Apple, Meta, and Google are engaged in a fierce competition to dominate the next wave of artificial intelligence. This battle has recently intensified with a sharper focus on hardware. In a strategic move to gain an advantage, particularly in audio…
A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched on Wednesday with $180 million in seed funding from Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index. The founding team is impressive, and the goal of finding a less data-hungry way to train large models…
As AI rapidly enters classrooms around the world, Google is discovering that the most important lessons on how to scale this technology are emerging not from Silicon Valley, but from schools in India. The country has become a critical testing…
A group of music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group is suing Anthropic. They allege the company illegally downloaded more than 20,000 copyrighted songs, including sheet music, lyrics, and musical compositions. In a statement on Wednesday,…
After rapidly hitting the top of the App Store in October, OpenAI’s video-generation app Sora is now struggling. New data suggests the app is seeing declines in both downloads and consumer spending, as the early hype about the AI video…
Google announced on Thursday that users of Google Maps can now access its Gemini AI hands-free while walking or cycling. This update follows the earlier introduction of a Gemini-powered conversational driving experience. It represents Google’s ongoing effort to integrate Gemini…
A new security feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person’s precise location data from their phone provider.…
Spotify has expanded its social features by introducing group chats. This new feature allows users to share podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks with groups of up to ten people. The rollout follows the initial launch of a direct messaging feature last…
Tesla’s energy storage business saved a dismal earnings report from turning into a horrible one. Last year, the company’s profit fell 45% compared with the previous year, driven in large part by falling sales of its electric vehicles. While investors…
Sebastiaan de With, the co-founder of Lux, has joined Apple’s design team. This marks his second period working at Apple, where he previously contributed to iCloud and Find My. Lux is the company behind popular iPhone camera apps like Halide…
