Authors just moved for summary judgment against Meta in a California federal court, alleging the company torrented terabytes of pirated books to train its AI models and uploaded data back to the P2P network while leeching. The plaintiffs mocked Meta's justification as a "Bob Dylan defense"—stealing a little lands you in jail, while stealing a lot makes you king.
Rivian just rolled out an update for its second-generation vehicles, bringing hands-free highway driving to 135,000 miles of roads across the US and Canada. The system monitors driver gaze via an infrared rearview mirror camera, with plans to expand road coverage and add eyes-off capabilities in 2026.
Niantic just announced a massive restructuring, selling its gaming division—including Pokémon GO and Pikmin Bloom—to mobile giant Scopely in a deal valued at around $3.85 billion. The company is parting ways with game operations to focus entirely on spatial computing and AI through Niantic Spatial.
Nvidia's biggest event of the year is underway, with CEO Jensen Huang scheduled to deliver his keynote on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT. Viewers can stream the presentation for free on Nvidia's website or YouTube without registering, with updates expected on Blackwell Ultra and the next-gen Rubin architecture.
Cartesia just raised a $64M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to build out its real-time voice AI platform. Alongside the funding, the startup officially launched Sonic 2.0, its next-gen voice model aimed at cutting latency and powering the next wave of interactive voice apps.
Manus AI just partnered with Alibaba's Qwen team to integrate its viral general AI agent with Qwen's open-source models and domestic computing infrastructure. After facing massive hype and severe site crashes following its launch last week, Manus is leaning on Alibaba's resources to manage traffic surges and scale beyond its current invite-only rollout.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI will write 90% of software code within three to six months and practically all of it in a year. The bold forecast suggests software engineering will pivot from writing code to reviewing and orchestrating AI-generated logic.
Apple is reportedly developing next-gen AirPods equipped with tiny external cameras and AI to see the world around you. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the earbuds would essentially act like screenless smart glasses, pairing with Siri to offer real-time contextual awareness—likely targeting a 2027 debut on AirPods Pro 4.
A federal judge just allowed an AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, ruling that authors including Sarah Silverman adequately alleged Meta intentionally stripped copyright management information to hide that Llama was trained on their books. While the judge dismissed a computer fraud claim, Meta still faces key infringement claims.
Meta just kicked off small-scale testing of its first custom AI training silicon, aiming to rein in its gargantuan infrastructure spending and ease its reliance on Nvidia. The MTIA chip is designed to be more power-efficient than general-purpose GPUs, and Meta hopes to deploy it for production training by 2026.
OpenAI just inked a massive five-year deal worth $11.9 billion with CoreWeave for AI data centers and infrastructure services. As part of the agreement, OpenAI will also receive around $350 million in equity tied to CoreWeave's upcoming IPO. The commitment secures vast GPU capacity for OpenAI while supercharging its partner's public debut.
Apple is reportedly planning a dramatic interface overhaul across iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16 ahead of WWDC in June. The new look borrows heavily from visionOS with translucent panels and 3D depth to unify icons, menus, and navigation. Why it matters: It marks Apple's most sweeping visual revamp since iOS 7, arriving as the company navigates sluggish device upgrades and recent Siri AI delays.
A federal judge just ruled that an AI copyright lawsuit against Meta can proceed, rejecting the company's bid to dismiss the case. Authors allege Meta trained its Llama models on their books and removed copyright information to hide the infringement. The judge tossed a computer fraud claim, but Meta must now defend its fair-use arguments in court.
US lawmakers have already introduced 781 AI-related bills just over two months into 2025, according to tracking data from MultiState. That figure officially exceeds the 743 total bills proposed across all of 2024. With Congress still stalled on a federal AI framework, individual states are rushing to fill the regulatory void.
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is pushing to reduce the company's heavy dependence on OpenAI, actively testing in-house models like Phi-4 inside Copilot. Microsoft wants to trim sky-high Azure compute bills and reclaim its strategic roadmap, but untangling a deeply integrated $13 billion partnership is proving far easier said than done.
ElevenLabs just launched its voice AI models on Google Cloud Marketplace. Enterprises can now easily pair ElevenLabs' lifelike speech generation with Google's fast Gemini 2.0 Flash model to build real-time conversational agents, localized dubbing, and marketing voiceovers within their existing cloud setup.
xAI just purchased a 1-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis to expand its massive Colossus supercomputer cluster. The facility complements an existing site that features an $80 million wastewater recycling plant and the world's largest Tesla Megapack deployment to reduce strain on local grids. Why it matters: Elon Musk's race for raw computing scale isn't slowing down, and xAI is locking down the physical footprint needed to power next-gen frontier models.
