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Elon Musk pivots Tesla to robotics and AI as car business flails
Musk’s optimism for Optimus robot demand help EV maker beat quarterly expectations despite first-ever yearly revenue decline
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief
Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful technology in years to come
Washington Brings Its Silicon Valley-Building Playbook to Robotics
Most people think Silicon Valley was built by entrepreneurs.Garage tinkerers. Venture capitalists. Risk-taking founders chasing consumer demand.It’s a comforting story … because it makes America’s greatest tech boom feel accidental…...
Data center buildout spurs new laser development
The massive scale of the AI buildout is making new kinds of hardware innovation feasible, like Lightmatter’s new laser.
European Space Agency uses AI to identify NASA’s Hubble telescope anomalies
The team at the European Space Agency developed a neural network called AnomalyMatch, which analyzes patterns in images and detects unusual objects.
Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome
Browse, without browsing.
Could AI help doctors catch signs of cognitive decline early?
A new paper by researchers at Mass General Brigham describes using a team of AI agents, instead of humans, to design optimal queries.
Which AI Stack Is Right for Teams New to AI
Transitioning to AI shouldn’t be difficult. Read this blog to learn how you can easily build a professional AI tech stack without coding.
The Amount Google’s AI Knows About You Will Cause an Uncomfortable Prickling Sensation on Your Scalp
Google has released a new “Personal Intelligence” feature that lets its AI go through an alarming amount of your data.
Amazon accidentally announces further 16,000 layoffs in AI pivot
A misfired internal email was the first time many employees found out about a second round of job cuts in just six months.
Microsoft shrugs off AI bubble fears again with strong financial results
Company reports second-quarter revenues of $81.27bn but posts slowing growth in key cloud computing business
ServiceNow chooses Claude to power customer apps and increase internal productivity
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
Trump Administration Official Criticizes ‘Greedy’ Nuclear Industry Request
Industry leaders want protections against cost overruns. Key official’s response: Just start building.
Tesla invests $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI cash furnace
Tesla disclosed in its Q4 2025 earnings report that it has invested $2 billion in xAI, Elon Musk’s private AI…
Napster is back — and its new AI app replaces playlists with AI artists
The new AI-first mobile app focuses on co-creation and experimentation
How OpenAI’s Bids For Enterprise, Ad Dollars Could Play Out
OpenAI’s push beyond selling AI models and into enterprise software and digital advertising marks a shift in where power and profits could accrue in the tech industry. As the company...
The Big Payoff? Looking To Invest In AI Today
Experts look at how to invest in the AI age.
Arcee AI | Trinity Large: An Open 400B Sparse MoE Model
A deep dive into Trinity Large, covering architecture, sparsity, training at scale, and why we shipped Preview, Base, and TrueBase checkpoints.
AI in Schools: How many teachers, students embrace artificial intelligence as education tool
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, pushing the boundaries of technology and integrating into many parts of daily life, including the classroom
Exclusive | SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $30 Billion More in OpenAI
The Japanese conglomerate is exploring a further investment as part of the startup’s efforts to raise up to $100 billion.
Exclusive | SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $30 Billion More in OpenAI
The Japanese conglomerate is exploring a further investment as part of the startup’s efforts to raise up to $100 billion.
What Davos Said About AI This Year
World leaders focused on ROI over hype this year, discussing sovereign AI, open ecosystems, and workplace change.
Google brings its Nano Banana image generator to Chrome
Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling for the browser, with more to...
REAP: A Modern Application Disposition Model For An AI And Cloud Economy
Learn how the REAP framework helps CIOs reduce technical debt, optimize portfolios, and drive clarity in application disposition.
Podcast: January 2026 Robotics Recap
The Robotics 24/7 podcast series, “Robotics Recap” takes a look at the major automation and robotics industry news from around the world in January 2026.
Introducing LM Studio 0.4.0
Server deployment, parallel requests with continuous batching, new REST API endpoint, and refreshed application UI
Give Your Problems (and Passwords) to Moltbot, Then Watch It Go
A viral new virtual assistant formerly known as Clawdbot is complex and brings security risks—but some early adopters say it feels like the future.
Meta Rakes in Record Revenue and Profits for Q4, Details Massive AI Investments for 2026
Meta reported earnings results for Q4 2025 that beat Wall Street expectations and outlined plans for massive AI spending in 2026.
Can Democratizing AI Product Skills Lead To More Company Wide Innovation?
AI product manager, Jyothi Nookula, explores how organizations can democratize AI product skills to foster innovation across verticals.
AI Can Predict 130 Health Issues From One Night of Sleep
AI may be able to predict a person’s risk of developing over a hundred serious medical conditions from data collected over just a single night of sleep.
Anthropic embeds Slack, Figma and Asana inside Claude, turning AI chat into a workplace command center
Anthropic is turning Claude into an interactive enterprise workspace by embedding business apps like Slack, Asana, Figma, and Amplitude—powered by its open Model Context Protocol (MCP)—so teams can create projects,...
Anthropic embeds Slack, Figma and Asana inside Claude, turning AI chat into a workplace command center
Anthropic is turning Claude into an interactive enterprise workspace by embedding business apps like Slack, Asana, Figma, and Amplitude—powered by its open Model Context Protocol (MCP)—so teams can create projects,...
The AI visualization tech stack: From 2D to holograms
Looking forward, we are nearing the end of the 2D screen. As holographic light field technology matures, we will see a fundamental and inevitable shift towards holography.
The AI visualization tech stack: From 2D to holograms
Looking forward, we are nearing the end of the 2D screen. As holographic light field technology matures, we will see a fundamental and inevitable shift towards holography.
A European AI challenger goes after GitHub Copilot: Mistral launches Vibe 2.0
Mistral AI launches Vibe 2.0, a paid coding agent that lets enterprises customize AI models on proprietary code, as the French startup targets €1 billion in revenue and positions itself...
A European AI challenger goes after GitHub Copilot: Mistral launches Vibe 2.0
Mistral AI launches Vibe 2.0, a paid coding agent that lets enterprises customize AI models on proprietary code, as the French startup targets €1 billion in revenue and positions itself...
Contextual AI launches Agent Composer to turn enterprise RAG into production-ready AI agents
Contextual AI launched Agent Composer, an enterprise AI agent and RAG orchestration platform designed to automate complex engineering workflows, improve reliability, and reduce hallucinations.