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Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms

Artificial Intelligence / Rebecca Bellan

In Brief Posted: 8:11 AM PDT · August 25, 2025 Image Credits:TechCrunch Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley veterans putting more than $100 million into a network of political action committees (PACs) that will advocate against strict AI regulations in next year’s midterm elections, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Apple is in talks to use Google’s Gemini for Siri revamp, report says

Artificial Intelligence / Amanda Silberling

In Brief Posted: 11:15 AM PDT · August 22, 2025 Image Credits:Brian Heater/TechCrunch Apple is falling behind in the race to transform Siri into an AI assistant that’s as powerful as its competitors. As consumers grow more impatient, Apple is considering using another company’s tech instead of developing its own. Apple is now exploring a

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Nvidia reportedly halts production on its H20 AI chips

Artificial Intelligence / Rebecca Szkutak

In Brief Posted: 9:53 AM PDT · August 22, 2025 Image Credits:Akio Kon/Bloomberg / Getty Images Beijing may have thrown a wrench into Nvidia’s plans on making a comeback in China’s AI market. Nvidia has instructed its component suppliers to stop production related to its H20 AI chip, according to The Information. The production halt

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Meta is shaking up its AI org, again

Artificial Intelligence / Russell Brandom

In Brief Posted: 11:27 AM PDT · August 19, 2025 Image Credits:Getty Images On Friday, The Information reported that Meta was preparing to tear down its existing AI org and reorganize it into four new groups. Four days later, the change has been made official with an internal memo, as reported by Bloomberg and The

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Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

Artificial Intelligence / Ram Iyer

AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with live transcriptions of Indian public companies’ quarterly earnings calls, as well as a calendar to show schedules for post-results conference calls. Alongside surfacing news about the markets, Perplexity’s Finance dashboard shows market summaries, stock exchange charts, and top performing stocks. The dashboard also lets users create

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GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

Artificial Intelligence / Anthony Ha

In Brief Posted: 2:08 PM PDT · August 17, 2025 Image Credits:OpenAI OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.” The company recently launched the much-anticipated GPT-5 in a process that CEO Sam Altman admitted was “a little more bumpy than we’d hoped for,” with some users complaining

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The computer science dream has become a nightmare

Artificial Intelligence / Connie Loizos

In Brief Posted: 11:59 AM PDT · August 10, 2025 Image Credits:izusek / Getty Images The coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

Artificial Intelligence / Rebecca Szkutak

In Brief Posted: 1:38 PM PDT · August 14, 2025 Image Credits:Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg / Getty Images The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a stake in Intel, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This deal would be structured to help the company expand its

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Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

Artificial Intelligence / Dominic-Madori Davis

Vibe coding startup Lovable aims to hit $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within the next 12 months, according to its CEO, Anton Osika. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Osika said the company grows by at least $8 million in ARR each month. In a blog post written this summer, the company said it

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