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Meta has officially finalized the acquisition of PlayAI, a California-based startup known for its cutting-edge AI voice cloning technology, according to a report from Bloomberg. The purchase marks another significant move in Meta’s accelerated campaign to dominate the artificial intelligence space, particularly in speech and generative AI. PlayAI’s
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is preparing to launch its own AI agent marketplace next week, marking a significant step in the evolving world of AI-driven automation. According to sources cited by TechCrunch, the launch will take place during the AWS Summit in New York City on July 15. Anthropic, one
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Google is continuing to advance its AI-powered video tools, announcing the rollout of an image-to-video generation feature in its Gemini app. This new capability is powered by Veo 3, Google’s latest AI video generation model. The image-to-video feature allows users to turn still images into dynamic video clips directly
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Amazon has secured new multi-year licensing agreements with media giants Hearst and Condé Nast, granting its AI shopping assistant, Rufus, access to a wide array of premium editorial content. As reported by Digiday, this partnership allows Amazon's AI to draw from the vast archives of influential publications such
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, released its latest flagship model, Grok 4, and introduced a new premium subscription tier called SuperGrok Heavy, priced at $300 per month. The announcement was made Wednesday during a livestream where Musk, wearing a leather jacket, presented the advancements alongside key xAI leaders.
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Perplexity, the fast-rising AI startup known for its search engine technology, has officially launched its first web browser, Comet. The release marks the company’s most direct challenge yet to Google’s dominance in how people search and browse the internet. But rather than simply creating another browser, Perplexity is
Robotics
Hugging Face, the AI platform best known for its open source machine learning community, has taken another step into robotics. The company announced that it is now accepting orders for its new Reachy Mini desktop robots, designed specifically for developers to build, program, and experiment with AI-powered machines. Originally unveiled
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French artificial intelligence startup Mistral is in advanced discussions to secure up to $1 billion in new equity funding, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. The potential funding round is said to involve Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, a $100 billion government-backed initiative focused on
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In the fast-evolving landscape of AI-generated video, Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley is taking a different approach. The company believes that making a movie is about more than just typing a clever prompt. On Tuesday, Moonvalley publicly released its “3D-aware” video generation model, Marey, offering what it calls a “hybrid filmmaking”
Transportation
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving technology subsidiary, is taking its autonomous vehicle (AV) testing to the Northeast. On Monday, the company kicked off two new “road trips” to Philadelphia and New York City, marking the latest step in its nationwide push to refine its AI driver and eventually expand commercial robotaxi
Cloud Computing
Cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave announced Monday its acquisition of Core Scientific, a data center infrastructure company, in a $9 billion all-stock transaction. This move marks one of the largest consolidation efforts in the AI infrastructure space, as demand for compute power continues to skyrocket. With this acquisition, CoreWeave gains access
Software Development
Swedish AI startup Lovable, a standout in the rapidly growing world of “vibe coding,” is reportedly raising over $150 million in fresh funding at a valuation nearing $2 billion, according to the Financial Times. This marks a dramatic leap from just a few months ago, when the company closed a