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Google wants Intrinsic to be ‘Android of robotics’ as it pushes into physical AI
Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White has led the company to graduate out of Alphabet’s “Moonshot” factory X. Intrinsic Google became a powerhouse in smartphones by creating the Android operating system and partnering with handset makers in need of an answer to Apple’s iPhone. Now the search giant has a similar plan for tackling robotics. Earlier […]
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How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
Amazon on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with OpenAI that includes an investment of up to $50 billion, the latest sign of deepening ties between the tech giant and the maker of ChatGPT. As part of the deal, OpenAI will use more Amazon Web Services infrastructure, including a commitment to deploy 2 gigawatts of the […]
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Sam Altman aims to ‘help de-escalate’ tensions with Pentagon as OpenAI employees voice support for Anthropic
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staffers late Thursday that he would like the company “try to help de-escalate things” between rival Anthropic and the Department of […]
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OpenAI closes $110 billion funding round with backing from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, a financing that’s more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company. Amazon invested $50 […]
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Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon’s threats ‘do not change our position’ on AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the company “cannot in good conscience” agree to allow the Department of Defense to use its models in all lawful use cases without limitation, adding that the agency’s threats do not change its position. The artificial intelligence startup has been engaged in tense negotiations with the Pentagon in […]
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Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block said Thursday it’s laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount. The stock skyrocketed […]
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Google launches Nano Banana 2, updating its viral AI image generator
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Google on Thursday rolled out Nano Banana 2, an update to its wildly popular artificial intelligence image generator. The company launched the first Nano Banana in August, and the service quickly went viral. Nano Banana Pro hit the market in November, built on Gemini 3 Pro. Google […]
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EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce
eBay’s headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images EBay said Thursday it is cutting about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce, in the latest round of layoffs at the e-commerce company. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect […]
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Instagram to start parent alerts for teen suicide, self-harm searches as Meta trials continue
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., exits Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Instagram said Thursday that it will alert parents when teens repeatedly search for suicide and self-harm terms as parent company Meta comes under scrutiny […]
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Former Alphabet ‘moonshot’ robotics company Intrinsic is folding into Google
Google is folding in former moonshot robotics software company Intrinsic as Alphabet tries to streamline its ambitions in the space. After five and a half years developing its technology at Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” X, Intrinsic became an independent Alphabet company in its “Other Bets” division in July 2021. The Google parent company announced Wednesday that […]
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