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Anthropic pledges no ads for Claude
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (818+ words) The move defines Anthropic's AI offering as an alternative to competitors planning to integrate ads in AI chats. AI services are popping up everywhere. Pretty much every software product has crammed AI features into its apps, and soon most phones…...
Firefox will soon let users block AI features in its browser
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (708+ words) As Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge ramp up AI offerings, Firefox is betting people will want an off switch. When the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation launched Firefox back in 2004, its mission was to provide the online world with a secure, open…...
SpaceX and Tesla are sounding very similar these days
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (838+ words) Elon Musk's AI rocket company has a lot in common with his AI vehicle company. Yesterday, Elon Musk announced that his space company, SpaceX, was acquiring his AI company, xAI. The vision for the newly merged company, expected to go…...
D-Wave Quantum CEO on what’s next after the most eventful month in the company’s history
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1827+ words) If 2025 was the international year of quantum, 2026 is the international year of D-Wave Quantum," said CEO Dr. Alan Baratz. It's been an eventful month for D-Wave Quantum. Near the start of the year, the company announced a technological breakthrough that…...
Apple’s record quarter shows that AI doesn’t sell iPhones
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (873+ words) Apple just had its best quarter ever without a fully functional AI product. Apple may have just made a great case against AI. You may have heard: Apple has been an AI laggard for years. The company's new AI Siri,…...
One year after the DeepSeek freak, the AI industry has adjusted and roared back
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (916+ words) A year ago this week, Chinese startup DeepSeek shook the AI world with the release of its DeepSeek-R1 model. Since then, everything has changed. Before the release of DeepSeek, pretty much all of the big players in AI were following…...
12% of American workers use artificial intelligence in their roles every day
1+ week, 2+ day ago (610+ words) A new Gallup survey shows that tech employees, probably unsurprisingly, are leading the charge. When Anthropic this month announced Claude Cowork, an AI agent designed to help the everyman's working day run a little smoother, it certainly caused a splash,…...
PlusAI CEO David Liu, on the precipice of going public, talks autonomous trucking
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1669+ words) PlusAI CEO David Liu sees the trucking industry getting taken over by automation similar to how factories have over the past century. And he sees it saving companies big money. "Think of modern-day factories," he told me in an interview....
Survey: CEOs and workers have wildly different thoughts on AI productivity gains
1+ week, 6+ day ago (718+ words) One of the main reasons companies are rushing to adopt AI is to give their workers the miraculous productivity boost that AI companies have been promising "and believe will quickly earn back their investment. But now that companies have been…...
Apple to promote Siri from assistant to chatbot
1+ week, 6+ day ago (713+ words) Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to transform its Siri assistant into a full-fledged chatbot similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The chatbot would be integrated throughout the iPhone's operating system rather than offered as a stand-alone app. It's expected to arrive later…...