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Tesla disclosed a $2 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI, revealed in its shareholder letter on Wednesday, despite a prior shareholder rejection. The move aligns with Master Plan Part IV through a framework agreement for AI collaborations between the companies.
Three weeks prior, xAI announced it raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. xAI develops the Grok chatbot and owns Musk’s...
Mark Zuckerberg outlined Meta’s ambitions for AI smart glasses during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Meta has shifted Reality Labs investments from the metaverse to AI wearables and its own AI models, with glasses sales tripling in the past year.
Zuckerberg drew a parallel between the current stage of AI glasses and the emergence of smartphones. He stated, “Billions of people...
Microsoft reported a $7.6 billion increase in net income from its investment in OpenAI during its latest quarterly earnings released on Wednesday.
The software company has invested more than $13 billion in the AI lab. OpenAI reportedly operates under a 20% revenue-share agreement with Microsoft, although neither entity has publicly confirmed this arrangement. OpenAI currently seeks additional...
The Trump administration’s Department of Energy altered nuclear safety oversight for reactors on its properties, eliminating about one-third of the rulebook and revising other sections, according to an NPR report.
Nuclear startups raised more than $1 billion over the last several months. Data centers’ substantial electricity demand served as one driving force behind this funding surge.
The...
Mark Zuckerberg announced on an investor call that Meta users will encounter new AI models and products within months, following the company’s 2025 rebuild of its AI program foundations through a restructured AI lab.
Zuckerberg stated, “In 2025, we rebuilt the foundations of our AI program,” directly referencing the recent restructuring of Meta’s AI lab. This effort positions the company to...
Deezer announced on Thursday that it will offer its AI detection tool, launched last year, to other streaming platforms to combat AI-generated music, fraudulent streams, and promote industry transparency.
The tool automatically identifies and tags fully AI-generated music tracks, preventing their appearance in algorithmic and editorial recommendations on Deezer’s platform. This measure ensures...
Researchers in Melbourne have developed an artificial intelligence-driven method to create synthetic protein inhibitors for CRISPR gene-editing systems. This AI-accelerated approach achieved results in 8 weeks that traditionally would require years of discovery research.
The study, published on January 26 in Nature Chemical Biology, details the design of AIcrs, which are AI-designed anti-CRISPRs...
Google has begun rolling out two upgrades to Search. Starting today, Gemini 3 serves as the default model powering AI Overviews for all users globally, while mobile users gain direct access to AI Mode conversations from AI Overviews.
Google introduced its new family of AI systems last November. At that time, the company deployed Gemini 3 in AI Overviews using a router programmed to direct the...
Yahao announced Yahoo Scout, an AI-powered answer engine for its search, now available in beta and powered by Anthropic’s Claude model. It synthesizes information from the web, Yahoo’s own data, and content to respond to natural-language search queries.
The Scout interface incorporates interactive digital media, structured lists and tables, and visible source links to facilitate verification of...
WhatsApp is launching Strict Account Settings, an extreme protection feature for users targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks, such as journalists and public figures. Accessible via app settings, it activates lockdown measures to enhance security.
WhatsApp maintains default end-to-end encryption for all personal messages and calls, ensuring private conversations on devices mirror in-person...