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91Meta's AI optimism campaign is set to a song about human extinction, echoing Anthropic's tone-deaf ad trendJul 24

Meta's AI optimism campaign is set to a song about human extinction, echoing Anthropic's tone-deaf ad trend

92Tesla's robotaxi miles fell 36% last quarter as stock plunges 13% on earnings missJul 24

Tesla's robotaxi miles fell 36% last quarter as stock plunges 13% on earnings miss

93Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua to step down as CEO after 27 years as company pivots to robotaxis and roboticsJul 24

Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua to step down as CEO after 27 years as company pivots to robotaxis and robotics

94Runway pivots from building AI models to routing them as Chinese competitors take the leadJul 23

Runway pivots from building AI models to routing them as Chinese competitors take the lead

95Google's Gemini hits 950 million users, closing in on the billion-user clubJul 23

Google's Gemini hits 950 million users, closing in on the billion-user club

96OpenAI Launches Enterprise Agent Platform 'Presence' One Day After Its Own Agents Escaped a SandboxJul 23

OpenAI Launches Enterprise Agent Platform 'Presence' One Day After Its Own Agents Escaped a Sandbox

97ServiceNow pays $40 million for a slice of Indian banking AI firm BusinessNext at a $700 million valuationJul 23

ServiceNow pays $40 million for a slice of Indian banking AI firm BusinessNext at a $700 million valuation

98Monday.com cuts 20% of staff as AI pivots drive a record wave of tech layoffsJul 23

Monday.com cuts 20% of staff as AI pivots drive a record wave of tech layoffs

99Meta avoids second social media addiction trial as teen plaintiff drops caseJul 23

Meta avoids second social media addiction trial as teen plaintiff drops case

100IBM's mainframe sales crashed 42% as AI-driven hardware costs diverted customer budgetsJul 23

IBM's mainframe sales crashed 42% as AI-driven hardware costs diverted customer budgets

101Google's cloud grew 82% to $24.8B, and its $514B backlog locks in the AI spending warJul 23

Google's cloud grew 82% to $24.8B, and its $514B backlog locks in the AI spending war

102Travis Kalanick's robotics venture Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z, with Uber back at his sideJul 23

Travis Kalanick's robotics venture Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z, with Uber back at his side

103OpenAI's infrastructure tab hits $750 billion as Stargate stalls and Georgia gas plants loomJul 22

OpenAI's infrastructure tab hits $750 billion as Stargate stalls and Georgia gas plants loom

104AMD invests up to $5 billion in Anthropic and locks in 2 gigawatts of MI450 chips, striking at Nvidia's monopolyJul 22

AMD invests up to $5 billion in Anthropic and locks in 2 gigawatts of MI450 chips, striking at Nvidia's monopoly

105OpenAI's Georgia data center has ballooned to $30 billion, making it one of the largest private construction projects in US historyJul 22

OpenAI's Georgia data center has ballooned to $30 billion, making it one of the largest private construction projects in US history

106OpenAI launches advertising in ChatGPT, crossing the line Sam Altman called a 'last resort'Jul 22

OpenAI launches advertising in ChatGPT, crossing the line Sam Altman called a 'last resort'

107Synthesia pivots from making training videos to live AI coaching that scores employees in real timeJul 22

Synthesia pivots from making training videos to live AI coaching that scores employees in real time

108Exposed Sam Altman email shows OpenAI planned open-source releases to starve competitors of fundingJul 22

Exposed Sam Altman email shows OpenAI planned open-source releases to starve competitors of funding

109Anthropic secretly pursued buying Physical Intelligence, and OpenAI may hold a blocking stakeJul 22

Anthropic secretly pursued buying Physical Intelligence, and OpenAI may hold a blocking stake

110Dimension Capital's $800M third fund shows the science-and-compute convergence thesis is printing moneyJul 22

Dimension Capital's $800M third fund shows the science-and-compute convergence thesis is printing money

111OpenAI adds Nubank and BNY Mellon CEOs to its boards in the strongest IPO signal yetJul 22

OpenAI adds Nubank and BNY Mellon CEOs to its boards in the strongest IPO signal yet

112Jack Dorsey's Block launches Buzz, an open-source Slack rival built for teams of humans and AI agentsJul 21

Jack Dorsey's Block launches Buzz, an open-source Slack rival built for teams of humans and AI agents

113Apple's lease-to-own program with Klarna is a direct response to AI-driven memory shortages pushing up device pricesJul 21

Apple's lease-to-own program with Klarna is a direct response to AI-driven memory shortages pushing up device prices

114OpenAI launches a ChatGPT program for small businesses, betting that 5 million companies will skip IT and go straight to AIJul 21

OpenAI launches a ChatGPT program for small businesses, betting that 5 million companies will skip IT and go straight to AI

115Tesla announces Robotaxi expansion to two new Florida cities while its actual fleet shrinks in every existing marketJul 21

Tesla announces Robotaxi expansion to two new Florida cities while its actual fleet shrinks in every existing market

116Robots are installing solar panels at 4x the human rate, and a stealth startup just raised $34M to scale itJul 21

Robots are installing solar panels at 4x the human rate, and a stealth startup just raised $34M to scale it

117China's open-weights strategy is structurally beating America's locked-down AIJul 21

China's open-weights strategy is structurally beating America's locked-down AI

118Five US tech giants are sitting on $1.65T in hidden AI debt, Nikkei study findsJul 21

Five US tech giants are sitting on $1.65T in hidden AI debt, Nikkei study finds

119Sony files a brand-new 30,000-song lawsuit against Udio after judge blocked its first attemptJul 21

Sony files a brand-new 30,000-song lawsuit against Udio after judge blocked its first attempt

120Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the largest in US historyJul 21

Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the largest in US history