Monthly Archives: February 2025

UK drops ‘safety’ from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic

The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that, it’s pivoting an institution that it founded a little over a year ago for a very different purpose. … Continue reading

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Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies

Meta’s CTO said staff unhappy with the tech giant’s latest policies should work somewhere else, an internal chat reveals. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Airbnb shares pop 15% on better-than-expected earnings and revenue

Airbnb reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat analysts’ estimates, but the company issued soft guidance.

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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Keeps Corporate Structure

In a court filing, Mr. Musk said he and other investors would pull their $97.4 billion bid if OpenAI withdrew its plan to change its structure.

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Google Gemini now brings receipts to your AI chats

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot can now tailor answers based on the contents of previous conversations, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. Gemini can summarize a previous conversation you’ve had with it, or recall info you shared in … Continue reading

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Arm is launching its own chip this year with Meta as a customer

Public semiconductor company Arm will start making its own chips this year after landing a high-profile enterprise customer. Arm, which is majorly owned by SoftBank, will start making its own chips now that Meta has signed on as a customer, … Continue reading

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Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details

A group led by Elon Musk’s x.AI wants to buy OpenAI. Read five key takeaways from its offer letter. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Arm shares rise on report that Meta will buy its first chip

Arm shares rose 5% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers.

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Tim Cook teases Apple product news for February 19 — likely the iPhone SE

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to X Thursday to tease “the newest member of the family,” set to arrive February 19. The safe money is on a fourth-generation iPhone SE. The budget-minded handset had previously been tipped for a potential … Continue reading

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Anthropic’s next major AI model could arrive within weeks

AI startup Anthropic is gearing up to release its next major AI model, according to a report Thursday from The Information. The report describes Anthropic’s upcoming model as a “hybrid” that can switch between “deep reasoning” and fast responses. The … Continue reading

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