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Perplexity launches AI-powered web browser for select group of subscribers
Perplexity AI on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence-powered web browser called Comet in the startup’s latest effort to compete in the consumer internet market against companies like Google and Microsoft. Comet will allow users to connect with enterprise applications like Slack and ask complex questions via voice and text, according to a brief demo […]
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Waymo offers teen accounts for driverless rides
Waymo announced it is now offering teen accounts for its self-driving car service Waymo One, beginning in Phoenix, Arizona. Courtesy of Waymo Waymo announced Tuesday that it is offering accounts for teens ages 14 to 17, starting in Phoenix. The Alphabet-owned company said that, beginning Tuesday, parents in Phoenix can use their Waymo accounts “to invite […]
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Waymo to begin testing in Philadelphia with safety drivers behind the wheel
A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Waymo said it will begin testing in Philadelphia, with a limited fleet of vehicles and human safety drivers behind the wheel. “This city is a […]
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Apple scores big victory with ‘F1,’ but AI is still a major problem in Cupertino
Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 23, 2022 Tim Cook waves the chequered flag to the race winner Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Mike Segar | Reuters Apple had two major launches last month. They couldn’t have been more different. First, Apple revealed some […]
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Musk’s xAI scores permit for gas-burning turbines to power Grok supercomputer in Memphis
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI attained an official permit to power its supercomputer facility in Memphis, Tennessee, using natural gas-burning turbines, according to public records shared by the […]
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CoreWeave is the first cloud provider to deploy Nvidia’s latest AI chips
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra chips, the company’s next-generation graphics processor for artificial intelligence, have been commercially deployed at CoreWeave, the companies announced on Thursday. CoreWeave has received shipments of Dell-built shipments based around Nvidia’s GB300 NVL72 AI systems, Dell said on […]
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AI virtual personality YouTubers, or ‘VTubers,’ are earning millions
One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes. But he isn’t a human — he’s a fully virtual personality powered by artificial intelligence. “I’m here to keep my millions of viewers worldwide entertained and coming back for more,” Bloo said in an interview […]
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Google promotes ‘AI Mode’ on home page ‘Doodle’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | AFP | Getty Images The Google Doodle is Alphabet’s most valuable piece of real estate, and on Tuesday, the company used that space to promote “AI Mode,” its latest AI search […]
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Web giant Cloudflare to block AI bots from scraping content by default
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Internet firm Cloudflare will start blocking artificial intelligence crawlers from accessing content without website owners’ permission or compensation by default, in a move that could significantly impact AI developers’ ability to train their models. Starting Tuesday, every new web domain that signs up to Cloudflare will be asked […]
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