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AI artist tops country chart
The number one song on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales Chart comes from what the magazine describes as an “AI powered” artist, but can listeners tell the difference? Does it...
NotebookLM can now browse the web with Deep Research — I put the new feature to the test
Google’s latest NotebookLM update adds full web browsing and Deep Research
How Do You Redefine Research Delivery For The AI Era? Start With Trust.
As AI reshapes how research is delivered and consumed, trust isn’t just important — it’s everything. Forrester’s CTO explains his company’s approach.
Op-ed: Chinese robots are coming for Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar Tesla payday
Elon Musk’ trillionaire pay package hinges on Tesla evolving from an EV company to robotics powerhouse, but China stands in the way.
Disney+ Has ‘Huge Opportunity’ in Games and Will Tap Into AI-Based User Generated Content, CEO Iger Says
Disney CEO Bob Iger sketched out some of Disney+’s future product roadmap — which could include games, commerce and AI user generated content.
Adobe’s Controlled AI Revolution
Adobe MAX 2025 showcased how it is integrating AI into its Creative Suite of applications.
The Quest For World Models: Can AI Truly Learn To Simulate Reality?
World models are AI’s bold bid to understand reality, a goal complicated by profound technical and ethical questions.
Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules.
Exclusive: Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks
The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year.
Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand
Fireflies CTO and co-founder Sam Udotong recently admitted that his AI transcription startup charged $100 an hour for notes taken by a human.
SIMA 2: A Gemini-Powered AI Agent for 3D Virtual Worlds
Introducing SIMA 2, the next milestone in our research creating general and helpful AI agents. By integrating the advanced capabilities of our Gemini models, SIMA is evolving from an instruction-foll…
Why Nvidia Keeps Backing Would-Be Competitors to OpenAI
As we wrote in this story on Tuesday, investors are rushing to back a new crop of research-focused AI labs (dubbed neolabs) hoping to outflank OpenAI and Anthropic. One investor,...
What If AI Is a Bubble?
America’s economic fate looks tied to AI—for better or worse.
What’s next for Rabbit? Employees say they haven’t been paid for months while company teases new AI hardware
Here’s what I found out after interviewing the CEO of Rabbit
Google rolling out agentic ‘Buy for me’ and AI calling, shopping with Gemini, more
Google is getting ready for holiday shopping with a handful of new features led by agentic AI checkout and calling.
Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.
A battle is brewing over the future of online shopping
You can already buy almost anything with the click of a mouse. Now tech giants are preparing for an AI helper to do even that for you one day.
Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search
Conversational shopping is Google’s first big swing at monetizing AI Mode search.
Dark Clouds Suddenly Gathering Over AI Industry
A major tech selloff is shaking up Wall Street as the gulf between AI company valuations and their lagging revenues continues to grow.
Building for an Open Future – our new partnership with Google Cloud
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
StepStone Group Launches STPEX: New Evergreen Private Equity Fund Raises Over $750 Million at Inception
StepStone launches STPEX, an evergreen interval fund, raising over $750 million for private equity investments.Quiver AI SummaryStepStone Group has successfully launched its new StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund (STPEX), an...
Artificial Intelligence’s Cognitive Toll
As AI becomes more prevalent in education, work and social life, research is increasingly focused on understanding its nuanced effects on core cognitive functions such as memory, attention and creativity
Google will let users call stores, browse products, and check out using AI
There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
From Warriors’ Jimmy Butler trade to your kid’s playing time, how AI is changing sports
The Golden State Warriors use it to build their roster. A Bay Area youth soccer team embraces it for analytics and transparency. Cal uses it to find transfers. AI has found...
How AI Is Reshaping Programmers’ Roles Faster Than You Think
The future of programming isn’t about replacement, it’s about reinvention. AI shifts the workload, not the workforce. Find out what that means.
ChargePoint just gave its EV charging software a major AI upgrade
ChargePoint has launched a new software platform that uses AI to optimize any EV charger network with smarter tools and insights.
AI will cause ‘jobs chaos’ within the next few years, says Gartner
The firm named four scenarios AI could create at work, and said businesses should prepare for all of them.
Hybrid AI: The future of certifiable and trustworthy intelligence
How CIOs can unify learning and reasoning to drive trustworthy, verifiable AI.
OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military
The gpt-oss models are being tested for use on sensitive military computers. But some defense insiders say that OpenAI is still behind the competition.
The future of checkout: AI-powered commerce and the path to zero-click
Checkout isn’t the end of the journey — it’s the moment that makes or breaks it. AI is turning it into a seamless, zero-click experience shoppers love.
Agentic AI has big trust issues
Even as organizations rush to deploy AI agents, concern over agent transparency and decision-making may ultimately hold back the technology’s central selling point.
ChatGPT 5.1 is smarter, nicer, and better at actually doing what you asked
The AI is better at instruction-following, and offers real-time personality controls
Chinese tech giant Tencent’s quarterly revenue rises 15%, fueled by AI
Tencent on Thursday posted 15% year-on-year revenue growth, with AI boosting the Chinese tech giant’s performance in advertising targeting and gaming.
10 most in-demand generative AI skills
Gen AI is booming, and companies are scrambling to fill skills gaps by hiring skilled freelancers to make the most of AI tools. These are the 10 most sought-after gen...
Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations
Detention, at its core, is about people; outsourcing its management to an algorithm risks removing our collective humanity from the equation.
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves — but they’re engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
A robot apocalypse for jobs? Not today, not tomorrow: artificial intelligence will transform, but not eliminate, employment.
A study indicates that automation will be selective and that human activities that are difficult to efficiently replace with technology will persist.
As industry layoffs become the ‘new normal’, so does fear of AI’s impact on adland’s job market
A series of job cuts across the sector have left some execs struggling to find their next gig. The impact of AI could worsen the situation.