Steph Curry’s VC company has helped AI startups wanting to fix their food supply chain
The food supply chain is notoriously messy. Orders arrive through various channels, staff manually enter into clumsy enterprise software systems, and compliance is often dependent on spreadsheets. For decades, software vendors have been trying to modernize the workflows behind the global movement of perishable products. Now, Y-combinator startups called Burnt Thinks Ai Agents software that […]
Openai says that GPT-5 will stack up on humans with a wide range of jobs
Openai released a new benchmark on Thursday. This tested the performance of the AI model compared to human experts in a wide range of industries and employment. This test, GDPVAL, is an early attempt to understand how close OpenAI systems are to outperform humans in economically valuable work. Openai says it has discovered that the […]
Elon Musk’s Xai offers Grok to the Federal Government for 42 cents
Elon Musk’s Xai has reached an agreement with the US government’s purchasing department, selling the AI chatbot Grok to the federal government for less than a dollar, opposing Openai and humanity. Under the agreement between Xai and the General Services Agency (GSA), the federal agency will be charged at 42 cents and will use Xai’s […]
Meta deploys teen accounts worldwide on Facebook and Messenger
Meta announced on Thursday that it will be expanded to Facebook and Messenger teens around the world after being made available only to US, UK, Australia and Canada users. The account, which has built-in protection and parental control for younger users, first launched on Instagram last fall. The teenage account was originally launched shortly after […]
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Databricks burns Openai models into products, promoting enterprise adoption with a $100 million bet
Databricks said Thursday that it is incorporating Openai’s models, including the GPT-5, into its data platform, and it is incorporating its AI product, Agent Brick, as part of a $100 million multi-year agreement that bets on the AI company’s ability to bring customers. The deal highlights an accelerated race to bring generative AI into the […]
Spotify to label AI music, filter spam, and more with AI policy changes
Spotify announced on Thursday a series of updates to its AI policy designed to better showcase when AI is being used to make music and reduce spam. The company has said it will adopt upcoming industry standards for identifying and labeling AI Music with credits known as DDEX and will soon roll out new music […]
Smartphone makers have nothing to spin off affordable CMF brands
The hardware startup on Thursday is not said to be planning to turn affordable device brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India planning to serve as manufacturing and R&D headquarters. The company first launched its CMF in 2023 with earphones and smartwatches. Since then, smartphones have also been introduced under the brand. It is […]
It’s not your imagination: Google Cloud is flooded with zones
The $100 billion partnership between Nvidia and Openai, announced Monday, represents the latest megadeal reshaping the landscape of AI infrastructure for now. The deal includes non-voting stocks related to large-scale chip purchases and ample computing power for over 5 million US households, deepening the relationship between the two of AI’s most powerful players. Meanwhile, Google […]
Y Combinator begins “early decision” for students who want to graduate first and build later
For decades, Silicon Valley has been celebrating university dropouts. Founders such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg left school early and built businesses and became billionaires. That spirit was later institutionalized through initiatives like the Thiel Fellowship. This will pay $100,000 to allow a promising student to leave the university and set up […]