us bans anthropic fable 5, but numbers tell a different story
the us government forced anthropic to pull its fable 5 and mythos 5 models over national security concerns, but the ban's impact on the company's metrics appears minimal.
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ambani pushes ai into calls, apps, and homes
reliance industries unveils ai assistant for phone calls, a smarter myjio app, and a home display to embed ai across its telecom network.
allbirds ceo launches ai infrastructure startup with no team
nadia carlsten takes helm of smartbird, an ai compute provider targeting data-sovereign enterprises, starting from scratch after allbirds sold its shoe business.
us claims asml euv tool may be in china, asml denies
us commerce secretary howard lutnick alleges asml's advanced euv lithography machine may have reached china, but asml says no such system exists there.
baseten raises $1.5b at $13b valuation
ai inference startup baseten is reportedly finalizing a $1.5 billion funding round at a $13 billion valuation, just five months after its last mega-round.
elastic buys deductiveai for up to $85m
elastic agrees to acquire ai debugging startup deductiveai for up to $85 million to enhance its observability platform.
openai hires shazeer and ball before ipo
openai adds ai pioneer noam shazeer and policy expert dean ball to its team as it prepares for a public offering.
snap spins off ai video team into dotmo
snap creates separate company dotmo to build interactive ai gaming models, citing high internal costs.
data centers get fast lane to grid
ferc orders grid operators to fast-track data center connections, addressing ai infrastructure delays.
amazon in talks to sell trainium ai chips
amazon web services is exploring selling its trainium ai chips directly to other companies, potentially challenging nvidia's dominance.
general intuition seeks $300m for ai agents that learn from gameplay
the new york startup uses medal's 2 billion yearly gameplay videos to train embodied ai agents in spatial-temporal reasoning, attracting big-name investors.
roelof botha joins spacex board after record ipo
former sequoia capital managing partner roelof botha has been appointed to spacex's board of directors, bringing public company and audit committee experience.
snap stock drops after pricey ar glasses launch
snap's stock fell over 5% after unveiling its $2,200 ar glasses, raising concerns about affordability for its teen user base.
anthropic joins frontier carbon removal group
anthropic becomes the first ai startup to join frontier, a carbon removal coalition, contributing to a new $915 million funding round.
g7 leaders fear us could cut off ai access
at the g7 summit, leaders voiced concerns that the us might revoke access to top american ai models, prompting calls for digital sovereignty and a trusted partners scheme.
google bets on gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
google's new $99.99 home speaker uses gemini ai for natural language control and two-way conversations, with premium features via subscription.
robot training data is the new ai bottleneck
xdof raises $70m to build data pipelines for physical ai, as labs outsource the dirty work of collecting robot training data.
deepl buys mixhalo for live translation
deepl acquires mixhalo to add real-time audio streaming and translation for live events, expanding its voice ai tools.