Artificial Intelligence

Chinese tech giant Tencent officially launched the upgraded version of its T1 reasoning model, intensifying competition in China's burgeoning AI sector. The company's announcement, posted on its official WeChat account, highlights the model's enhanced capabilities and faster response times."T1 can 'keep

AI robotics startup Bot Company raises $150m, sources say  Tech in Asia

OpenAI says over 400 million people use ChatGPT every week. But how does interacting with it affect us? Does it make us more or less lonely? These are some of the questions OpenAI set out to investigate, in partnership with the MIT Media Lab, in a pair of new studies.  They found that only a…

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot  TechCrunch

Microsoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training data  TechCrunch

Micron Gives Upbeat Sales Forecast After AI Helps Fuel Demand  Bloomberg

Higher use of chatbots like ChatGPT may correspond with increased loneliness and less time spent socializing with other people, according to new research from OpenAI in partnership with the ...

Big Tech splurges on AI infrastructure  Axios

Apple’s Siri: Once a Pioneer, Now an AI Laggard  PYMNTS.com

The timeline for achieving "useful" quantum computing – and even the definition of "useful" itself – remains a point of contention within the industry, highlighted by recent discussions at Nvidia's GTC conference. While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang initially sparked controversy with comments suggesting practical

Nvidia is making a push into the world of quantum computing – not as a builder of quantum computers themselves, but as a critical provider of the underlying infrastructure and software needed to accelerate their development and integration with existing supercomputing systems. This strategy, unveiled at the company's

Nvidia plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Huang said.

Apple Shuffles AI Executive Ranks in Bid to Turn Around Siri  Bloomberg

DataRobot Launches New AI Application Suites for SAP Business Users  PYMNTS.com

Perplexity AI in talks to raise funds at $18 billion valuation, source says  Reuters

Perplexity AI in talks to double valuation to $18 billion, raise up to $1 billion in new funding  CNBC

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted at his company's "Quantum Day" that his prior comments about quantum computing came out wrong.

Delta Electronics is showcasing its advanced power and liquid cooling solutions at Nvidia's GTC 2025 conference, targeting the increased energy demands of next-generation AI chips including Blackwell ...

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he didn’t realize there were publicly traded quantum-computing companies when he made earlier comments that caused industry stocks to crash.

Report: Apple Makes Leadership Changes to Speed Development of AI-Powered Siri  PYMNTS.com

Appetite for ether ETFs has been tepid since their launch last July, but that could change, according to Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock.

Inside Goldman Sachs’ Big Bet on AI at Scale  PYMNTS.com

Meta to seek disclosure on political ads that use AI ahead of Canada elections  Reuters

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave targets up to $32 billion valuation in test for AI IPOs  Reuters

The artificial intelligence landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift, moving beyond simply generating text and images to tackling complex reasoning and problem-solving, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. This transition, he argues, will require a massive increase in computing power, driving unprecedented demand for Nvidia's AI infrastructure.Speaking

An AI Startup Couldn’t Beat Microsoft. So It Joined Them  Bloomberg

OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 "reasoning" AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API. It's incredibly expensive.

In one example, an AI voice with the persona of a medieval knight gave driving directions to a bakery. Here's how that can be helpful.

Oracle is giving your business the chance to create its own AI agents  TechRadar

Pruna AI open sources its AI model optimization framework  TechCrunch