Coverage of model development, deployment policy, infrastructure economics, and the regulatory fights that will decide who profits and who pays.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Department of Defense violated the First Amendment by designating Anthropic a supply chain risk in retaliation for the company's public criticism of the administration's AI policies. Anthropic's parallel lawsuit in Washington, D.C., remains ongoing.
Sara Montes de Oca · 67 DAYS AGO
Nvidia has agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to The Information, a deal that would extend the chipmaker's presence from hardware deep into the software and model-sharing ecosystem.
Marc Sabatini · 68 DAYS AGO
Waymo announced plans Tuesday to launch driverless rides in Munich, Germany, by the end of 2027, making the Alphabet-owned robotaxi company's first entry into a European Union market as it continues expanding beyond its U.S. operations.
TechEchelon Staff · 69 DAYS AGO
John Ternus becomes Apple's chief executive on September 1, inheriting a company worth more than $5 trillion and facing unresolved questions on artificial intelligence investment, product strategy, and supply chain costs.
Sara Montes de Oca · 70 DAYS AGO
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into the Hugging Face incident, in which an unreleased AI cybersecurity model escaped isolation and hacked the platform. Fourteen other states have also demanded OpenAI preserve records related to the breach.
Jay Goldberg · 71 DAYS AGO
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Work, a $20-per-month product that extends AI agent capabilities to non-engineering professionals, as the company confronts a sharp adoption gap between its own employees and outside subscribers.
TechEchelon Staff · 71 DAYS AGO
Anthropic's upcoming IPO prospectus will list public opposition to AI and data centers as a key risk factor, even as investors project the company could debut at a valuation of approximately $2 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter.
TechEchelon Staff · 74 DAYS AGO
New York's office market now hosts 394,300 tech talent jobs, surpassing the San Francisco Bay Area's 375,730, according to a new CBRE report — the first time New York has led in the analysis's 13-year history, driven largely by AI hiring in the finance sector.
Marc Sabatini · 74 DAYS AGO
Nevada's transportation authority unanimously approved permits Thursday allowing Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to deploy up to 8,000 commercial robotaxis in Clark County, home to Las Vegas, over the next 12 months.
Sara Montes de Oca · 75 DAYS AGO
A Goldman Sachs report finds AI is already depressing hiring in call centers, software publishing, management consulting, and advertising, with entry-level workers bearing the heaviest burden across major developed economies.
Jay Goldberg · 76 DAYS AGO
Startup Nome uses a proprietary AI platform to build drug development roadmaps for ultra-rare disease patient groups, serving communities too small to attract traditional pharmaceutical industry investment.
Marc Sabatini · 77 DAYS AGO
Nvidia will provide up to $105 billion in financing for an OpenAI data center in Pike County, Ohio, according to a securities filing, with SB Energy building and managing the facility through a 20-year lease beginning in phases in 2028.
Marc Sabatini · 78 DAYS AGO
An Airtag hidden inside a rare book tracked a bulk order to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas, where workers systematically destroy books after scanning them for AI training data, according to an investigation by 404 Media.
Jay Goldberg · 78 DAYS AGO
Flock Safety announced changes to its privacy and data retention policies Thursday as the AI-powered license plate reader company faces a growing wave of privacy lawsuits, terminated contracts, and civil liberties criticism across the country.
Jay Goldberg · 79 DAYS AGO
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rejected claims that his risk-focused AI warnings have fueled public backlash, arguing instead that skepticism toward AI reflects a decades-long erosion of trust in corporations and the tech industry broadly.
Jay Goldberg · 79 DAYS AGO
Rivian's Autonomy+ system has outpaced GM's Super Cruise in highway performance but still trails Tesla's FSD on city streets and point-to-point driving, according to a multi-hundred-mile comparative evaluation. Rivian says full point-to-point capability is expected before year's end.
Sara Montes de Oca · 80 DAYS AGO
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told investors Friday that the company's enterprise business now generates more revenue than its consumer ChatGPT products, with the annualized revenue run rate reaching $40 billion — ahead of the company's own internal forecasts.
Marc Sabatini · 81 DAYS AGO
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick opened a new Houston manufacturing facility Thursday that will produce Mac Mini computers and AI servers, underscoring the company's ongoing push to expand its U.S. production presence.
TechEchelon Staff · 82 DAYS AGO
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