Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready told investors on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that the social app and inspirational bookmarking site could be…
Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed
Google announced on Friday that it’s giving Google Finance, its tool that provides financial information and business news, an AI update. Users will…
Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms
Meta has acquired AI voice startup WaveForms for an undisclosed sum, The Information reports. It’s the company’s latest buy to strengthen…
Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving
Tesla is breaking up the team behind its Dojo supercomputer, ending the automaker’s play at developing in-house chips for driverless technology,…
Suvianna Grecu, AI for Change: Without rules, AI risks ‘trust crisis’
The world is in a race to deploy AI, but a leading voice in technology ethics warns prioritising speed over…
Cloudera Acquires Taikun for Managing Kubernetes and Cloud
AI and data platform company Cloudera announced its acquisition of Taikun, a leading platform provider for managing Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure across hybrid…
Nigeria AI Scaling Hub Charts Strategic Roadmap for National AI Integration
The event, which included the Gates Foundation as a core partner, aimed to create a strategic roadmap for integrating artificial…
OpenAI releases long-awaited GPT-5 AI chatbot upgrade
GPT-5, the long-awaited upgrade to the ChatGPT AI chatbot, has been released by its maker OpenAI. It has been one…
How sports journalists are using AI, while preserving accuracy and storytelling
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Sports journalists are embracing the efficiency of artificial intelligence while maintaining accuracy and the human elements that…
Blaize Introduces AI Platform to Power Multi-Modal Intelligence at the Edge
Blaize Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BZAI, NASDAQ: BZAIW) (“Blaize”), a leader in programmable, energy-efficient edge AI computing, today unveiled the Blaize AI…
The Algorithm Will Bill You Now: AI Creeps Into Travel Charges
With summer in full swing, travelers must beware that artificial intelligence (AI) systems could spot mishaps and misbehaviors that might…
Musk Embedding Ads Into X’s Chatbot
Elon Musk will reportedly let companies promote their brands within X’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Aug. 7),…
Shopify’s Universal Cart Makes AI the New Storefront
Shopify has launched three tools to make it easier for developers to embed the eCommerce functionality to whatever they are building,…
DraftKings Ups Monetization With Mobile-First Personalization
In a perfect world, profitability and innovation go hand-in-hand. For DraftKings, which is currently live in 25 U.S. states and Washington,…
Peloton Pivots to ‘Healthspan’ Strategy of Holistic Wellness
Peloton is repositioning itself as a holistic wellness brand, expanding beyond its origins in connected fitness as part of a broader…
Vectra AI Introduces MCP Server for Threat Investigations via AI Assistants
Cybersecurity AI company Vectra AI today announced Vectra AI MCP Server, designed to bring natural language access to the Vectra…
Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher…
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an…
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic
Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google…
Microsoft brings OpenAI’s smallest open model to Windows users
Microsoft is making OpenAI’s new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, available to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, the tech…