Apple Inc. has laid off approximately 100 employees from its Vision Products Group and 100 from its Siri and software groups, largely shutting down the Vision Pro gaming team and paring down immersive…
Sonos is preparing a major AI-powered upgrade to its Voice Control assistant and new hardware, including the Sonos Ace Ultra headphones and a successor to the Sonos Beam (Gen 2), according to FCC fili…
OpenAI's ChatGPT has introduced a plugin for macOS that can read, search, and send messages via Apple's Messages app, requiring Full Disk Access and access to contacts and automation tools. The plugin…
Apple's forthcoming AirPods with cameras, revealed in a leaked macOS Tahoe video, are designed for computer vision and AI interpretation rather than personal photography, according to MacRumors. The e…
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg are donating open protocols (MCP, A2A, AGENTS.md) and backing neutral foundations under the Linux Foundation, betting that the next…
Apple Inc. has laid off at least 60 employees from its Vision Products Group, according to AppleInsider, marking a significant reduction in its virtual reality development efforts. The layoffs follow …
Bloomberg reports that artificial intelligence is delivering the largest capital expenditure-driven boost to GDP in history, with investments from Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon projected to re…
Alphabet's robotaxi subsidiary Waymo has developed a custom chip for its self-driving taxis, reducing its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. The chip, manufactured by TSMC on a 5-nanometer process, delivers …
Anthropic plans to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO, according to a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources. The AI company, valued at $965 billion in May, aims to go public…
An anonymous AI model called Ox Alpha, listed on OpenRouter under the provider name 'stealth' on August 20, is offering free access with a 1,048,576-token context window and reported strengths in codi…
Anthropic is changing its data retention policy after enterprise pushback, allowing customers to store their data in their own cloud instead of on Anthropic's servers. The 30-day retention window rema…
OpenAI rolled out support on August 20 for controlling Apple Messages from ChatGPT on the Mac, allowing the assistant to read, search, summarize, draft and send texts, available in ChatGPT Work and Co…
OpenAI's ChatGPT Mac app now lets Work and Codex users on Apple Silicon Macs read, write, and send iMessage texts, a move that could escalate tensions with Apple, which is suing OpenAI for corporate e…
Anthropic PBC is privately hoping its upcoming initial public offering will match or surpass the $75 billion raised by SpaceX Corp. in June, which could reach $86.2 billion with overallotment, accordi…
Waymo on August 20 disclosed technical details of its sixth-generation autonomous driving system's compute module, featuring two custom ASICs that deliver more than 1,000 trillion calculations per sec…
OpenAI has launched an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT that lets users sort, analyze, edit, draft, and send messages directly from the chatbot, with the plugin also compatible with Codex and ChatGPT…
Waymo, the autonomous rideshare operator owned by Alphabet Inc., has begun building its own AI chips to better optimize sensor data, according to Bloomberg. The move aims to bring more of the company'…
Anthropic is preparing to publicly file IPO paperwork as early as the end of this month, aiming to match or surpass SpaceX's record-setting $75 billion June IPO, according to Bloomberg. The AI startup…
A new AI model costing about $5 and taking 15 minutes to train can identify where to build data centers by matching demand against existing unused grid capacity, according to a Fast Company article. B…
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute and co-founder of World Labs, criticized Silicon Valley tech leaders for adopting a 'God complex' in AI development, urging them to fo…