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Google

Google Introduces “AI Mode” in Search, Expanding AI Overviews with Gemini 2.0

By Chris McKay • Mar 5, 2025

Googleis rolling out “AI Mode,” an experimental search experience powered by Gemini 2.0, enabling users to ask more nuanced, multi-step questions and receive AI-driven answers with enhanced reasoning, comparison, and multimodal capabilities.

Microsoft OpenAI UK

UK Competition Watchdog Clears Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership

By Chris McKay • Mar 5, 2025

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI does not qualify as a merger under UK law and will not be subject to further investigation.

Arm Chips AI Infrastructure

Malaysia Strikes $250M Deal with Arm to Jumpstart AI Chip Industry

By Chris McKay • Mar 5, 2025

Malaysia will pay Arm Holdings $250 million over ten years for chip design licenses, aiming to shift from chip assembly to full-fledged semiconductor design and production amid rising AI demand.

Startups

CoreWeave Acquires Weights & Biases in a $1.7 Billion AI Cloud Play

By Chris McKay • Mar 4, 2025

CoreWeave, the NVIDIA-backed AI cloud provider, has acquired Weights & Biases, a leading AI developer platform, for approximately $1.7 billion, strengthening its position in AI infrastructure and software.

Telecom Perplexity

T-Mobile Bets on AI with New Smartphone, Powered by Perplexity

By Chris McKay • Mar 3, 2025

T-Mobile is partnering with AI search startup Perplexity to launch a sub-$1000 "AI Phone" in 2026, featuring an AI assistant that works directly from the lock screen.

Unique Raises $30M to Expand Its AI Agents for Financial Services

By Chris McKay • Feb 27, 2025

Startups

Inception Labs Launches Mercury, the First Commercial Diffusion-Based Language Model

By Chris McKay • Feb 26, 2025

Amazon Alexa

Amazon Unveils Alexa+: A Smarter, More Conversational AI Assistant

By Chris McKay • Feb 26, 2025

OpenAI

ChatGPT's Deep Research Now Available to Plus, Team, and Enterprise Users

By Chris McKay • Feb 25, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Dow Jones Expands AI Marketplace to Nearly 5,000 Publishers

By Chris McKay • Feb 25, 2025

Google Gemini

Google’s Gemini Code Assist Is Now Free—With the Most Generous Usage Limits Yet

By Chris McKay • Feb 25, 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic Unveils Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

By Chris McKay • Feb 24, 2025

Apple AI Infrastructure

Apple to Invest $500 Billion in the U.S., Create 20,000 AI and R&D Jobs

By Chris McKay • Feb 24, 2025

Robotics 1X

1X Debuts NEO Gamma, a Humanoid Robot Built for the Home

By Chris McKay • Feb 21, 2025

OpenAI Research Education AI Literacy

AI in Higher Ed: 7 Major Takeaways from OpenAI’s ChatGPT Student Usage Report

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Together AI Raises $305M to Expand Its AI Acceleration Cloud

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Figure Robotics

Meet Helix: The AI Behind Figure’s Humanoid Robots That Reason Like Humans

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI’s Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing, Now Serving 400 Million Users

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Venture Capital Startups Healthcare

OpenEvidence Raises $75M to Scale AI for Doctors, Hits $1B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft Media & Entertainment Research

Microsoft’s Muse AI Model Can Generate Video Game Environments in Real-Time

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Google Research

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

NVIDIA Research Biotech & Health

NVIDIA and Arc Institute Introduce Evo 2, A State of the Art Foundation Model for Biology

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft Quantum Computing

Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1: A Breakthrough Chip in Quantum Computing

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Startups

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab with AI Veterans

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

OpenAI Research

OpenAI's New Benchmark Tests AI Models Against Real-World Software Engineering Tasks

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

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Google Introduces “AI Mode” in Search, Expanding AI Overviews with Gemini 2.0

UK Competition Watchdog Clears Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership

Malaysia Strikes $250M Deal with Arm to Jumpstart AI Chip Industry

CoreWeave Acquires Weights & Biases in a $1.7 Billion AI Cloud Play

T-Mobile Bets on AI with New Smartphone, Powered by Perplexity

Unique Raises $30M to Expand Its AI Agents for Financial Services

Inception Labs Launches Mercury, the First Commercial Diffusion-Based Language Model

Amazon Unveils Alexa+: A Smarter, More Conversational AI Assistant

ChatGPT's Deep Research Now Available to Plus, Team, and Enterprise Users

Dow Jones Expands AI Marketplace to Nearly 5,000 Publishers

Google’s Gemini Code Assist Is Now Free—With the Most Generous Usage Limits Yet

Anthropic Unveils Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

Apple to Invest $500 Billion in the U.S., Create 20,000 AI and R&D Jobs

1X Debuts NEO Gamma, a Humanoid Robot Built for the Home

AI in Higher Ed: 7 Major Takeaways from OpenAI’s ChatGPT Student Usage Report

Together AI Raises $305M to Expand Its AI Acceleration Cloud

Meet Helix: The AI Behind Figure’s Humanoid Robots That Reason Like Humans

OpenAI’s Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing, Now Serving 400 Million Users

OpenEvidence Raises $75M to Scale AI for Doctors, Hits $1B Valuation

Microsoft’s Muse AI Model Can Generate Video Game Environments in Real-Time

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

NVIDIA and Arc Institute Introduce Evo 2, A State of the Art Foundation Model for Biology

Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1: A Breakthrough Chip in Quantum Computing

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab with AI Veterans

OpenAI's New Benchmark Tests AI Models Against Real-World Software Engineering Tasks