Google and the Department of Defense signed a deal allowing the Pentagon to use Google’s AI models on classified work, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The agreement allows the Pentagon to use Google’s AI for “any lawful government purpose,” according to the person—echoing language that has been controversial in other AI company discussions with the Pentagon. Read more ›
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OpenAI recently missed an internal revenue goal, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, after the company’s ChatGPT chat previously missed user-growth goals. The revenue shortfall followed a surge or usage of Google’s Gemini chatbot and booming sales at archrival ... Read more ›
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The jurors who will decide the winner in the artificial intelligence era’s big legal fight come from a range of backgrounds—and have mixed experiences with AI. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers impaneled the nine-member jury on Monday, kicking off Elon Musk’s breach of charitable trust lawsuit ... Read more ›
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Microsoft and OpenAI had big news this morning but before we dive into that, it's fair to say there’s a lot of excitement among investors (and reporters!) about the upcoming SpaceX IPO. But some people have a refreshingly realistic assessment of the situation. “There’s a trillion ways this can go wrong,” said Ashley MacNeill, co-head of capital markets at investment firm Vista Equity Partners, at The Information’s Financing the AI... Read more ›
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With AI and big tech firms seeking to raise hundreds of billions in equity and debt this year to build data centers, any high-profile misstep could throw the broader AI boom off track. That includes the potential public debuts of SpaceX and possibly AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI. Poor performance from those initial public offerings could dampen broader enthusiasm for AI investment, according to a speaker at The Information’s AI... Read more ›
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Microsoft-owned GitHub on Monday said it would charge customers of its Copilot AI coding tools additional fees based on how much AI they use, on top of base subscription fees. The move resembles an industry shift from seat-based or subscription pricing for AI tools to so-called consumption-based ... Read more ›
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More than 600 Google employees signed a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking him to reject a proposed deal with the Department of Defense to use Google’s AI on classified work. “We want to see AI benefit humanity; not to see it being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways,” employees ... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman attended jury selection on Monday as the trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against them and OpenAI got underway. Both are expected to testify in the trial, but busy tech leaders tend to prefer to minimize the time they have to spend in court. ... Read more ›
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Power scarcity is all anyone talks about in the AI world. Funny how we actually have plenty.GridCare, which emerged last year from a Stanford University sustainability accelerator, has surprised AI developers and even utilities by finding power that they can tap even in congested urban markets where the grid appeared sold out.Power grids are designed to handle the hottest and coldest days and other periods of peak demand. Utilities have... Read more ›
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Before we get to today’s column, we’ve got an update in tech’s favorite relationship: OpenAI and Microsoft. As a result of a revision to their deal, Microsoft Azure no longer has exclusive rights to sell OpenAI models and that Microsoft no longer has to share 20% of the revenue it makes from selling OpenAI models on Azure with OpenAI. Both could be significant concessions and it’s hard to immediately gauge... Read more ›
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The federal judge overseeing Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI granted Musk’s request to dismiss his fraud claims against the ChatGPT maker. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s ruling on Friday was in response to a proposal this month from Musk’s lawyers that the claims be dropped provided the court ... Read more ›
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The proposed California Billionaire Tax Act has gathered enough signatures to be presented to voters in the November election, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The controversial bill, put forward by the Service Employees International United Healthcare ... Read more ›
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The supporters of the proposed California billionaire’s tax have enough signatures to get the proposal on the ballot in November, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Under the proposed tax, billionaires would have to pay a one-time 5% tax on their net worth. The net worth would be based on ... Read more ›
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This is going to be a fun week. First, Elon Musk and Sam Altman square off in a California court over the origins of OpenAI (for more details, see here). The final outcome probably won’t have a huge impact on the ChatGPT company—Musk’s chances of both winning the case and getting everything he wants from a victory seem unlikely, as we wrote here. No matter what happens, though, the courtroom... Read more ›
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Related Digital and Blackstone finalized financing for a $16 billion data center campus in Michigan being built for Oracle, the latest in a series of projects planned for Oracle to rent computing capacity to OpenAI. In a statement on Friday, Related Digital said the financing includes ... Read more ›
