California reportedly secures discounted Claude access for government agencies
Anthropic's deal with the state government reportedly diverges from its contentious relationship with federal defense agencies.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
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Samsung and SK Group plan multi-trillion won investments in memory fabs and AI data centers, according to a report.
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Hugging Face researchers claim a single transformer model can estimate density and score
A new model reportedly aims to replace bespoke training for distribution estimation tasks across high-dimensional domains.
On a report by Hugging Face Blog
Framing AI agents as coworkers reportedly undermines human performance
New research suggests branding AI tools as employees may reduce human accountability and oversight.
On a report by MIT Tech Review AI
Arena reportedly reaches $100M run rate selling AI model evaluations
The popular crowdsourced leaderboard has quickly monetized its platform by selling performance data to model labs.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
Cursor reportedly launches mobile app for AI coding agents
The AI coding tool follows Anthropic and OpenAI in moving developer oversight to smartphones.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
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Anthropic's Claude reportedly runs on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in Azure
Anthropic's Claude models are now generally available on Azure, powered by NVIDIA's latest Blackwell Ultra GB300 GPUs.
On a report by NVIDIA Blog
TIDAL reportedly joins streaming services in demonetizing fully AI-generated music
The platform will tag and block monetization for wholly AI tracks, testing whether financial penalties can stem the flood of synthetic content.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
Open-source coding agent Ornith-1.0 reportedly shows promise in early tests
A new series of open-source models claims to improve agentic coding tasks through a self-scaffolding approach, according to initial user impressions.
On a report by Simon Willison
Google reportedly touts full-stack AI as an integrated advantage
Google explains its vertically integrated AI strategy, arguing it improves reliability and cost over multi-vendor approaches.
On a report by Google AI Blog
Survey reportedly shows tech teams gaining confidence in AI agents
A new report suggests agentic AI is gaining traction for measurable tasks, but complex workflows still require human oversight.
On a report by MIT Tech Review AI
Proception raises funds after reportedly settling Tesla trade secret lawsuit
A robotics startup emerges from a legal dispute with Tesla to pursue dexterous robotic hands.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
NVIDIA reportedly develops self-improving robot framework ENPIRE
A new NVIDIA research project aims to automate robot learning through autonomous coding agents and physical trial loops.
On a report by Import AI
Omen AI reportedly raises funds to monitor data center fluid health
A startup founded by a young entrepreneur is applying sensor tech from heavy machinery to AI compute cooling systems.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
Palantir reportedly adopts NVIDIA open models for secure government AI
The partnership aims to let agencies deploy customized AI in isolated environments while retaining control of data and models.
On a report by NVIDIA Blog
Vercel reportedly adds audio support to its AI Gateway for realtime voice agents
The platform's AI Gateway now supports realtime voice, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text capabilities alongside its existing multimodal routing.
On a report by Vercel
