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Meta plans to introduce facial recognition feature in smart glasses
The new Name Tag feature would let users instantly identify passersby and get information about them through Meta's AI assistant. The project raises privacy concerns.
Cohere prepares for IPO with $240 million in revenue
Canadian startup Cohere recorded annual revenue of $240 million. Strong demand for enterprise AI is bringing the company closer to going public amid the race with OpenAI.
xAI loses staff: Elon Musk comments on departure of nine key engineers
Over the course of a week, nine engineers left xAI, including two co-founders. Musk says the departures were initiated by the company, not a loss of talent to competitors.
Anthropic's Super Bowl ad campaign pushed the Claude app into the top 10
Anthropic's ironic Super Bowl campaign and the release of the new Opus model helped Claude break into the top 10 most downloaded apps, becoming a real competitor to ChatGPT.
Talent crisis in the AI industry: why key staff are leaving OpenAI and xAI
The era of high expectations is giving way to burnout. Leading AI startups are losing founders and senior executives amid internal conflicts and abrupt shifts in development strategy.
OpenAI ends access to GPT-4o model over excessive sycophancy
OpenAI restricted access to a version of GPT-4o prone to sycophantic behavior. The decision was driven by lawsuits and concerns about users developing unhealthy attachments to AI.
Airbnb shifted a third of customer support to AI
Airbnb automated 30% of requests in the US and Canada. CEO Brian Chesky announced plans for an app that will "know" the user and plan trips on the user’s behalf.
Airbnb to turn accommodation search into a personalized AI assistant
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced a large-scale rollout of language models for search, user support, and software development optimization.
Mass Exodus: Why Key Employees Are Leaving OpenAI and xAI
The largest AI labs are facing a serious talent crisis. We explain why founders and leading engineers are leaving the industry's top companies in large numbers.
Anthropic raises $30 billion: company valuation jumps to $380 billion
Anthropic closed a Series G round, strengthening its position in the race against OpenAI. The company is now valued at $380 billion.
IBM to Triple Hiring of Young Professionals in the AI Era
IBM plans a major expansion of its US workforce by 2026. However, the responsibilities of new entry-level hires will change radically under the influence of AI.
Pinterest surpasses ChatGPT in search query volume as shares fall
Pinterest shares plunged after its financial report, but the company found a reason for optimism: it claims its search volume exceeds ChatGPT's.
Spotify's top developers have stopped writing code manually thanks to AI
Since December, Spotify's leading engineers have been using Claude Code and the internal Honk system for automation. This is radically changing the company's usual development process.
Modal Labs nears a $2.5 billion valuation as AI infrastructure gets more expensive
Startup Modal Labs is in talks over a new funding round. The company, which simplifies running AI models in the cloud, could be valued at $2.5 billion in a round led by General Catalyst.
xAI lays its cards on the table: from the Colossus supercomputer to interplanetary AI
Startup xAI published rare footage from an internal meeting where the team discussed Grok's future and ambitions to build intelligence for space exploration.
AI economics in orbit: why space data centers cost three times as much as ground-based ones
Placing computing capacity in space sounds appealing, but the $42.4 billion per gigawatt price tag makes the project practically unfeasible.
Dismissal at OpenAI: conflict over ethics and “adult mode”
Scandal at OpenAI: a top executive who opposed NSFW content was dismissed over discrimination allegations. She denies wrongdoing, citing professional disagreements.
OpenAI rolls out ads in ChatGPT to cover AI costs
OpenAI is beginning its path toward advertising monetization of ChatGPT, aiming to transform what is currently a loss-making project into a self-sustaining business.
Name of Discord: AI Giant Anthropic Faces Lawsuit in India
American AI giant Anthropic, valued at billions of dollars thanks to its Claude chatbot, faced an unexpected obstacle in one of the world's most promising markets.
Databricks CEO: AI won't kill SaaS, but will make it irrelevant
# AI Won't Kill SaaS, but Will Make It Irrelevant — And Here's Why That Makes Sense Cloud software won't disappear. But its reign is ending.
Remake of The Magnificent Ambersons with AI: compromise or mistake?
The idea of remaking the classic film "The Magnificent Ambersons" using artificial intelligence continues to spark heated discussions.
AI Takes Over Super Bowl: From Svedka to Anthropic
Super Bowl LVIII became not only a venue for sports battles but also a demonstration of artificial intelligence capabilities in advertising.
Meta showed teenagers the door: AI characters sent back for a retake
Meta shut the teenagers out the door: AI characters go back to study Mark Zuckerberg suddenly realized that unleashing a crowd of digital celebrity clones into one room with teenagers was an…
AMI Labs: Yann LeCun Finally Building the AI He's Been Arguing About for Years
Yann LeCun has long remained the loudest and most authoritative dissident in the world of large language models.
Nvidia buys loyalty: why Jensen Huang is pouring 2 billion into CoreWeave
When a company with enormous debt receives a check for two billion dollars, it usually smells like either desperation or brilliant calculation. With CoreWeave and Nvidia, we're witnessing the latter.
Cerebras Against All: Why Benchmark Allocated 225 Million to One Player
When everyone around is trying to simply buy more Nvidia chips, Benchmark Capital decides it's time to double down on those who want to replace these chips.
Claude breaks into Slack: Anthropic transforms chatbot into a full-fledged workspace
Remember the days when we were excited that a neural network could simply string words together into sentences? Those days seem infinitely distant.
Opus 4.6: AI agents ready to replace lawyers in courts
Remember how all practicing lawyers laughed at the first attempts by AI agents to draft legal lawsuits? Those days are rapidly fading into the past.
Claude and WordPress: Anthropic enters Google Analytics territory
For a long time, we've perceived chatbots as advanced typewriters. You ask for text — they produce it.
Super Bowl LX: neural networks instead of chips and the great Anthropic-OpenAI battle
The Super Bowl stopped being just the championship final of American football a long time ago. It's the main altar of American consumption, where for thirty seconds of airtime brands pay budgets…