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OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

OpenAI today launched advanced speech-to-text and text-to-speech models that promise more accurate transcriptions and customizable, expressive voice outputs—all integrated with a revamped Agents SDK for easy conversion of text agents to voice agents.

SoftBank AI Infrastructure Chips

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

SoftBank Group is acquiring Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion in cash, aiming to boost its AI infrastructure through Ampere’s high-performance ARM-based chip designs.

Apptronik Robotics Venture Capital Startups

Industrial Giants Back Apptronik's Humanoid Robot Vision with Expanded $403M Series A

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

Apptronik has secured an additional $53 million from Mercedes-Benz, Japan Post Capital, and others, bringing their Series A round to $403 million as the humanoid robotics company prioritizes practical industrial applications before consumer markets.

NVIDIA Robotics Manufacturing

How NVIDIA Is Building the Operating System for Physical AI

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA unveiled transformative updates to its Omniverse platform that promise to accelerate the development and deployment of physical AI across diverse industries.

Abu Dhabi AI Infrastructure

Abu Dhabi's $25 Billion Bet on Powering America's AI Boom

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

A new 50-50 partnership between Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and U.S.-based Energy Capital Partners commits over $25 billion to develop dedicated power generation assets, primarily serving the U.S. data center market.

NVIDIA Unveils DGX Spark and DGX Station: Desktop AI Supercomputers for the Developer Masses

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Meta Llama

Meta’s Llama AI Model Hits 1 Billion Downloads

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Google

Google Adds Interactive Mind Maps to NotebookLM

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Google Gemini

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA Robotics

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

Adobe Marketing

Adobe Brings Marketing Agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA Robotics

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA Auto

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025

NVIDIA Auto

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

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OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion

Industrial Giants Back Apptronik's Humanoid Robot Vision with Expanded $403M Series A

How NVIDIA Is Building the Operating System for Physical AI

Abu Dhabi's $25 Billion Bet on Powering America's AI Boom

NVIDIA Unveils DGX Spark and DGX Station: Desktop AI Supercomputers for the Developer Masses

Meta’s Llama AI Model Hits 1 Billion Downloads

Google Adds Interactive Mind Maps to NotebookLM

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

Adobe Brings Marketing Agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot

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