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Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition to date.

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I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

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Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides to and from San Francisco International Airport

Waymo has worked for years to gain access to SFO.

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Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

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OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch

Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

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Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

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India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale

With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google’s approach to AI in education.

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Spotify rolls out group chats

Spotify users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they’re listening to with up 10 people.

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Tesla’s energy storage business is growing faster than any other part of the company

Energy storage products like the Megapack, Megablock, and Powerwall drove

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Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

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