Google is in talks with Marvell to build custom AI inference chips as it diversifies beyond Broadcom
Stanford’s AI Index finds China has nearly closed the performance gap with the US despite spending 23 times less
Meta targets 20 May for 8,000 layoffs as it redirects billions toward AI infrastructure
Europe is pouring tens of billions of public money into VC. The hard part is making it work
A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon world record by seven minutes in Beijing
Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. States and Congress keep saying no.
Threads is redesigning its website and finally adding direct messages to the desktop
Nvidia’s Huang warns DeepSeek running on Huawei chips would be ‘horrible’ for the US
Anthropic’s Amodei meets Wiles and Bessent at the White House in first step toward resolving Mythos standoff
Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI
Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category
Three more senior executives leave OpenAI as the company kills its side quests
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