China releases AI action plan days after the U.S. as global tech race heats up
SHANGHAI — The tech race between the world’s two largest economies just intensified. China on Saturday released a global action…
White House AI plan could help boost transparency, oversight
What’s the news: The White House this week unveiled its action plan on AI, identifying more than 90 recommended policy…
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI referrals to websites still have a way to go to catch up to the traffic that Google Search provides,…
A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025
It’s been a tumultuous year for the U.S. semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry plays a sizable role in the “AI…
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal
AI-powered coding tools have become so popular over the past few months that almost every major tech company is either…
Anthropic deploys AI agents to audit models for safety
Anthropic has built an army of autonomous AI agents with a singular mission: to audit powerful models like Claude to…
Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is making progress on his plan for the company to shed its inefficiencies. And that includes…
Alibaba’s new Qwen reasoning AI model sets open-source records
The Qwen team from Alibaba have just released a new version of their open-source reasoning AI model with some impressive…
Mark Zuckerberg names ex-OpenAI employee chief scientist of new Meta AI lab
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said Shengjia Zhao, the co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist…
Google tops expectations with $96.4bn in revenue after AI fuels second quarter
Google exceeded Wall Street expectations for the quarter ending in June after closing out a few months of AI-related momentum.…
Alphabet jumps as AI-driven spending fuels cloud revenue surge
Alphabet shares (GOOGL.O), opens new tab rose more than 3% in early trading on Thursday as the Google parent’s earnings…
Amazon Moves Into AI Wearables With Bee Deal
Amazon is reportedly acquiring Bee, a company that makes an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bracelet that transcribes the user’s conversations, makes…
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company launches with $15m seed round
The Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC), a new firm that combines audits, standards, and insurance to enable enterprises to confidently…
Microsoft Research Asia Launches Singapore Lab to Drive AI Innovation, Industrial Transformation, and Talent Development
Microsoft today announced the launch of Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore, its first lab in Southeast Asia, aimed at driving…
Why Apple is ripe for an AI acquisition to improve Siri
With tech vendors clamoring to prove themselves as the next possible winner in the AI race, Apple’s underwhelming response in…
Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page
We’re launching Web Guide, a Search Labs experiment that uses AI to intelligently organize the search results page, making it…
AI is designing proteins that could help treat cancer
Using AI, scientists have built a “GPS” for cancer-fighting immune cells. It’s a molecular navigation system that helped the cells…
Model ML is helping financial firms rebuild with AI from the ground up
Our Executive Function series features perspectives from leaders on the frontier of AI adoption. Model ML is building AI infrastructure…
Walmart bets on AI super agents to boost e-commerce growth
Walmart (WMT.N), opens new tab unveiled plans on Thursday to roll out a suite of AI-powered “super agents” designed to…
Samsung backs a video AI startup that can analyze thousands of hours of footage
Many AI tools can look at a video today and summarize what is going on, but things become a bit…