Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood
While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo would become an “AI-first company,” he suggested…
Month: August 2025
Publishers issue warning on AI-created books imitating sports autobiographies
The publishing industry has warned that books created by artificial intelligence – often imitating autobiographies – are a growing concern,…
Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to discover obesity medicines using AI
Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab has signed a deal worth $1.3 billion with privately held Superluminal Medicines to discover and develop…
Hedge funds shift bets to double down on Big Tech amid AI boom
Wall Street’s largest hedge funds, Bridgewater Associates, Tiger Global Management and Discovery Capital, increased their exposure to Big Tech in…
Powerful new AI models knock the wind out of European adopter stocks
A rout in shares of European companies embracing artificial intelligence deepened this week, as powerful new AI models raise questions…
NVIDIA Launches Compact Workstations with Blackwell
NVIDIA this week announced the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell GPUs in compact form factors. They…
Google AI email summaries can be hacked to hide phishing attacks
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days — in your phone, your car, even your washing machine. I saw one just the…
Anthropic has new rules for a more dangerous AI landscape
Anthropic has updated the usage policy for its Claude AI chatbot in response to growing concerns about safety. In addition…
Qatar Airways and Accenture team up to ‘revolutionise’ aviation with AI Skyways
Qatar Airways is aiming to become a world leader in deploying artificial intelligence to revolutionise aviation, through a new deal…
Toronto AI Unicorn Poaches Meta AI Boss Joelle Pineau
Toronto’s AI darling, Cohere, officially entered the elite startup ranks with a massive $500 million funding round that pushed it…
ACR issues draft of AI practice parameters, technical standards
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released a draft practice parameters document on AI in radiology and has opened…
NVIDIA aims to solve AI’s issues with many languages
While AI might feel ubiquitous, it primarily operates in a tiny fraction of the world’s 7,000 languages, leaving a huge…
Enterprises Confront the Real Price Tag of AI Deployment
The rush to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into enterprise operations is colliding with a complex and sometimes underestimated reality: Deploying…
Apple Bets on Tabletop Robot, Lifelike Siri to Regain AI Edge
Apple is preparing an AI comeback anchored by a tabletop robot, a lifelike reboot of Siri and a new smart…
EBay Unveils AI-Powered Seller Tools and Open Banking-Powered Financing
EBay unveiled more seller tools and an open banking-powered financing solution for sellers. The new tools for U.S. sellers include an…
Google Invests $9B to Power ‘America’s AI Leadership’ From Oklahoma
In addition, through Google’s AI for Education Accelerator, students at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University will gain…
Q2 Earnings Calls Show AI Driving Credit, Commerce and Customers
Beyond consumer spending trends and tariffs, earnings season also has shed light on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the…
AI Startup Create Raises $8.5 Million to Build App-Building AI Agent
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Create has raised $8.5 million to scale its flagship product, Anything, an AI coding agent that can produce mobile…
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative AI Service to Offer Google’s Gemini Models
Oracle customers will be able to access Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) models through the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service. The offering will results…
EDB AI Platform to Be Integrated with NVIDIA
EnterpriseDB announced it is integrating NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI software with EDB’s sovereign data and AI platform, EDB Postgres AI…