Perplexity Ends Ads Experiment
The pullback comes as ChatGPT’s ads launch has become a talking point for competitors
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Saudi Arabia’s Humain Says it Invested $3 Billion in xAI Before SpaceX Merger
It’s unclear why Humain waited until now to reveal its participation in the round, which xAI has previously said raised a total of $20 billion.
OpenAI Pays 20% of Total Revenue to Microsoft Until 2032
The payouts will be more heavily weighted toward the years leading up to 2032
Anthropic Projects Rising Payouts to Cloud Providers: Financial Disclosures
Anthropic shares about 50% of its gross profits with Amazon for any sales Amazon makes
Atlassian Freezes Hiring Amid Business Software Market Turmoil
Atlassian, which has been hard-hit by the gloom over AI's potential impact on the enterprise software market, is now moving to address the situation.
Meta and Nvidia Sign Strategic Partnership
The Information reported in September that Meta was in talks with Google about spending billions of dollars to use TPUs.
ServiceNow CEO Stops Selling Stock in Bid to Calm AI-Skittish Investors
ServiceNow is one of many enterprise software firms whose shares have been hammered over AI fears this year, and now its executives are trying to calm them.
Three Top Execs Leave Crypto Exchange Gemini
Co-founder Cameron Winklevoss will take over more revenue responsibilities.
Benchmark Hires Jack Altman as Newest General Partner
Altman had been running Alt Capital, which had raised a $150 million fund.
Palo Alto Networks Buys Koi
The news marks the latest in a series of acquisitions by the $131 billion company.
Thrive Capital Raises $10 Billion in New Funds
The raise roughly doubles its last fundraise.
Activist Investor Pushes For Tripadvisor Board Shakeup, AI Changes
Starboard Value started building a stake in the travel review site last summer and has been pushing for it to incorporate more AI features.
SpaceX Joins Pentagon Drone Technology Competition
The Elon Musk space company will compete for a $100 million prize with other companies
Apple Announces March 4 Events
The company could introduce new Macs, iPads and the iPhone 17e.
Alibaba Launches New LLM as China’s AI Battle Heats Up
The new model, Qwen3.5, will play a key role in Alibaba’s effort to turn its chatbot app into an all-encompassing AI agent.
ByteDance Launches New LLM With Better Visual Understanding
ByteDance is trying to compete at the highest level in all kinds of AI models, from large language models to video generation.
Disney, Paramount Send Legal Letters to ByteDance Over AI Videos
The letters come after people used ByteDance’s new AI model to make videos with characters from franchises including Star Wars and Star Trek.
OpenAI Confirms Hiring of OpenClaw Founder
The founder of the buzzy open source project will work on personal agents at OpenAI.
Pentagon Considers Ending Anthropic Relationship Over Dispute
The AI startup has sought to prevent use of its technology for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Homeland Security Asks Tech Companies for Information to Aid Hunt for ICE Critics
Google, Meta Platforms, Reddit, Discord and others have received hundreds of requests in recent months.
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