Tech
AI Summary
- The AI race is heating up with major players like OpenAI and Anthropic making significant moves, including deals with SpaceX for chip access and a potential $200 billion cloud compute agreement, while concerns about AI's impact on productivity and ethics persist.
- Tech giants are navigating complex regulatory and consumer landscapes, as seen with Apple settling a lawsuit over Siri's delayed AI features for $250 million and Google facing allegations of downloading large AI files without consent.
- Startups are achieving significant valuations, with companies like Corgi and DeepSeek reportedly nearing or hitting multi-billion dollar valuations, attracting substantial investment even as others, like Snap's deal with Perplexity, amicably dissolve.
- Hardware and infrastructure are key battlegrounds, evidenced by SpaceX's plans for a massive chip factory and Microsoft's challenges in balancing its AI data center expansion with clean power goals, alongside a renewed interest in open-source hardware like Valve's Steam Controller CAD files.
- The lines between AI, traditional tech, and real-world applications continue to blur, with news ranging from driverless truck approvals and AI predicting fainting to debates about AI's role in creative fields and ethical considerations like the unionization of Google DeepMind workers over military AI projects.
Sources
TechCrunch
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Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
5 hours ago
by Connie Loizos
AI, TC, applied intuition, ASML, Christophe Fouquet, Dimitry Shevelenko, Eve Bodnia, Francis deSouza, google cloud, Logical Intelligence, Milken Institute, Qasar YounisEarlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong.
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A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
12 hours ago
by Jagmeet Singh
Startups, Lachy Groom, prontoThe investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.
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Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
13 hours ago
by Sarah Perez
AI, Media & Entertainment, Barry Diller, sam altmanBarry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
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Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
13 hours ago
by Aisha Malik
AI, Apps, Social, Perplexity, Snap, SnapchatThe deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity's AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat.
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Is xAI a neocloud now?
13 hours ago
by Russell Brandom
AI, Anthropic, data center, Elon Musk, neocloud, SpaceX, xAIxAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.
Hacker News
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Engadget
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RGG's Stranger Than Heaven game arrives this winter
2 hours ago
by Mariella Moon
GamingThe game, from the creators of Yakuza, will focus on the founder of the Tojo clan.
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Samsung says its Galaxy Watch can predict fainting with 'high accuracy'
2 hours ago
by Steve Dent
SamsungThe feature would allow users to get into a safe position or call for help.
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A Star Fox remake is heading to Switch 2 on June 25
11 hours ago
by Jessica Conditt
NintendoThe reimagining of the N64 game offers a more cinematic take.
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Energizer releases coin lithium batteries that won't cause burning if accidentally swallowed
11 hours ago
by Anna Washenko
AccessoriesThe Ultimate Child Shield batteries also turn the victim's mouth blue.
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Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws
13 hours ago
by Ian Carlos Campbell
AI, Big TechRegulators took issue with the amount of personal data the company collected and its approach to consent.
The Verge
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Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
11 hours ago
by Elizabeth Lopatto
AI, Elon Musk, OpenAI, TechI sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone's minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk's children, was… what's the best way to characterize this? A Musk adviser? She denies she was a "chief of staff" but says she worked for Musk's "entire AI portfolio: Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI" starting in 2017. The two met through OpenAI, and they had what she referred to as a "one off" before
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Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2
12 hours ago
by Andrew Webster
Entertainment, Gaming, NintendoIt turns out Fox McCloud's appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just surprise announced the first new Star Fox game in a decade. The game is called, simply, Star Fox, and it's out very soon, launching on June 25th. Nintendo says that it's "based" on the classic space shooter Star Fox 64, but with redesigned characters and upgraded visuals. Essentially, it sounds like a modern remake of the game with the same level design. Based on the first look at the game, it looks thoroughly modern, with incredibly detailed characters, including a
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Google shuts down Project Mariner
13 hours ago
by Emma Roth
AI, Google, News, TechGoogle has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the web, as reported earlier by Wired's Maxwell Zeff. The Project Mariner landing page now contains a message that says: "Thank you for using Project Mariner. It was shut down on May 4th, 2026 and its technology voyaged to other Google products." Google first revealed Project Mariner in December 2024 and later announced an update allowing it to perform up to 10 tasks at a time. Over the past year, Google has integrated features powered by Project Mariner into its other AI tools,
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How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
14 hours ago
by Tina Nguyen
AI, Column, Policy, Politics, RegulatorAI and Crypto Czar David O. Sacks speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education at the White House. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter exclusively for Verge subscribers about tech, politics, and Washington intrigue. (It's basically House of Cards, but for nerds.) Not a subscriber yet? You really should become one, and to save you a Google search, here is the direct link to do so! And do you think I should know something? Send it to tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com. On Monday, The New York Times reported that
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The latest Tile Pro is down to $25 — its best price of the year
16 hours ago
by Sheena Vasani
Deals, Gadgets, Tech, Verge ShoppingThe black and white versions of the latest Tile Pro is $10 off, marking its best price of the year. | Image: Tile If you’re struggling to find a Mother’s Day gift under $30, location trackers are a good investment, helping mom keep tabs on keys, bags, luggage, and other valuables. The latest Tile Pro is one of the best on the market, and it’s on sale for $24.99 ($10 off) at Amazon and directly from Tile. While this isn’t a new deal, it’s still its best price of the year and only $2 shy of its all-time low, which is
Wired
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6 hours ago
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by Luke Larsen
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by Matthew Korfhage
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