ChatGPT Images 2.0 has been a hit in India, but has yet to achieve major success in other regions.
OpenAI said Thursday that India has emerged as the largest user base for ChatGPT Images 2.0 since its launch last week. But third-party data reviewed by TechCrunch points to a more cautious global response, with overall growth limited along with a surge in some emerging markets. OpenAI’s latest image generation upgrade, ChatGPT Images 2.0, is […]
Apple posts record sales after Tim Cook steps down – but chip shortage looms
Apple reported a record quarter on Thursday. But outgoing CEO Tim Cook has warned that storm clouds are gathering in the form of memory chip supply issues that could impact the business in the near future. “Today, Apple is proud to report our best March quarter on record, with revenue of $111.2 billion and double-digit […]
Source: Humankind’s potential $900 billion-plus valuation round could occur within two weeks
Anthropic is asking investors to submit the AI company’s latest funding allocation within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter. The round is expected to be worth about $50 billion, TechCrunch reported, and is estimated to close within two weeks, according to sources. As previously reported, Anthropic is targeting a valuation […]
Apple surprised by AI-driven Mac demand
Apple’s iPhone sales and services revenue was the star of the tech giant’s latest quarter, but Macs quietly outperformed it, helped by increased demand for AI workloads. Wall Street investors had expected Mac sales to be in the low $8 billion range, but Apple reported $8.4 billion in the second quarter ended March 28. That’s […]
Legal AI startup Legora reaches $5.6 billion valuation, further escalating battle with Harvey
Nvidia has laid another brick in its AI empire. The company’s corporate VC fund, NVentures, reportedly backed Legora, the company’s first legal AI investment. The Swedish-born legal tech startup, which uses AI to help lawyers work more efficiently, is competing with US player Harvey. NVentures joins Atlassian and other new financial investors on Legora’s cap […]
Hackers are actively exploiting bugs in cPanel, which is used by millions of websites.
Security researchers are sounding the alarm about newly discovered vulnerabilities in the widely used web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM). This bug allows hackers to take over and take complete control of servers running affected software. It is believed that this server is used by tens of millions of website owners around […]
After slamming Anthropic for restricting Mythos, OpenAI will also restrict access to Cyber
After Sam Altman accused Anthropic of controlling its cybersecurity tool, Mythos, by only releasing it to a select group of users, he admitted that OpenAI does the same with its competing tool, Cyber. In a post on X on Thursday, Altman said that OpenAI will begin deploying GPT-5.5 Cyber ”for critical cyber defenders” in the […]
EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5 million to a company with ties to founder Jia Yueting.
Faraday Future paid about $7.5 million in 2025 to a company controlled by founder Jia Yueting, according to new regulatory filings. The long-struggling electric vehicle startup paid off its bills in a year, delivering just four vehicles and incurring nearly $400 million in losses. The company has shifted its focus to selling inexpensive vans and […]
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including partnership with Yubico
OpenAI takes account security seriously. The company launched Advanced Account Security (AAS) on Thursday. This is an opt-in protection set for ChatGPT users designed for high-value individuals, but available to anyone who wants it. As part of its new program, digital security provider Yubico announced that it is partnering with OpenAI to link two new […]
Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI model
OpenAI and Anthropic have recently been waging war against third-party efforts to train new AI models by encouraging publicly accessible chatbots and APIs (a process known as “distillation”). The conversation focuses on how Chinese companies are using distillation to develop open-weight models that perform nearly as well as U.S. products, but are available at a […]