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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

Apple is committing over $500 billion to U.S. investments over the next four years, including a new AI server factory in Texas, a manufacturing academy in Michigan, and 20,000 new jobs focused on AI, silicon engineering, and research.

Robotics 1X

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

By Chris McKay • Feb 21, 2025

Norwegian robotics company 1X has unveiled NEO Gamma, the successor to its NEO Beta humanoid, designed for home use with enhanced AI, improved mobility, and a friendlier, household-friendly design.

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

More than one-third of college-aged students in the US use ChatGPT, with a significant portion relying on it for learning. OpenAI’s new report reveals how this impacts workforce readiness, economic competitiveness, and the role of AI in higher education.

Venture Capital Startups

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

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Together AI has raised $305 million in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst, bringing its valuation to $3.3 billion as it scales its AI Acceleration Cloud for open-source and enterprise AI.

Figure Robotics

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

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Figure has announced Helix, an in-house AI model that enables its humanoid robots to pick up unfamiliar objects, collaborate with other robots, and execute tasks based on natural language commands, signaling a major step toward practical home robotics.

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

Meta Announces LlamaCon, Its First Developer Conference for AI

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

xAI Grok

Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 3, Claims State-of-the-Art Performance

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

Perplexity

Perplexity AI Unveils Free Deep Research Tool

By Chris McKay • Feb 14, 2025

xAI

Elon Musk’s xAI Eyes $10B in New Funding at $75B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Feb 14, 2025

UK Anthropic

UK Rebrands AI Safety Institute to Focus on National Security Risks

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Google Video AI

Google DeepMind’s Veo 2 Brings AI Video Generation to YouTube Shorts

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Can Tofu Solve Martech Bloat? Investors Bet $12M on It

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Venture Capital Startups Chips

EnCharge AI Raises $100M to Bring Energy-Efficient AI Chips to Market

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Cohere Media & Entertainment

Major News Publishers Sue AI Startup Cohere Over Copyright Violations

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Apptronik Robotics Venture Capital

Google Backs Apptronik in $350M Funding Round for Humanoid Robots

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

OpenAI

Elon Musk Says He’ll Drop $97.4 Billion OpenAI Bid—If It Remains Nonprofit

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

OpenAI

GPT-5 Is the Omnimodel We’ve Been Waiting For—Here’s Why

By Chris McKay • Feb 12, 2025

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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

Meta Announces LlamaCon, Its First Developer Conference for AI

Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 3, Claims State-of-the-Art Performance

Perplexity AI Unveils Free Deep Research Tool

Elon Musk’s xAI Eyes $10B in New Funding at $75B Valuation

UK Rebrands AI Safety Institute to Focus on National Security Risks

Google DeepMind’s Veo 2 Brings AI Video Generation to YouTube Shorts

Can Tofu Solve Martech Bloat? Investors Bet $12M on It

EnCharge AI Raises $100M to Bring Energy-Efficient AI Chips to Market

Major News Publishers Sue AI Startup Cohere Over Copyright Violations

Google Backs Apptronik in $350M Funding Round for Humanoid Robots

Elon Musk Says He’ll Drop $97.4 Billion OpenAI Bid—If It Remains Nonprofit

GPT-5 Is the Omnimodel We’ve Been Waiting For—Here’s Why