Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15
Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot will no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, the company has shared. After that date, users on WhatsApp won’t…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Speechify adds voice typing and voice assistant to its Chrome extension
Speechify has largely been a tool that helps you listen to articles, PDFs, and documents. The company is now adding voice detection features to its…
Parallax Worlds raises funding for hyper-realistic digital twins to test robots
Parallax Worlds co-founders Aumkar Renavikar (left) and Tanmay Agarwal (right). | Credit: Pear VC Not only can digital twins and simulation be used to design…
Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts
Google has partnered with Accel to find and fund India’s earliest-stage AI startups in a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the Google AI Futures Fund, launched earlier…
Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone
“When people see it, they say, ‘that’s it?… It’s so simple.” That’s how OpenAI CEO Sam Altman describes how he thinks people will respond to…
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
OpenAI’s social app Sora launched with a controversial feature called Cameo, allowing users to deepfake themselves or others (with permission). The feature had a tenuous…
Sweetgreen sells Spyce robotics unit to Wonder for $186.4M
One of Sweetgreen’s automated restaurants in Naperville, Ill. | Source: Sweetgreen Salad and bowl restaurant chain Sweetgreen Inc. this month sold its Spyce robotics business…
Hands on with Stickerbox, the AI-powered sticker maker for kids
There’s a new AI-powered toy for kids called Stickerbox, and, before you groan, I’m here to report that it’s surprisingly fun. Stickerbox, a product born…
AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government
Amazon Web Services is making a sizable new investment in infrastructure designed to boost AI capabilities for U.S. government organizations. AWS announced Monday it is…
Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations
On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s 4.5 series of models to be released,…