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Dozens of enterprise software firms have shifted away from charging customers flat, per-user subscription fees as AI threatens their seat-based pricing model. By the end of 2025, 79 of the 500 software companies tracked by former OpenView partner Kyle Poyar, including HubSpot, Adobe and Salesforce, had begun charging customers additional fees based on how much AI they’re using. That’s more than double the figure in 2024. Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The tech elite are using AI to supercharge their cancer battles • Artificial Intelligence: Should AI and Christianity mix? • Tech Culture: Amid AI backlash, billionaires demand new breed of bodyguard—plus, inside the star-studded Breakthrough Prize gala • Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Family Lore,” “The Long Run” and “Scream 7”Let’s get straight to one of the biggest happenings at Google... Read more ›
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In a festive merger, the glitterati and the technorati combined forces in Los Angeles a week ago for the annual Breakthrough Prize black-tie gala, which hands out million-dollar awards to the world’s leading scientists. Read more ›
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When Alicia Kalogeropoulos was first diagnosed in 2018 with brain cancer, she underwent surgery, and three years later, she enrolled in a clinical trial for a pill that worked to keep her disease in check for years. In February, Alicia and her husband Alex received grim news: Her tumor had returned. Her physicians at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York advised Alicia, 35, that her options were another... Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cuts a distinctive image, habitually clad in one of his many leather jackets. But it wasn’t Huang’s outfit that caught the attention of another tech founder who saw him in Manhattan last year: it was the phalanx of security guards walking behind him. “He had a posse,” said the founder, who estimates Huang had at least five people in his detail. It’s not just Huang. This... Read more ›
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Nvidia shares closed at an all time high of $208.27 on Friday, giving the company a market capitalization of $5.06 trillion, marking a new stage in the AI chip’s dominance. While Nvidia’s stock had closed at $207 in late October, it had mostly traded in a tight range between $170 and $190 since ... Read more ›
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The artificial intelligence era’s biggest legal battle heads to a showdown next week, as Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are scheduled to face off in a federal courtroom in Oakland, Calif., over the future of the company that pioneered the AI boom. The trial in Musk’s lawsuit against Altman, OpenAI and its partner Microsoft starts with jury selection on Monday and is expected to run through mid-May, barring... Read more ›
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Google has agreed to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, deepening a multi-pronged relationship that also includes a major expansion of Anthropic’s access to AI servers. The search engine company, an early backer of Anthropic, will initially invest $10 billion in at a $350 billion valuation, ... Read more ›
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Last year, Pat Gelsinger found himself pondering a thorny, existential question: What should he do with his life after Intel? The chipmaker had unceremoniously ousted him in December 2024, and shortly after, his wife Linda gave him a firm nudge. “You’re not done yet,” she told him, as Gelsinger recalls it. So Gelsinger considered roles in government and private equity. Neither seemed right. Instead, he decided to embark on an... Read more ›
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Meta and Amazon announced a deal on Friday for Meta to use Amazon’s Graviton chips. The deal, which a spokesperson said will total several billion dollars over multiple years, comes as Meta has been spending heavily on chips and cloud storage as it tries to turn itself into an AI powerhouse. ... Read more ›
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The Chinese government is planning to restrict tech firms from receiving funding from the U.S. without prior approval, as part of Beijing’s response to Meta Platform’s acquisition of AI agent startup Manus, Bloomberg reported. Officials have told some tech firms in recent weeks that they should ... Read more ›
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Intel shares jumped 25% on Friday in the wake of the company’s first quarter earnings report, which showed the all-important data center and AI revenue rising 22%, lifting overall revenue 7%. Intel projected second quarter revenue would rise as much as 14.7%. Intel, once the leading chip maker, ... Read more ›
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AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia graphics processing units as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert GPU stockpiles to their internal teams or bigger cloud customers, leaving smaller firms scrambling for the remaining servers at higher prices. The supply crunch is impacting well-funded AI startups that have raised money from Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and other major investment firms, according to founders and investors... Read more ›
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The Canadian AI lab Cohere will acquire the German AI lab Aleph Alpha for an undisclosed price, the companies said Friday. Schwarz Group, the German investment firm that is one of Aleph Alpha’s biggest backers, will also invest $600 million in Cohere’s upcoming Series E funding round, the ... Read more ›
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DeepSeek on Friday launched V4, its highly anticipated new series of open-source AI models with enhanced reasoning and coding capabilities. This is the first new-generation model that DeepSeek released since its R1 model became a global sensation in January 2025. DeepSeek announced two new ... Read more ›
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