According to Apple’s 2025 data, ChatGPT was the most downloaded free iPhone app. However, the App Store Award winners for technical and cultural impact were completely different apps like Tiimo and Essayist.
A startup founded by the creator of Apple’s Swift language is taking on Nvidia’s foundational CUDA software. Modular has raised $380 million to build a portable AI platform that already boosts AMD chip performance by 50%. The goal is to end the industry’s reliance on a single vendor.
Google is launching a commercial pilot program where it will pay publishers to feature AI-generated article overviews on their dedicated Google News pages. The goal is to give users more context before clicking, but it could reduce traffic to publisher sites. Participants include The Washington Post
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.
