AI Firm To Pay $1.5 Billion For Pirated Books, Keeps Its Trained Models

Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle a major copyright case over pirated training data—but the company gets to keep its Claude models intact. No deletion. No rollback.

Y Combinator-backed Motion raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents

In his early 20s, Harry Qi left a million-year hedge fund job to join Y Combinator. His SMB AI agent startup is now growing fast.

New light-based chip boosts power efficiency of AI tasks 100 fold

The technique could help rein in the enormous power draw of AI systems.

Databricks closes $1 billion round, projects $4 billion in annualized revenue on surging AI demand

Data analytics firm Databricks said on Monday it was on track to hit $4 billion in annualized revenue on the back of booming demand for its artificial intelligence products, as it closed a $1 billion funding round.

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Copyright Lawsuit

Authors and publishers hope the agreement will send a signal to AI companies to respect copyright and to pay for the use of copyrighted materials in training their large language models.

How breakthroughs in AI, high-resolution imaging, and robotics help The Smithsonian assemble a DNA library of every complex life form on Earth.

Meta AI Spending Spree Set to Top $600 Billion. Which Stocks Will Get a Boost.

What Happened When Researchers Co-Founded a Startup with AI

Startups are undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence becomes a foundational element from day one. Rather than being a tool added later, AI is now positioned as the first hire, taking on strategic roles such as analyst, designer, and even co-founder. This shift allows founders to move rapidly from ideation to execution, bypassing traditional hiring bottlenecks and enabling leaner teams. AI’s ability to handle ambiguous tasks and produce tangible outputs helps clarify organizational needs early on, reframing hiring decisions around what gaps remain after AI has contributed. It becomes an economic lever, not a cost center, driving faster iteration...

Neuromorphic computing and the future of edge AI

Forget quantum — neuromorphic AI could be the real disruptor, reshaping everything from medicine to warfare while cutting energy use dramatically.

OpenAI comes for Hollywood with Critterz, an AI-powered animated film

OpenAI hopes Critterz will convince wary film execs to embrace AI with its low budget and accelerated production schedule.

Anthropic Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement in AI Copyright Case

Anthropic will reportedly pay $1.5 billion to settle a high-profile copyright violation lawsuit. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup was sued last

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead to more A.I. companies paying rights holders for use of their works.

GitHub – Mentra-Community/MentraOS: Smart glasses OS, with dozens of built-in apps. Users get AI assistant, notifications, translation, screen mirror, captions, and more. Devs get to write 1 app that runs on any pair of smart glases.

Smart glasses OS, with dozens of built-in apps. Users get AI assistant, notifications, translation, screen mirror, captions, and more. Devs get to write 1 app that runs on any pair of smart glases....

OpenAI to launch a LinkedIn competitor — here’s what CEO Sam Altman revealed at the White House tech dinner

LinkedIn is getting a major rival

Hawley calls for repeal of tech legal shield as AI rises

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Thursday called for the repeal of a law that shields major tech companies from lawsuits over content created on their platforms amid the rapid rise of artificial intelli…

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MIT Creates AI Tool to Improve Flu Vaccine Predictions

The new VaxSeer tool was shown to outperform WHO vaccine strain choices in nine out of ten cases

Germany’s Merz inaugurates Nvidia supercomputer for research

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a supercomputer powered by Nvidia chips on Friday that is the world's fourth-fastest, saying it helps Europe catch up with the leaders in AI, the United States and China.

How CoreWeave Bought and Borrowed Its Way to AI DominationOne of the AI boom’s big winners, CoreWeave raised billions in debt, struck deals with Nvidia and OpenAI, and went public. Can it stay ahead of the pack?

Artificial intelligence predicts future directions in quantum science

This podcast explains what happens when 66,000 research papers are used as training data

Oakland AIs? The Ballers will be first professional sports team managed by AI

On Saturday, the Oakland Ballers of the independent Pioneer League will be the first team to be managed in-game by artificial intelligence.

OpenAI could launch its own AI chip next year

The ChatGPT maker is partnering with Broadcom on a custom chip to use in-house.

Sam Altman Says He’s Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True

Sam Altman is suddenly open to the idea that the internet may be polluted with too many AI models — and god knows who's responsible.

OpenAI is reportedly producing its own AI chips starting next year

The company reportedly designed the custom AI chip with US semiconductor maker Broadcom.