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Intel Chips

Intel unveils Panther Lake, first Core Ultra on 18A Process

By Chris McKay • Oct 9, 2025

Intel begins production of Panther Lake processors on its 18A process in Arizona, marking a technical milestone for the struggling chipmaker even as fundamental questions about its foundry strategy remain unanswered.

Microsoft Enterprise AI

Copilot Now Built Into Microsoft 365 Apps — No Extra License Needed

By Chris McKay • Oct 1, 2025

Microsoft has completed the rollout of Copilot Chat to all Microsoft 365 Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote), now bundling it at no extra charge for most users.

Startups Venture Capital

Periodic Labs launches with $300M to build an “AI scientist”

By Chris McKay • Sep 30, 2025

Periodic Labs has raised $300 million from a16z, DST, NVentures, Accel, Bezos, Schmidt, Dean, and others to build autonomous labs and “AI scientists” aimed at accelerating discovery in the physical sciences.

OpenAI Sora

OpenAI launches Sora 2 — and a TikTok-style app to use it

By Chris McKay • Sep 30, 2025

OpenAI released Sora 2, a more physically accurate video-and-audio generator, and a new invite-only iOS app that lets people create and remix short AI videos—complete with verified “cameos” of themselves—starting in the US and Canada.

OpenAI Ecommerce

OpenAI launches in-chat Shopping for ChatGPT, Partners with Stripe on Open-Source Payment Protocol

By Chris McKay • Sep 30, 2025

OpenAI's new Instant Checkout feature and the open-source Agentic Commerce Protocol represent a fundamental shift in who controls product discovery and purchasing online, challenging Amazon and Google's dominance while creating new infrastructure for AI-driven shopping.

Anthropic Says Claude Sonnet 4.5 Is the World's Best Coding Model

By Chris McKay • Sep 30, 2025

AI Policy

Gov. Newsom Signs SB 53, Establishing AI Safety Reporting Requirements

By Chris McKay • Sep 29, 2025

Microsoft

Microsoft's AI Teammates are Here

By Chris McKay • Sep 18, 2025

NVIDIA Chips China

China just Banned its Tech Giants from Buying NVIDIA Chips

By Chris McKay • Sep 17, 2025

Google

Learn Your Way: Google's New AI Transforms Static Textbooks Into Interactive, Personalized Lessons

By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2025

OpenAI

GPT-5-Codex Arrives with Deeper IDE, GitHub, and Cloud Integration

By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2025

Zillow adds AI-powered virtual staging to Showcase listings

By Chris McKay • Sep 10, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

TwinMind Aims to Be Your “Second Brain” — Raises $5.7M and Announces Breakthrough Speech Model

By Chris McKay • Sep 10, 2025

Reddit, Quora, and Yahoo back new data licensing standard for AI

By Chris McKay • Sep 10, 2025

NVIDIA Chips

NVIDIA Unveils Rubin CPX: A GPU Designed Specifically for Massive AI Context Windows

By Chris McKay • Sep 10, 2025

Microsoft Anthropic

Microsoft is Bringing Anthropic's Claude to Office 365 Copilot

By Chris McKay • Sep 10, 2025

Grammarly Adds AI Writing Support for Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese

By Chris McKay • Sep 9, 2025

Google Video AI

Google’s Veo 3 now supports vertical video and 1080p HD

By Chris McKay • Sep 8, 2025

Anthropic

Judge Pumps the Brakes on Anthropic's Record $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement

By Chris McKay • Sep 8, 2025

Startups Venture Capital

Cognition AI Raises $400 Million at a $10.2 Billion Valuation

By Chris McKay • Sep 8, 2025

Google Gemini

Google expands AI Mode in Search to five new languages

By Chris McKay • Sep 8, 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic backs California’s New AI safety Bill, SB 53

By Chris McKay • Sep 8, 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Is a Pyrrhic Victory for Authors

By Chris McKay • Sep 5, 2025

OpenAI Research

AI Hallucinations Are a Test-Taking Problem, Says OpenAI

By Chris McKay • Sep 5, 2025

Google Gemini

The Viral AI Image Editor Everyone's Going Bananas Over? Yeah, That's Google

By Chris McKay • Aug 26, 2025

An Exclusive Leadership Retreat

Leading in the Intelligence Age

Intel unveils Panther Lake, first Core Ultra on 18A Process

Copilot Now Built Into Microsoft 365 Apps — No Extra License Needed

Periodic Labs launches with $300M to build an “AI scientist”

OpenAI launches Sora 2 — and a TikTok-style app to use it

OpenAI launches in-chat Shopping for ChatGPT, Partners with Stripe on Open-Source Payment Protocol

Anthropic Says Claude Sonnet 4.5 Is the World's Best Coding Model

Gov. Newsom Signs SB 53, Establishing AI Safety Reporting Requirements

Microsoft's AI Teammates are Here

China just Banned its Tech Giants from Buying NVIDIA Chips

Learn Your Way: Google's New AI Transforms Static Textbooks Into Interactive, Personalized Lessons

GPT-5-Codex Arrives with Deeper IDE, GitHub, and Cloud Integration

Zillow adds AI-powered virtual staging to Showcase listings

TwinMind Aims to Be Your “Second Brain” — Raises $5.7M and Announces Breakthrough Speech Model

Reddit, Quora, and Yahoo back new data licensing standard for AI

NVIDIA Unveils Rubin CPX: A GPU Designed Specifically for Massive AI Context Windows

Microsoft is Bringing Anthropic's Claude to Office 365 Copilot

Grammarly Adds AI Writing Support for Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese

Google’s Veo 3 now supports vertical video and 1080p HD

Judge Pumps the Brakes on Anthropic's Record $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement

Cognition AI Raises $400 Million at a $10.2 Billion Valuation

Google expands AI Mode in Search to five new languages

Anthropic backs California’s New AI safety Bill, SB 53

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Is a Pyrrhic Victory for Authors

AI Hallucinations Are a Test-Taking Problem, Says OpenAI

The Viral AI Image Editor Everyone's Going Bananas Over? Yeah, That's Google