Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation
French AI startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment at a post-money valuation of $14 billion, reports Bloomberg, positioning the company as one…
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Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers
Scale AI, which helps tech companies prepare data to train their AI models, filed a lawsuit against one of its former sales employees and its…
Apple’s Siri upgrade could reportedly be powered by Google Gemini
Apple’s Siri overhaul may include an AI-powered web search tool with technology powered by Google’s Gemini, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.…
xAI’s CFO is the latest executive to leave Elon Musk’s AI firm
Mike Liberatore, xAI’s chief financial officer, has left the company, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. This marks the latest in a string…
Google DeepMind, Intrinsic build AI for multi-robot planning
Programming industrial robots is a labor-intensive process that often depends on teach pendants, offline tools, and trial-and-error. Coordinating multiple robots in shared spaces adds further…
Why humanoid robots aren’t advancing as fast as AI chatbots
The new Figure 02 humanoid robot was deployed at a BMW plant in Sparksburg, S.C. | Credit: Figure AI Chatbots have rapidly advanced in recent…
CoreWeave acquires agent-training startup OpenPipe
CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies training AI models, has struck an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a two-year-old Y Combinator-backed startup that helps…
Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises $22M for farm vision AI
Inspired by his grandparents, who were apple farmers in China, Charlie Wu got the idea to apply technology to agriculture while studying computer science at…
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts
Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that…
Why the US government is taking a stake in Intel
The Trump administration wants the United States to be the dominant force when it comes to artificial intelligence, and one way the administration hopes to…