Apple just confirmed that its most anticipated Siri upgrades—the ones with personal context and cross-app actions—are delayed until "the coming year." Getting an AI assistant to dig through private emails and reliably execute real-world tasks proved harder than planned. Basically, that truly smart Siri likely won't arrive until iOS 19.
U.S. Air Force and Space Force officials just outlined how they want to integrate AI into America's nuclear command, control, and communications architecture. The plan is to use AI to speed up data processing and pick the most secure communication routes, while strictly keeping humans—specifically the president—in full control of any strike decisions.
Google co-founder Larry Page is quietly building Dynatomics, a stealth startup focused on applying AI to physical manufacturing. Led by former Kittyhawk CTO Chris Anderson, the team is developing AI that creates optimized object designs for direct factory fabrication. Why it matters: One of tech's richest minds is now betting AI can reshape physical industrial design.
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating $13.8B data-labeling giant Scale AI for potential violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, TechCrunch reported. The probe, active since at least August 2024, centers on whether the startup misclassified workers as independent contractors to bypass overtime and benefits. Scale AI denied wrongdoing, saying its platform provides flexible earning opportunities.
Andreessen Horowitz just dropped its fourth Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps report, showing massive market shifts. ChatGPT doubled its weekly active users to 400 million in under six months, propelled by GPT-4o and o1, while newcomer DeepSeek stormed the web traffic ranks to claim #2 globally within days of launch. Vibe coding tools and AI video are also rapidly cementing their place in daily consumer habits.
McDonald's is rolling out a sweeping AI overhaul across its 43,000 restaurants worldwide. Powered by edge computing from Google Cloud, the system uses connected sensors for predictive kitchen maintenance—including its notoriously broken McFlurry machines—and smart drive-thrus to ease crew stress.
Stability AI just scored a strategic investment and partnership with advertising titan WPP. The deal will plug Stability’s multimodal models for image, video, 3D, and audio directly into WPP’s AI operating system, WPP Open. Why it matters: It gives Stability a massive enterprise testing ground and validates its commercial push under new leadership.
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to launch specialized AI agents with monthly subscriptions ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 for tasks up to PhD-level research. The rollout features three tiers covering business, development, and research, with SoftBank committing $3 billion. OpenAI is betting enterprises will pay senior executive wages for automated expertise.
Reinforcement learning creators Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton just won the Turing Award and immediately used the moment to slam AI safety practices. Speaking to the FT, they warned that commercial hype is pushing unvetted models onto millions of users, likening current releases to building a bridge and testing it with real traffic.
Apple just unveiled the new MacBook Air powered by the M4 chip, now starting at $999 with 16GB of unified memory by default. The upgraded Neural Engine accelerates on-device AI tasks up to 3x faster than the M1 model, built specifically to power Apple Intelligence. Pre-orders are live today, with shipments arriving March 12.
Apple just introduced the updated Mac Studio powered by M4 Max and the new M3 Ultra chips. The compact desktop supports up to 512GB of unified memory and Thunderbolt 5, allowing developers to run LLMs with over 600 billion parameters entirely in memory. It basically turns a desktop Mac into a serious local AI powerhouse.
A federal judge just shot down Elon Musk's request for a preliminary injunction to block OpenAI's shift into a for-profit company, ruling the plaintiffs failed to meet the bar for extraordinary relief. The decision keeps OpenAI's restructuring on track for now, though Musk's broader legal claims against the startup and Microsoft will still head to trial.
The Los Angeles Times is now deploying AI to flag opinionated pieces with a "Voices" tag and auto-generate bulleted "Insights" offering alternative viewpoints at the bottom of articles. The unvetted automated summaries are already sparking backlash from its journalists' union and producing clumsy, awkward takes.
Apple just refreshed the iPad Air with its M3 chip, making the midrange tablet fully ready for Apple Intelligence. It packs a 60% faster Neural Engine over the M1 model to speed up on-device AI tasks, landing in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes at the same $599 starting price alongside a cheaper Magic Keyboard.
Infinity Sim Wings just launched the first AI-enabled Airbus A320 simulator at its training facility near Gatwick Airport. The setup adds uninterrupted AI air traffic control coverage alongside automated ground and cabin crew interactions. The goal is to expose pilots to real-world operational workloads and evaluate cockpit resource management without leaving the safety of a flight sim.
