DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.

Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead
Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

OpenAI and Microsoft’s partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped. On Monday morning, Microsoft announced a handful of big changes to its long-standing OpenAI deal. Microsoft will remain OpenAI’s “primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first […]

Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch

Skye’s new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.

Adobe Firefly AI is now live publicly, hoping you’ll take to an AI and get work done

The Firefly AI Assistant public beta is available for Creative Cloud Pro and paid Firefly plan subscribers, with complimentary daily generative credits provided to eligible users during the beta period.

All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. After nearly a month, […]

OpenAI Publishes Five Principles For Its AGI Push

OpenAI published this week five operating principles for its work toward AGI. OpenAI wants broad access, but it reserves room to restrict capabilities.

Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs
Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs

One of Canva’s new AI features has been caught replacing the word “Palestine” in designs. The Magic Layers feature – which is designed to break flat images out into separate editable components – isn’t supposed to make visible alterations to user designs, but it was found by X user @ros_ie9 to automatically switch the phrase […]

China vetoes Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.

OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps

The phone could go in mass production in 2028, an analyst says.

Finding Hidden Geothermal Power With AI

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how SpaceX’s IPO could leave Tesla eating rocket dust and the need for better forest management in a warming world