Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
08/08/2026 21:24 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate…
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide
08/08/2026 19:41 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
07/08/2026 22:48 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally…
After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
07/08/2026 21:30 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
07/08/2026 16:16 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Kitesurf is a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. It uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers…
Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function
07/08/2026 14:22 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.
Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers
07/08/2026 14:00 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their products — almost as if they’re forming a new government. And whether you’re thinking…
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case
07/08/2026 11:40 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Meta's total fine has racked up to $942 million in this case.
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
06/08/2026 22:43 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
06/08/2026 17:34 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company
06/08/2026 17:00 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
06/08/2026 15:53 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.
OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
06/08/2026 15:10 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an…
Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs
06/08/2026 13:31 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.
Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
06/08/2026 13:00 – AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery…
