Tech workers’ call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti
More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference
Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200, which the company describes as a silicon workhorse designed for scaling AI inference.…
Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute
Nvidia said on Monday it has invested $2 billion in CoreWeave to hasten the data center company’s efforts to add more than 5 gigawatts of…
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The clock is officially ticking. In just 5 days, the lowest ticket prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — plus the exclusive 50% off +1 pass for the first 500…
Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago
In the run-up to the winter storm currently pummeling much of the U.S., weather forecasts for some regions were all over the map, with snowfall…
Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its…
This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine
Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company builds…
ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT. xAI launched Grokipedia in October, after…
Science fiction writers, Comic-Con say goodbye to AI
In recent months, some of the major players in science fiction and popular culture have been taking firmer stances against generative AI. Separate decisions by…
Apple will reportedly unveil its Gemini-powered Siri assistant in February
We’re about to get our first real look at the results of the recently announced AI partnership between Apple and Google, according to Bloomberg’s Mark…