If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
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Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
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Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors
The tariffs will allow President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia’s chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry.
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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok
The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.
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OpenAI Teams Up With Cerebras in Chip Maker Deal
The agreement with the start-up Cerebras is the latest in a series intended to expand the A.I. company’s computing power.
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A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot
Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data with a single click on a legitimate URL. The hackers in this case were white-hat researchers from security firm Varonis. The net effect of their multistage attack was that they exfiltrated data, including the...
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Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced on Reddit that it will no longer permit AI-generated music on its platform. “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,” the company wrote in a post to the r/bandcamp subreddit. The new policy also prohibits “any use of AI tools...
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(BPRW) Kevin Hart Enters Strategic Partnership With Authentic Brands Group to Scale His Brand and Business Worldwide
(Black PR Wire) Globally recognized comedian, actor, producer and entrepreneur Kevin Hart has announced a strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), a global sports, media, entertainment and lifestyle platform. Through the agreement, H…
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Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.
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The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”
RAM prices have soared, which is bad news for people interested in buying, building, or upgrading a computer this year, but it’s likely good news for people exasperated by talk of so-called AI PCs. As Ars Technica has reported, the growing demands of data centers, fueled by the AI boom, have led to a shortage...