TSMC just committed at least $100 billion to expand its US semiconductor manufacturing footprint, funding two new factories in Phoenix alongside its existing three. CEO C.C. Wei confirmed the new sites will build advanced AI chips. It is a massive bet to onshore supply chains ahead of planned semiconductor tariffs.
California state Senator Scott Wiener just introduced SB 53, a fresh AI bill reviving the least controversial parts of the vetoed SB 1047. It shields whistleblowers at frontier AI labs from retaliation if they report catastrophic risks, while proposing a public cloud computing cluster called CalCompute for researchers.
Google just rolled out three AI initiatives to combat biodiversity loss. The company is launching its first nature-focused startup accelerator across the Americas, committing $3M in grants to Brazilian nonprofits, and open-sourcing SpeciesNet—its computer vision model that identifies animal species from camera trap photos. Why it matters: It hands field researchers and developers scalable conservation tools for free.
T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom just announced an "AI Phone" built with Perplexity, putting Perplexity Assistant directly on the lock screen to eliminate app-hopping. Slated for later this year under $1,000, the device also integrates tools from ElevenLabs and Google Cloud AI. It marks Perplexity's push to evolve from an answer engine into an action machine.
Anthropic just secured $3.5 billion in Series E funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, rocketing its valuation to $61.5 billion. The massive war chest will fund compute infrastructure, next-generation frontier models, and AI alignment research right on the heels of Claude 3.7 Sonnet's launch. It firmly cements Anthropic as a titan capable of matching OpenAI toe-to-toe in enterprise adoption.
Apple is reportedly facing major AI rollout delays, with a ChatGPT-like conversational Siri pushed back to iOS 20 at best. Internal data also indicates that real-world Apple Intelligence usage is 'extremely low', leaving iOS 19 with few significant AI upgrades.
The world’s largest call center operator Teleperformance is deploying Sanas AI to neutralize the accents of its Indian customer support reps with zero latency. Management insists turning accents into neutral English cuts handling times and boosts satisfaction, but investors weren't convinced by the $104 million AI roadmap, dragging its stock down 11%.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that a brand-new lineup of "beautiful" devices is landing this fall to accompany the upgraded Alexa Plus. The conversational assistant costs $19.99 a month or comes bundled with Prime, and Amazon's hardware leadership hinted that richer screens will play a massive role in the next generation.
AWS just unveiled Ocelot, a prototype quantum computing chip that cuts error correction costs by up to 90%. Built around 'cat qubits' that naturally suppress environmental noise, the microchip integrates correction hardware from the ground up. AWS researchers say the architecture could speed up the timeline to practical fault-tolerant quantum computing by up to five years.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just pushed back on fears of slowing AI demand, revealing that next-gen reasoning models require 100 times more computation than when ChatGPT debuted. Addressing market concerns after DeepSeek's rapid rise, Huang argued that step-by-step reasoning actually multiplies the need for chips. Why it matters: Despite worries that efficiency gains would cut spending, Nvidia insists smarter AI only makes the appetite for hardware grow faster.
Donald Trump just sparked widespread outrage after sharing an AI-generated video on Truth Social reimagining war-torn Gaza as a flashy luxury resort. The clip features a topless Benjamin Netanyahu, Elon Musk dancing under falling dollar bills, and a massive golden Trump statue, drawing fierce blowback even from die-hard supporters who called it tasteless.
Qualcomm just unveiled Dragonwing, a dedicated brand targeting industrial IoT, networking, and enterprise infrastructure. The lineup includes the IQ series packing 100 INT8 TOPS for rugged environments and the Q series optimized for edge AI and Wi-Fi 7. Qualcomm is keeping Snapdragon for consumer gadgets while sending Dragonwing to challenge Nvidia and AMD in factories.
Chinese tech giants including Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance are reportedly ramping up orders for Nvidia H20 chips to keep up with DeepSeek's low-cost models. While investors initially feared efficient models would gut hardware demand, heavy inference usage across sectors like healthcare and education is driving massive server orders instead.
A supergroup of 1,000 musicians just dropped a silent album called 'Is This What We Want?' to protest British copyright proposals. The planned rules would allow tech firms to scrape creators' work for AI training unless artists proactively opt out. The release features ambient room noise from empty studios, with 12 track titles spelling out a warning against legalizing data theft.
