Alibaba Announces Major Upgrade of AI App for Consumers
The Qwen AI app, which went through a makeover in November, is now the centerpiece of Alibaba’s AI strategy for consumers.
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OpenAI Hires Three AI Researchers From Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab
It's a coup for OpenAI after the three men departed more than a year ago to help establish a younger rival.
OpenAI Signs $10 Billion Compute Deal With Chipmaker Cerebras
OpenAI commits to spend 750 megawatts of computing power from Cerebras
Oracle Faces Lawsuit Over $18 Billion Bond Offering
A $4 billion segment of the offering is trading at 95.75 cents on the dollar, according to FINRA data.
Gemini Can Now Use Information From Users’ Other Google Apps
The new feature leans into Google’s biggest advantage over rivals like OpenAI: the wide range of data Google has from other areas of users’ lives.
Airbnb Hires Former Meta AI Leader as CTO
Airbnb hopes Al-Dahle can help the company use AI to overhaul its operations.
China’s Zhipu Launches AI Model Trained Entirely With Huawei Chips
The move aligns with Beijing’s effort to promote domestic chips and reduce the country’s dependence on Nvidia.
Beijing Restricts Nvidia’s H200 Purchase, Banning the Chips From Entering China
The Chinese government has told companies not to buy Nvidia’s chips unless necessary, banning the chips from entering the country
Chinese AI Video Generator Kling Hits $240 Million Annual Run Rate
Shares of Kling’s owner, Kuaishou, rose on the news of growing revenue.
DeepSeek Proposes Technique to Increase Efficiency in New Paper
The paper was released when the Chinese AI developer is nearing the launch of its next-generation AI model.
U.K. Prime Minister Backs Investigation into Elon Musk’s X Over Grok AI Images
The probe is prompted by concerns that X is allowing users to create non-consensual sexualized images with the Grok AI tool.
Anthropic Moves Chief Product Officer Krieger to Labs Group
The company credited the Labs group with Claude Code, its virtual assistant Cowork and other new products.
Amazon Backs Away From Tariff Concessions to Vendors
The impact of Trump’s tariffs were not as bad as feared
Penske Media Sues Google, Alleging Illegal Manipulation of Ad Market
In the past two years, Google lost a pair of monopoly suits brought by the Justice Department, and companies have started to sue Google based on the monopoly findings.
Slack Gives Its Digital Assistant an AI Upgrade
While the Slack digital assistant has long handled basic tasks like helping new users get started on the service, Salesforce has much bigger aspirations for it.
Meta Considers Doubling Ray-Ban Glasses Production
The company is scaling back its hardware efforts as it goes big on smart glasses.
Microsoft Pledges to Pay Higher Electricity Rates for Data Centers, Curb Costs for Households
The announcement comes amid growing political opposition to new data centers.
TSMC to Significantly Expand Chipmaking Investments in the U.S.
The investments are part of trade negotiations between the U.S. and Taiwan
House Passes Bill to Limit China’s Remote Access to U.S. Chips
The bill could close the loophole in existing export controls where Chinese companies can access advanced chips via overseas data centers.
Trump Signals White House Working With Microsoft, Others on Electricity Costs
He said Americans should not “pick up the tab” for the electricity consumed by data centers.
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