Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months
Uber’s cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
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Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
“The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply,” Alphabet said in its statement.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT’s alleged role in the incident.
‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
The golden age of Microsoft’s Github Copilot appears to be at an end.
What happens in Vega$: steroids, swimmers, and a billion-dollar hustle
The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.
Xreal, Google’s smartglasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry
Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of XREAL, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning point.
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
Like other AI wearables, Amazon’s Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety.
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter.
IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
Initially billed as an “AI butler,” Iris watches what happens on a user’s desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.