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Amazon and Meta's Nuclear Energy Dreams for Data Centers Hit Regulatory Roadblocks

By Chris McKay • Nov 4, 2024

While Amazon's nuclear power ambitions were blocked by federal regulators concerned about grid reliability and consumer costs, Meta's plans were thwarted by environmental hurdles, including the discovery of a protected bee species on their proposed data center site.

Media & Entertainment

Amazon's Prime Video Unveils New AI Feature to Recap TV Shows on Demand

By Chris McKay • Nov 4, 2024

X-Ray Recaps can generate concise summaries of entire seasons, specific episodes, or even individual scenes—all tailored to the exact point where you left off.

Meta Military & Defense

Meta Opens Llama AI Model to US Military, Defense Contractors

By Chris McKay • Nov 4, 2024

The partnership includes major players in the defense and technology sectors, with companies like Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and Microsoft joining forces to implement Llama in national security applications.

Venture Capital Startups Robotics

Physical Intelligence Raises $400M to Build Universal AI Brain for Robots

By Chris McKay • Nov 4, 2024

The funding represents a dramatic increase from the company's $70 million seed round raised earlier this year.

Microsoft Startups AI Policy

Microsoft and a16z Propose Joint Public Policy Ideas for AI Startups

By Chris McKay • Nov 2, 2024

The challenge lies in implementation. The choice isn't between regulation and no regulation – it's between smart, innovation-enabling oversight and bureaucratic obstacles that could cede America's technological leadership to competitors.

Disney Forms New Unit to Focus on AI and Mixed Reality Strategy

By Chris McKay • Nov 1, 2024

Runway Video AI Media & Entertainment

Runway Adds Precise Camera Controls to Gen-3 Alpha Turbo

By Chris McKay • Nov 1, 2024

Google Education

Google Launches Learn About, An Interactive AI-Powered Learning Experience

By Chris McKay • Nov 1, 2024

Robotics

Physical Intelligence Unveils π₀, A Foundation Model for General Robot Control

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

Venture Capital Startups Media & Entertainment

Decart Unveils Real-Time AI Game Engine, Raises $21M to Make AI-Generated Worlds More Affordable

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

Google Gemini Enterprise AI

Google AI Studio and Gemini API Get Major Upgrade with Google Search Grounding

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

Meta Robotics

Meta is Developing a Robot Hand That Can Touch and Feel

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

Anthropic Claude

Claude Desktop App Now Available for Mac and Windows

By Chris McKay • Oct 31, 2024

Boston Dynamics Robotics

Boston Dynamics Shows off Atlas Robot Doing Real-World Tasks Autonomously

By Chris McKay • Oct 30, 2024

AI Infrastructure

Antares Raises $30M Series A to Build Small Nuclear Microreactors

By Chris McKay • Oct 30, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Wonder Dynamics, Now Part of Autodesk, Launches Wonder Animation: A New AI Tool to Create Animated Films

By Chris McKay • Oct 30, 2024

GitHub

GitHub Spark Uses AI to Let Anyone Create Apps Using Natural Language

By Chris McKay • Oct 29, 2024

GitHub Anthropic OpenAI Google

GitHub Brings Multi-Model Choice to Copilot, Adding Claude and Gemini AI Options

By Chris McKay • Oct 29, 2024

LinkedIn Launches Hiring Assistant, an AI Recruiting Agent

By Chris McKay • Oct 29, 2024

Google Gemini

Google Expands AI Email Writing Tools to Gmail on Web, Streamlines Mobile Experience

By Chris McKay • Oct 29, 2024

xAI AI Infrastructure

Inside Elon Musk's Colossus: xAI's World-Leading AI Supercomputer

By Chris McKay • Oct 29, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Universal Music Partners with AI Startup to Build "Ethical" Music Generation Tools

By Chris McKay • Oct 28, 2024

Venture Capital Startups

Sierra Lands $175M as Enterprise AI Race Heats Up, Hits $4.5B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Oct 28, 2024

Google

Read AI Raises $50 Million and Launches Gmail Extension

By Chris McKay • Oct 28, 2024

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Leading in the Intelligence Age

Amazon and Meta's Nuclear Energy Dreams for Data Centers Hit Regulatory Roadblocks

Amazon's Prime Video Unveils New AI Feature to Recap TV Shows on Demand

Meta Opens Llama AI Model to US Military, Defense Contractors

Physical Intelligence Raises $400M to Build Universal AI Brain for Robots

Microsoft and a16z Propose Joint Public Policy Ideas for AI Startups

Disney Forms New Unit to Focus on AI and Mixed Reality Strategy

Runway Adds Precise Camera Controls to Gen-3 Alpha Turbo

Google Launches Learn About, An Interactive AI-Powered Learning Experience

Physical Intelligence Unveils π₀, A Foundation Model for General Robot Control

Decart Unveils Real-Time AI Game Engine, Raises $21M to Make AI-Generated Worlds More Affordable

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search

Google AI Studio and Gemini API Get Major Upgrade with Google Search Grounding

Meta is Developing a Robot Hand That Can Touch and Feel

Claude Desktop App Now Available for Mac and Windows

Boston Dynamics Shows off Atlas Robot Doing Real-World Tasks Autonomously

Antares Raises $30M Series A to Build Small Nuclear Microreactors

Wonder Dynamics, Now Part of Autodesk, Launches Wonder Animation: A New AI Tool to Create Animated Films

GitHub Spark Uses AI to Let Anyone Create Apps Using Natural Language

GitHub Brings Multi-Model Choice to Copilot, Adding Claude and Gemini AI Options

LinkedIn Launches Hiring Assistant, an AI Recruiting Agent

Google Expands AI Email Writing Tools to Gmail on Web, Streamlines Mobile Experience

Inside Elon Musk's Colossus: xAI's World-Leading AI Supercomputer

Universal Music Partners with AI Startup to Build "Ethical" Music Generation Tools

Sierra Lands $175M as Enterprise AI Race Heats Up, Hits $4.5B Valuation

Read AI Raises $50 Million and Launches Gmail Extension