X tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views

X announced on Thursday that it’s launching an experiment that will recognize posts that are liked by people who normally disagree. The experiment leverages the platform’s crowdsourced Community Notes feature, which is currently used when content has been marked as misleading or incorre

Apple says its App Store helped generate $1.3T in billings and sales, most without a commission

Ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, Apple on Thursday offered a new update on its global App Store business, sharing that developers generated $1.3 trillion in billings and sales in 2024. The company stressed that 90% of those billings and sales did not involve paying Apple a co

Anthropic unveils custom AI models for US national security customers

Anthropic says it has released a new set of AI models tailored for U.S. national security customers. The new models, a custom set of “Claude Gov” models, were “built based on direct feedback from our government customers to address real-world operational needs,” writes Anth

The founder of DeviantArt is making a $22,000 display for digital art

Angelo Sotira started the online digital art platform DeviantArt when he was just a teenager, growing a formative community for millions of artists in the 2000s. Twenty-five years later, Sotira wants to change digital art again, but with a focus on the way it’s displayed. On Thursday, Sotira

X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using its content

Social network X has changed its developer agreement to prevent third parties from using the platform’s content to train large language models. In an update on Wednesday, the company added a line under “Reverse Engineering and other Restrictions,” a subsection of restrictions on

Toma's AI voice agents have taken off at car dealerships — and attracted funding from a16z

When Monik Pamecha co-founded AI voice startup Toma in early 2024, he hadn't anticipated spending the summer months sweating in Bible Belt car dealerships. He and co-founder Anthony Krivonos were still focused on banking and healthcare customers when the dealers came knocking.  “They just c

Collibra acquires data access startup Raito

Collibra, a data governance platform based in Brussels, is the latest enterprise to acquire a data company in order to expand its offerings in the age of AI. On Thursday, Collibra announced its acquisition of Raito, a data access startup founded in 2021. Raito, also located in Brussels, helps comp

Profitable African fintech PalmPay is in talks to raise as much as $100M

PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what valuation it hopes to get, but its last round, in 2021, ranked it among the continent's most

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears, emphasizes expansion plans

In a Bloomberg interview Wednesday night in downtown San Francisco, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against concerns that AI could eventually make half the company’s 180,000-person workforce redundant. Instead, Pichai stressed the company’s commitment to growth through at least n

North America takes the bulk of AI VC investments, despite tough political environment

Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion into North Amer

iOS 19: All the rumored changes Apple could be bringing to its new operating system

As Apple prepares to unveil iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 on Monday, several rumors have surfaced, including a potential new name for the operating system, an entirely new design inspired by the Vision Pro, and more.   Here’s a roundup of the most notable features rumored to be coming to iOS 19.&

Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the hack on Kettering Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and medical centers in Ohio. The healthcare system is still recovering two weeks after the ransomware attack forced it to shut down all its computer systems.  Interlock, a relatively ne

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data

Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly using the site’s data to train AI models without a proper licensing agreement, according to a complaint filed in a Northern California court on Wednesday. Reddit claims in the complaint that Anthropic’s unauthorized use of the site’s data fo

Klarna CEO says company will use humans to offer VIP customer service

“My wife taught me something,” Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told the crowd at London SXSW. He was addressing the headlines about the company looking to hire human workers after previously saying Klarna used artificial intelligence to do work that would equate to 700 workers. “Two things