Monthly Archives: July 2025

The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Techme101

Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wing bias, following a playbook that worked well against social media platforms.

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A new AI coding challenge just published its first results – and they aren’t pretty

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Techme101

A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers.  On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI … Continue reading →

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Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Techme101

When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns … Continue reading →

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Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.

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Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up … Continue reading →

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A troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle doesn’t have much cash left.

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Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

Google shared new stats about its AI features’ adoption during its Q2 earnings.

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IBM shares drop despite earnings beat

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

IBM delivered stronger results than expected and raised its forecast for full-year free cash flow.

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ServiceNow lifts guidance on AI growth

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

“Every business process in every industry is being refactored for agentic AI,” said ServiceNow chairman and CEO Bill McDermott in a release.

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Tesla profits pulled down by falling EV sales and regulatory credits

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla saw a 17% growth in its services business, but it was not enough to close the gap in falling EV sales, fewer regulatory credits, and a decline in solar and energy storage sales.

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