Amazon Quick is now available on desktop, with a new mobile activity feed
OpenAI pauses $200 ChatGPT Pro sign-ups as Astra demand strains its systems
ElevenLabs lists five services on the UK government’s GBP 14B cloud framework
Macron’s Paris space summit ends with €20bn in commitments and 51 signed deals
AI researchers back an extinction warning as the Pentagon rejects it
China’s car exports beat last year’s record with four months to go
Europe’s first truly driverless robotaxi is running in Croatia, on Chinese software
AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?
The UAE plans to invest €40bn in Germany, including 1GW of data centres
A Texas judge has found TikTok liable for misleading parents about child safety
Tencent-backed chipmaker Enflame nearly triples in its Shanghai debut
Chinese robot startup JoyIn says OpenAI copied its ideas and its website
Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI
Trump dismisses AI extinction fears as lab staff urge a slowdown
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HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents
Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
TAR raises $120m at a $1bn valuation to build off-grid power for AI
Ten people in business-casual clothes standing in two rows for a group portrait against a deep blue panelled wall.
Black TAR wordmark over an iridescent abstract shape in blue, orange and white, on a pale background
White Motive logo over a black-and-white photo of a warehouse aisle lined with tall shelves of boxed pallets
A neoclassical stone building with a BNP Paribas sign along its roofline, seen from a Paris boulevard.
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Headshots of Antioch co-founders Harry Mellsop, Alex Langshur, Collin Schlager and Michael Calvey in a two-by-two grid against a pale grey wall
Abu Dhabi says $100bn of AI capital sits in its financial centre. Its own announcement cannot decide whether that money is held there or spent.
Google and Accenture are putting 1,000 engineers inside client offices
Lenovo opens a phone line to Eva Longoria for entrepreneurs
