24 Companies Join US Genesis Mission to Harness AI for Science
Twenty-four organizations have either expressed interest in or are already participating in projects related to the Genesis Mission, a national…
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT App Store
OpenAI opened its ChatGPT App Directory on Wednesday (Dec. 17), which is a marketplace of third-party applications that run directly…
OpenAI Targets $750 Billion Valuation in Next Funding Round
OpenAI reportedly aims to raise as much as $100 billion at a valuation of about $750 billion. The artificial intelligence…
Visa Prepares Merchants for AI at the Checkout
Visa is on track to offer artificial intelligence-enabled commerce to consumers within months and expects that millions of consumers will…
Meta AI Chief’s Startup Seeks $3 Billion Valuation Before Launch
Meta’s chief AI scientist is reportedly in early talks to raise $585 million for his new startup. That’s according to…
OpenAI Has Sold 700K ChatGPT Licenses to American Colleges
OpenAI has reportedly made deep inroads with American colleges. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has sold more than 700,000 licenses…
48% of Goods Producers Turn to AI to Lift Output
Artificial intelligence is changing jobs faster than companies can reorganize them, and a new set of data shows that the…
Shopify and Contentsquare Team on AI-Driven Customer Behavior Analysis
Digital analytics platform Contentsquare has launched a new partnership with Shopify. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 17), is designed to…
Amazon Reorganization Combines AI, Silicon and Quantum Computing
Amazon has formed a new organization that will bring together its artificial intelligence (AI) models, silicon development and quantum computing.…
DoorDash Debuts Zesty, an AI Social App for Restaurant Discovery
DoorDash rolled out Zesty, an AI-powered mobile app designed not for ordering food but for discovering where to eat next,…
DoorDash Integrates App With OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Facilitate Grocery Shopping
A growing number of consumers will be able to shop for groceries in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, check out on DoorDash, and…
Google, Amazon and Meta Embed AI Into Core Products
Big Tech’s artificial intelligence (AI) push is accelerating on multiple fronts, from productivity agents embedded in everyday software to deeper…
Sequence Raises $20 Million for AI-Powered Billing Automation
Revenue platform Sequence has secured $20 million in new funding. The company says its Series A round, announced Tuesday (Dec.…
Visa and Akamai Collaborate to Solve Identity Challenges in Agentic Commerce
Visa and cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai Technologies are collaborating to strengthen the trust layer in agentic commerce. This…
Amazon Eyes $10 Billion Investment and Chip Deal in OpenAI
Amazon is reportedly in discussions to invest around $10 billion in OpenAI. That investment could value the artificial intelligence startup…
Meta’s new SAM 3 Model now powers AI video effects inside Edits app
Key Highlights: If you are someone who posts a lot of Reels on Instagram, then you probably know about the…
Amazon to reshuffles AI leadership, puts Peter DeSantis in charge of AGI
Key Highlights: There’s a big leadership shakeup about to happen inside Amazon’s artificial intelligence team. Yesterday, the company’s CEO, Andy…
More Than Half of Telecoms Run AI Agents in Production, Google Cloud Finds
While many sectors use AI mainly for back-office tasks, telecommunications involve live infrastructure where problems can escalate quickly and manual…
OpenAI Hires Former UK Treasury Chief to Lead ‘OpenAI for Countries’ Initiative
OpenAI has hired former U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne to lead the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s work with governments. Osborne…
Databricks Targets $134 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
Data analytics/artificial intelligence (AI) firm Databricks is reportedly raising $4 billion in a new funding round. This Series L round…