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Meta Llama

Meta’s Llama AI Model Hits 1 Billion Downloads

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Meta’s Llama AI model has surpassed 1 billion downloads, reflecting its widespread adoption across research, development, and commercial applications, despite ongoing challenges in regulation, licensing, and competition.

Google Gemini

Gemini App Gets a Major Upgrade: Canvas Mode, Audio Overviews, and More

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Google has added powerful new features to the Gemini app, including AI-driven Audio Overviews, an interactive Canvas for coding and document creation, and more Deep Research queries—all designed to enhance productivity and creativity.

NVIDIA Robotics

NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, and Disney Research Team Up for Open-Source Physics Engine

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, and Disney Research are developing Newton, an open-source physics engine designed to enhance robot learning, improve simulation accuracy, and support next-generation robotic characters.

NVIDIA Robotics

NVIDIA Unveils Isaac GR00T N1: An Open Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA has introduced Isaac GR00T N1, an open-source foundation model designed to enhance the development and capabilities of humanoid robots.

NVIDIA Auto

NVIDIA’s Expanding Automotive AI Empire: GM Adopts Omniverse & Cosmos for AI Factories

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

General Motors is deepening its collaboration with NVIDIA, adopting its AI ecosystem—including Omniverse, Cosmos, and AGX—to optimize factory design and accelerate autonomous vehicle development.

NVIDIA Unveils Halos: A Comprehensive Safety System for Autonomous Vehicles

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Google Healthcare

At The Check Up, Google Showcases AI’s Role in Drug Discovery and Health Data

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

AI Infrastructure

Crusoe Secures 4.5GW of Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

Video AI Startups

xAI Buys Hotshot, a Startup Working on AI-Generated Video

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

Palantir AI Policy

Palantir Urges U.S. to Prioritize National Security and AI Adoption in Federal Policy

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI’s Post-Training Head Liam Fedus Departs to Launch AI-Powered Materials Science Startup

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Roblox Open-Sources Cube 3D, Its AI Model for Generating 3D Objects

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

Mistral Open Source

Mistral Small 3.1 Outperforms Gemma 3 and GPT-4o Mini

By Chris McKay • Mar 17, 2025

Google

Google to Replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Android Phones

By Chris McKay • Mar 14, 2025

SoftBank Japan

SoftBank Converts Old Sharp Factory into AI Hub in $676M Deal

By Chris McKay • Mar 14, 2025

Google AI Policy

Google Pushes for Pro-Innovation AI Policy in Response to Trump Administration's Action Plan

By Chris McKay • Mar 13, 2025

OpenAI AI Policy

OpenAI Pushes for ‘Freedom to Innovate’ in U.S. AI Action Plan

By Chris McKay • Mar 13, 2025

Google Gemini Robotics

Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics Models to Bridge AI and Physical World

By Chris McKay • Mar 12, 2025

Google Open Source

Google DeepMind’s Gemma 3 Brings Multimodal AI, 128K Context Window, and More

By Chris McKay • Mar 12, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Cartesia Raises $64M to Advance Real-Time Voice AI with Sonic 2.0

By Chris McKay • Mar 11, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Launches Responses API and Agents SDK for AI Agents

By Chris McKay • Mar 11, 2025

OpenAI AI Infrastructure

OpenAI Bets Big on CoreWeave in a Five-Year, $11.9B Cloud Deal

By Chris McKay • Mar 10, 2025

Open Source

SambaNova and CrewAI Launch Open-Source Deep Research Framework for Faster, Cheaper AI-Powered Insights

By Chris McKay • Mar 10, 2025

Google Gemini

Gmail’s New AI-Powered ‘Add to Calendar’ Button Saves You Time

By Chris McKay • Mar 10, 2025

Palantir Military & Defense

Palantir Delivers First AI-Powered TITAN Systems to U.S. Army

By Chris McKay • Mar 7, 2025

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Meta’s Llama AI Model Hits 1 Billion Downloads

Gemini App Gets a Major Upgrade: Canvas Mode, Audio Overviews, and More

NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, and Disney Research Team Up for Open-Source Physics Engine

NVIDIA Unveils Isaac GR00T N1: An Open Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots

NVIDIA’s Expanding Automotive AI Empire: GM Adopts Omniverse & Cosmos for AI Factories

NVIDIA Unveils Halos: A Comprehensive Safety System for Autonomous Vehicles

At The Check Up, Google Showcases AI’s Role in Drug Discovery and Health Data

Crusoe Secures 4.5GW of Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers

xAI Buys Hotshot, a Startup Working on AI-Generated Video

Palantir Urges U.S. to Prioritize National Security and AI Adoption in Federal Policy

OpenAI’s Post-Training Head Liam Fedus Departs to Launch AI-Powered Materials Science Startup

Roblox Open-Sources Cube 3D, Its AI Model for Generating 3D Objects

Mistral Small 3.1 Outperforms Gemma 3 and GPT-4o Mini

Google to Replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Android Phones

SoftBank Converts Old Sharp Factory into AI Hub in $676M Deal

Google Pushes for Pro-Innovation AI Policy in Response to Trump Administration's Action Plan

OpenAI Pushes for ‘Freedom to Innovate’ in U.S. AI Action Plan

Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics Models to Bridge AI and Physical World

Google DeepMind’s Gemma 3 Brings Multimodal AI, 128K Context Window, and More

Cartesia Raises $64M to Advance Real-Time Voice AI with Sonic 2.0

OpenAI Launches Responses API and Agents SDK for AI Agents

OpenAI Bets Big on CoreWeave in a Five-Year, $11.9B Cloud Deal

SambaNova and CrewAI Launch Open-Source Deep Research Framework for Faster, Cheaper AI-Powered Insights

Gmail’s New AI-Powered ‘Add to Calendar’ Button Saves You Time

Palantir Delivers First AI-Powered TITAN Systems to U.S. Army