A UK-Canada tech partnership is developing a new optical engine aimed at slashing the power consumption of AI data centers. The project, funded with £400,000 from UKRI, is the first major collaboration from a photonics MoU signed earlier this year. The hardware will be tested in Bristol and on the i
Investors in the Asia-Pacific region are bracing for a volatile session. All eyes are on China’s inflation figures and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcement, both due later today.
Fal, which provides hosted AI models for developers, has raised a $140 million Series D round. The funding, led by Sequoia, triples the company’s valuation to $4.5 billion just months after its last raise.
A brand-new company, Unconventional AI, just landed a staggering $475 million seed round at a $4.5 billion valuation to build novel computers for AI. Meanwhile, AI funding is booming across legal tech, customer service, and even chemical discovery. The money is chasing both new hardware paradigms an
European regulators have launched an antitrust probe into how Google trained its Gemini AI models. The investigation focuses on whether the tech giant improperly used content from publishers and YouTube without permission. This comes as Google makes significant competitive strides against OpenAI.
According to MIT Technology Review, experts are deeply divided on AI’s near-future impact. Some predict a change greater than the Industrial Revolution, while others argue adoption will move at “human speed.” The debate is the focus of a final series collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode. The probe focuses on whether Google used publisher content without fair payment or consent, as reports show catastrophic traffic drops for news sites.
The US has uncovered a major smuggling operation that moved over $160 million in restricted Nvidia AI chips to China. The scheme used falsified documents to bypass export controls, with funds traced back to China.
In a surprise post on Truth Social, President Trump announced he will allow Nvidia to ship its advanced H200 AI chips to China. The policy, which will also apply to AMD and Intel, immediately boosted the chipmakers’ stock prices in premarket trading.
Google’s AI-powered mood board app, Mixboard, just got a major upgrade. Its new presentation feature can automatically transform a board of ideas into a structured, designed deck.
