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AI in practice

Read full article about: SpaceX shows investors a slim AI smartphone prototype powered by xAI technology SpaceX showed investors a prototype of a slim, smartphone-like device that would integrate AI ...
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AI startup Lindy ditched Claude entirely for Deepseek, saving millions as cost pressure mounts on Anthropic

Anthropic better get moving on its IPO. OpenAI apparently already missed its optimal window and postponed. Now even Anthropic's explosive growth could come under pressure as companies tighten AI ...
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Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027

OpenAI is reportedly pushing its IPO to 2027 because CEO Sam Altman insists on a $1 trillion valuation. Advisors are recommending the delay due to volatile tech markets and SpaceX's weak post-IPO ...
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Half of Claude users say AI can already handle half their work according to Anthropic survey

About half of Claude users say AI can already handle half or more of their work. That's according to a survey of roughly 9,700 Claude users (Chat, Cowork, Code) by Anthropic. About 33 percent see AI ...
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Most major AI chatbots still lean left on political questions, even "anti-woke" models are no exception

A Washington Post investigation reveals that most major AI chatbots still lean left on political issues, even when they are explicitly marketed as conservative alternatives. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and ...
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OpenAI researchers want to predict how often AI models will fail before launch

OpenAI researchers have developed a method called "Deployment Simulation" to predict AI errors before release more accurately than standard safety tests. The method uses real, anonymized user ...
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Amazon, Nvidia, and AMD bet $310 million on AI startup building 3D world models

Amazon, Nvidia's and AMD's venture arms are investing $310 million in AI startup Odyssey ML, which builds world models that simulate the physical world in 3D. The round values Odyssey at $1.45 billion ...
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Adobe adds AI agents to Photoshop, Premiere, and more Creative Cloud apps

Adobe is rolling out its "creative agent" across Creative Cloud apps like Premiere and Photoshop, plus third-party AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. Users describe what they want, and the software ...
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Google makes Interactions API the default interface for Gemini models and agents

Google Deepmind has released the Interactions API as the default interface for Gemini models and agents. The API, in beta since December 2025, is now generally available and replaces the old ...
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Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture

Micron and Anthropic have struck a deal on AI infrastructure. The agreement has four parts: building memory architectures for AI together, a multi-year supply contract for Micron's data center ...
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AI and society

Read full article about: San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000 The AI boom in San Francisco is pushing the cost of living so high that even ...
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Deepfakes: How it all began - and where it could lead us

AI-faked images and videos - so-called deepfakes - have developed rapidly in recent years. Here, we trace the history and describe the most important milestones. What do all the people in the cover ...