Huawei’s AI capabilities have made a breakthrough in the form of the company’s Supernode 384 architecture, marking an important moment in the global processor wars amid US-China tech tensions. The Chinese tech giant’s latest innovation emerged from last Friday’s Kunpeng Ascend Developer Conference in Shenzhen, where company executives demonstrated how the computing framework challenges Nvidia’s…
Salesforce has agreed to acquire data management firm Informatica in a deal valued at around $8 billion. This includes equity value, minus Salesforce’s existing investment in the company. Informatica shareholders will receive $25 in cash per share. The move aims to help Salesforce build a stronger foundation for AI tools that can act on their…
How would you like to earn money while watching TV? Rumi, an AI media company, has raised $4.7 million in a pre-seed funding round to transform passive media with rewards. Rumi is launching its invite-only beta app today and it aims to allows users to engage with media content in real time. The round, co-led…
Telegram has forged a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI to weave Grok AI into the fabric of the encrypted messaging platform. This isn’t just a friendly collaboration; xAI is putting serious money on the table – a cool $300 million, a mix of hard cash and equity. And for Telegram, they’ll pocket 50% of any…
Akool Live Camera uses AI to capture human movement and mimic that movement with a generated virtual avatar in real time. Akool can also translate speech in real time during a virtual meeting and also provide instant face swapping during a call. The AI technology listens to conversations in one language and instantly translates them…
If you’re working in SEO or digital marketing, you’ve probably noticed how Google search results look different. That instant answer that pops up at the top of the page is AI Overview, and it’s changing the game. Instead of having to click through to a bunch of different websites, users can now get direct answers…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Vibe coding is arguably one of the hottest trends in tech right now, as it reflects a wider adoption of AI and natural language prompts for basic code completion (challenging the conventional coding mindset that humans…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Spott has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to build an AI-native platform that promises to transform how recruitment agencies operate. The San Francisco-based startup announced the funding round today, led by Base10 Partners with participation…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More San Francisco AI startup Anthropic has more up its sleeve than the new Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 large language models announced last week — today it has unveiled two major updates for its similarly…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Consulting firms’ accelerating adoption of generative AI to automate knowledge work is sending shockwaves across the industry, triggering workforce shakeups and layoffs. This month, PwC cut roughly 2% of its U.S. staff, approximately 1,500 jobs, in…