsoft and OpenAI cancel exclusivity: ChatGPT developer can now sell through rival clouds
Microsoft and OpenAI revisit a key agreement: ChatGPT developer will be able to sell its models not only through the partner, but also throu

The Musk-Altman Trial May Determine OpenAI's Future Corporate Structure
Jury selection began on April 27 in Oakland in Elon Musk's case against Sam Altman: the dispute over OpenAI's nonprofit mission and corporat

OpenAI and Microsoft End Mutual Exclusivity on Models, Opening Path to New Deals
OpenAI and Microsoft have abandoned mutual exclusivity on models, China blocked Meta's Manus acquisition, and the dispute over OpenAI's miss

Nvidia-linked data center seeks $4.54B in high-yield bond market
A structure affiliated with Tract Capital and Nvidia's future tenant seeks $4.54B in high-yield bonds to complete a 200-megawatt AI data cen

Nvidia Finds Itself in Awkward Position Over SpaceX's $60 Billion Cursor Deal
The SpaceX-Cursor deal puts Nvidia in a conflicted position: as an investor in the startup, it has also made it a critical tool for thousand

DeepSeek, Qwen, and Moonshot intensify pressure on Silicon Valley with affordable models
Chinese models DeepSeek, Qwen, and Moonshot have nearly matched US leaders in quality, but cost less, offer more flexible customization, and

Elon Musk and Sam Altman Head to Court: Case Could Reshape OpenAI's Structure
Proceedings between Elon Musk and Sam Altman begin in Oakland: the court must decide whether OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission for grow

China blocked Meta's purchase of Manus for $2 billion and cooled the AI market
Beijing blocked Meta's deal to acquire Chinese AI startup Manus for $2 billion, intensifying industry concerns and showing that major AI acq

METR Explains How AI Approaches Autonomous Execution of Complex Tasks for Nearly 12 Hours
On Bloomberg Tech, METR representatives explained how AI autonomy is measured and why the nearly 12-hour metric for Claude Opus 4.6 matters

Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity: OpenAI can now sell AI through AWS and other clouds
Microsoft and OpenAI rewrote key partnership terms: Azure remains the primary cloud, but OpenAI can now sell its models and services through

Qualcomm and OpenAI may jointly develop an AI-powered smartphone
Qualcomm's stock rose following an analyst's assessment of a potential joint smartphone development with OpenAI — the market saw an opportun

Sequoia and Nvidia value ex-DeepMind researcher's startup at $5.1 billion
A new AI startup by a former Google DeepMind researcher has raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation, with Sequoia and Nvidia among t

Google Employees Call on Sundar Pichai to Reject Secret Military AI Projects
Hundreds of AI researchers at Google signed a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding that the company's models not be used for classified tasks a

European Commission demands Google open Android for competing AI services
The European Commission presented measures that should give ChatGPT, Claude and other AI services access to Android features currently deepl

China Demands Meta Cancel Manus Acquisition, Intensifies Pressure on Global AI Deals
Beijing is seeking to reverse Meta's already-closed acquisition of AI startup Manus for $2 billion, demonstrating its willingness to interve

Why DeepSeek is Delaying V4 Release: Forced Transition to Chinese Chips
The main intrigue of China's AI market revealed: the delay in the anticipated DeepSeek V4 model release is driven by a large-scale migration