Dell forecasts $15 billion of AI server sales this year

Dell said that it sold about $10 billion of AI-optimized servers in its fiscal 2025, and expects to sell about $15 billion in AI system sales this year.

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Snowflake grows startup accelerator with $200M in new capital

Snowflake plans to expand its startup accelerator with $200 million in additional commitments, the tech giant that specializes in cloud-based data storage said Thursday. The new injection of capital follows a string of activity by Snowflake over the past several months that illustrates that company’s growth ambitions. The Snowflake Startup Accelerator, formerly known as the […]
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Meta plans to release standalone Meta AI app in effort to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Meta’s upcoming AI app advances CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to make his company the leader in AI by the end of the year, people familiar with the matter said.

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OpenAI Launches GPT-4.5 for ChatGPT—It’s Huge and Compute-Intensive

Internally called Orion, GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s largest model to date, and it’s only available through the company’s $200 monthly ChatGPT subscription.

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Meta announces experimental Aria Gen 2 research smart glasses

Meta revealed the latest version of its experimental glasses intended to help bolster research into artificial intelligence, robotics and machine perception.

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Meta fires around 20 employees for leaking confidential information

Meta has fired “roughly” 20 employees for leaking confidential information, The Verge reports. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,” Meta told the publication. “We recently conducted an investigation that resulted in roughly 20 employees […]
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Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a […]
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A.I. and Vibecoding Helped Me to Create My Own Software

I’m not a programmer. But I’ve been creating my own software tools with help from artificial intelligence.

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TikTok sunsets its creator marketplace for TikTok One, a broader solution with AI tools

TikTok is preparing to sunset its creator marketplace in favor of a new, more expanded experience, the company has informed businesses and creators via email. The online platform, which connects brands with creators for collaborating on ads and other sponsorships, will stop allowing creator invitations or the creation of new campaigns as of Saturday the […]
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