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31Google loses the engineers who built modern AI: Jeff Dean departs with three top scientists for Discovery Loop as Hassabis steps into chair roleAug 6

Google loses the engineers who built modern AI: Jeff Dean departs with three top scientists for Discovery Loop as Hassabis steps into chair role

32OpenAI's education plugins turn ChatGPT from an answer engine into classroom infrastructure, free for K-12 teachers through 2027Aug 5

OpenAI's education plugins turn ChatGPT from an answer engine into classroom infrastructure, free for K-12 teachers through 2027

33Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with a months-old startup, routing compute through a bitcoin miner's Norway data centerAug 4

Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with a months-old startup, routing compute through a bitcoin miner's Norway data center

34Horizon3 tripled to a $2 billion valuation in 14 months selling AI that hacks your network before attackers doAug 3

Horizon3 tripled to a $2 billion valuation in 14 months selling AI that hacks your network before attackers do

35Google spent 15 years quietly killing RSS. A 2023 autopsy is blowing up on Hacker News for a reason.Aug 2

Google spent 15 years quietly killing RSS. A 2023 autopsy is blowing up on Hacker News for a reason.

36Cursor quietly removed cost tracking from its usage dashboard, leaving teams blind to per-model AI spendAug 1

Cursor quietly removed cost tracking from its usage dashboard, leaving teams blind to per-model AI spend

37Orchid's viral 'fix your boyfriend' ad reveals how far AI agent startups will push into your personal life for attentionAug 1

Orchid's viral 'fix your boyfriend' ad reveals how far AI agent startups will push into your personal life for attention

38OpenAI says its models now reach 1 billion people every weekAug 1

OpenAI says its models now reach 1 billion people every week

39AI tools let teenagers raise millions for startups in months, but the same speed has eliminated the room to failAug 1

AI tools let teenagers raise millions for startups in months, but the same speed has eliminated the room to fail

40Chinese AI researchers are winning the open-discourse war as OpenAI and Anthropic employees go silent on XAug 1

Chinese AI researchers are winning the open-discourse war as OpenAI and Anthropic employees go silent on X

41Snapchat stops monetizing AI-generated Spotlight videos as the anti-slop backlash reaches a tipping pointJul 31

Snapchat stops monetizing AI-generated Spotlight videos as the anti-slop backlash reaches a tipping point

42SpaceX won't remove xAI's 69 unpermitted gas turbines until 2027 while planning $2.8 billion more, and the old fleet hints at a secret second projectJul 31

SpaceX won't remove xAI's 69 unpermitted gas turbines until 2027 while planning $2.8 billion more, and the old fleet hints at a secret second project

43Tesla is reportedly preparing to shed its China business to clear the path for a SpaceX mergerJul 31

Tesla is reportedly preparing to shed its China business to clear the path for a SpaceX merger

44Repeat founder raises $10M to deploy AI agents against private credit's Excel problemJul 31

Repeat founder raises $10M to deploy AI agents against private credit's Excel problem

45Yale faces a 13-count federal lawsuit over AI cheating detectionJul 31

Yale faces a 13-count federal lawsuit over AI cheating detection

46Meta says AI will finally break its app curse, but the company has two graveyards full of evidence to the contraryJul 31

Meta says AI will finally break its app curse, but the company has two graveyards full of evidence to the contrary

47Amazon's record AWS quarter hides the paradox at the center of the AI economy: its hosting revenue is someone else's burnJul 31

Amazon's record AWS quarter hides the paradox at the center of the AI economy: its hosting revenue is someone else's burn

48Ex-OpenAI researcher's $45 billion AI hedge fund got wiped out, but a $5 billion Anthropic stake may save himJul 31

Ex-OpenAI researcher's $45 billion AI hedge fund got wiped out, but a $5 billion Anthropic stake may save him

49Apple's services growth engine sputtered as court-ordered App Store changes ate into its biggest cash cowJul 31

Apple's services growth engine sputtered as court-ordered App Store changes ate into its biggest cash cow

50Apple is preparing to charge for AI usage, and even the world's richest company can't afford to give it awayJul 31

Apple is preparing to charge for AI usage, and even the world's richest company can't afford to give it away

51Reddit sold its data to Google for AI training. Now Google's AI is eating Reddit's traffic.Jul 31

Reddit sold its data to Google for AI training. Now Google's AI is eating Reddit's traffic.

52Nscale buys Anyscale for $1.65B to own the full AI compute stack from data centers to orchestrationJul 30

Nscale buys Anyscale for $1.65B to own the full AI compute stack from data centers to orchestration

53Only 2,000 engineers in the US can deliver real AI ROI, and demand for them is about to surge 2,100%Jul 30

Only 2,000 engineers in the US can deliver real AI ROI, and demand for them is about to surge 2,100%

54Dili's $21.7M bet: use AI to parse the paperwork, then let deterministic code make the compliance callJul 30

Dili's $21.7M bet: use AI to parse the paperwork, then let deterministic code make the compliance call

55AI has compressed cyberattacks from months to minutes, and the outsourced IT layer just raised $50M to catch upJul 30

AI has compressed cyberattacks from months to minutes, and the outsourced IT layer just raised $50M to catch up

56LinkedIn is holding its GPU and data center footprint flat for a full year, defying the AI infrastructure boomJul 30

LinkedIn is holding its GPU and data center footprint flat for a full year, defying the AI infrastructure boom

57Azure crosses $100 billion as Microsoft's consumer businesses shrink: Xbox down 10 percent, Windows OEM down 7 percentJul 30

Azure crosses $100 billion as Microsoft's consumer businesses shrink: Xbox down 10 percent, Windows OEM down 7 percent

58The Big Tech AI Revenue Split: Who Profits From AI Infrastructure vs AI ProductsJul 30

The Big Tech AI Revenue Split: Who Profits From AI Infrastructure vs AI Products

59Nadella tells Wall Street to stop trusting OpenAI and Anthropic, pitching Microsoft's own models as the safe alternativeJul 30

Nadella tells Wall Street to stop trusting OpenAI and Anthropic, pitching Microsoft's own models as the safe alternative

60Microsoft's Anthropic bet nets $3.2 billion in one quarter, nearly matching a full year of OpenAI returnsJul 30

Microsoft's Anthropic bet nets $3.2 billion in one quarter, nearly matching a full year of OpenAI returns