Twelve years ago today, Eugenia Kuyda stood up onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt and presented a conversational chatbot called IO that acted as a lifestyle concierge to help people book restaurants and vacations along with other tasks. IO, the first product…
Tenstorrent, a chip startup focused on inference, has raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation. The round comes five months after the 10-year-old Nvidia challenger reportedly received acquisition interest from Intel and Qualcomm at valuations of as much as…
The latest use case for AI? Dumbing down your smart TV to get rid of the bloat. A number of developers and vibe coders have recently been sharing solutions for “vibe-coding” your TV to get rid of sponsored ads, speed…
Nvidia has expanded its artificial intelligence portfolio by launching a new family of open-weights models designed to power autonomous agents for both enterprise servers and personal computers. Known as Nvidia NeMo and Cosmos, these cutting-edge models aim to streamline complex workflows, boost productivity, and improve local processing speeds without heavy reliance on cloud infrastructure. By providing developers and businesses with greater flexibility and customization options, Nvidia is positioning itself at the forefront of the rapidly growing agentic AI market. This strategic release empowers organizations to deploy smarter, more responsive automation tools directly into their everyday operating environments.
Welcome, humans. So apparently Disney is shopping for AI talent in the Character.AI bankruptcy bargain bin. Character.AI is the chatbot startup that filed for bankruptcy last week. According to a legal filing, Disney agreed to offer jobs to at least…
Anthropic continued to expand its technical workforce, but junior employees made up a smaller proportion of new hires. According to its October 16 report, their share of technical hiring fell from 27% to 9%. Junior employees also accounted for 14%…
Imagine asking an AI agent to dispute an unexpected subscription charge. It negotiates a refund but agrees to renew your subscription for another year. The agent secured a concession while committing you to terms you never intended to accept. Anthropic…
AI agents keep getting more authority, while companies rewrite the rules around cost and accountability. Welcome, humans! The weekend delivered one of those piles where a decades-old crypto mystery gets solved in half an hour and somehow lands below the…
Anthropic announced today that it’s creating a “public benefit fund” that will give the company “increased flexibility and scale” to support projects for societal good. Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund — structured…
Welcome, humans. Okay, so your next car could have a whole roster of AI helpers riding along. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said its cars would eventually run other companies’ AI agents, but gave no launch date. Think of the direction…