Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare

LinkedIn Cofounder Hoffman’s New AI Oncology Startup Raises $25 Million

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Behind the blinding white light of Monday’s trillion–dollar AI wipeout that was a spot of unabashedly good AI news.

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Artificial Intelligence

Less is More: Who’s Afraid of DeepSeek?

Yesterday saw a huge selloff in US tech stocks after a Chinese AI chatbot app DeepSeek shot to the top of the Apple App Store. Why the fuss?

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CIO Upside

Trump Administration Set to Ramp Up AI Development – Never Mind the Risks

With less safety regulation and more infrastructure, AI companies are ready to sprint.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mistral CEO Says the Company Wants an IPO

Mistral is among a clutch of privately held AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic that have seen valuations soar.

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Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI-ifying Alexa is Way Harder than Amazon Thought

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The company’s struggle gives us a glimpse into how the wider world of voice assistants is trying to keep up with the technology zeitgest.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia, Anthropic Refuel the AI Hype Train

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Nvidia, the chipmaking king, has announced a slew of consumer-focused hardware, including a $3,000 “personal AI supercomputer” called Digits.

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International Economics

China Places Export Bans on Raw Materials to US In Trade War Reprisal

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Beijing’s move came swiftly in response to the White House’s decision to slap new curbs on exports of vital chip components to China.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

Today, a patent application for making Amazon’s voice assistants more personal highlights the race – and roadblocks – to creation of an AI-powered Alexa.

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Social Media

Elon Musk’s X Just Got More Valuable, Fidelity Says

Ignore the high-profile exodus of users to BlueSky and Meta’s Threads. Elon Musk’s X, née Twitter, might be doing just fine.

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Patent Drop

Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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