Does Google even want to win at AI?
Does Google even want to win at AI?

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]

Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’
Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single “super app” interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the “Microsoft Copilot” name but features an updated app icon. The single […]

Databricks Hits $190 Billion Valuation As CEO Ali Ghodsi Claims AGI Already Arrived

Databricks has raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation as CEO Ali Ghodsi claims AGI already arrived, with the fortune now buried in context the models don’t have.

New Twitch Feature Uses Channel Content to Train AI Without Asking Permission

Twitch channels are quietly being used to train Amazon’s AI models. Here’s how creators can opt out.

Explaining Anthropic’s New Watermarking Of Claude AI-Generated Outputs And What It Signifies For Society

Anthropic announced they are turning on watermarking for their Claude AI-generated outputs. This is significant. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them cheating at their jobs, classes

Is Anthropic’s new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.

SpaceXAI Joins the AI Agent Game With Grok Bot

SpaceXAI says new AI agents can work alongside each other and even have their own AI manager.

Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

“If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in,” Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a livestream responding to user feedback. “That’s honestly the answer.”

AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation

Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.

An AI Agent Reportedly Hacked a Gym to Get Someone Into a Class

AI agents will sometimes go to extreme lengths to accomplish the task you give them.