Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing years-long waits for grid connections.
“All the AI data centers are struggling to get connected,” Amit Narayan, founder and CEO of Gridcare,
The Browser Company mulls selling or open sourcing Arc Browser amid AI-focused pivot
The Browser Company on Tuesday said it is considering selling or open sourcing its Arc Browser as it seeks to divert resources to developing a new, AI-powered browser called Dia.
When the company announced Dia in December 2024, it admitted that Arc was a complex browser for a lot of users, and it
One of Europe's top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the 'holy grail' of models
From OpenAI's 4o to Stable Diffusion, AI foundation models that create realistic images from a text prompt are now plentiful. In contrast, foundation models capable of generating full, coherent 3D online environments from a text prompt are only just emerging.
Still, it's only a question of
Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech
Artificial intelligence has sent demand for electricity skyrocketing in the U.S. after years of virtually zero growth. That has sent Big Tech companies scrambling to secure generating capacity for their data centers.
For many, that has meant turning to nuclear fission. The power source has been ex
From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms
Artificial intelligence is a deep and convoluted world. The scientists who work in this field often rely on jargon and lingo to explain what they're working on. As a result, we frequently have to use those technical terms in our coverage of the artificial intelligence industry. That's why w
Why Intempus thinks robots should have a human physiological state
Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics company of his own, Intempus, that looks to make robots a bit more human.
Intempus is b
Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed
Privacy and digital rights advocates are raising alarms over a law that many would expect them to cheer: a federal crackdown on revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes.
The newly signed Take It Down Act makes it illegal to publish nonconsensual explicit images — real or AI-generated — an
Week in Review: Notorious hacking group tied to the Spanish government
Welcome back to Week in Review! Tons of news from this week for you, including a hacking group that’s linked to the Spanish government; CEOs using AI avatars to deliver company earnings; Pocket shutting down — or is it?; and much more. Let’s get to it!
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Khosla Ventures among VCs experimenting with AI-infused roll-ups of mature companies
Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries or create entirely new business categories.
But some VCs are starting to flip the script on their investing styles. Rather than funding startups, they are acquiring m
Zoox issues second robotaxi software recall in a month following collision
Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox has issued its second voluntary software recall in a month, following a collision between one of its robotaxis and an e-scooter rider in San Francisco on May 8.
The latest incident involved an unoccupied Zoox vehicle operating at low speed, which the co
Landa promised real estate investing for $5. Now it’s gone dark.
The idea of becoming a real estate investor for as little as $5 may seem too good to be true.
And for many users of Landa, a proptech company that promised just that — it has been.
Landa emerged from stealth in August 2022, announcing a total of $33 million in funding and a
Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple, alongside Google, has been wo
Kesha is now a startup founder
Kesha may have taken the dollar sign out of her name, but now, the singer is thinking about money again — not for herself, but to fund the seed round of her new startup, Smash.
According to Kesha’s Instagram post, Smash will be a “community-based platform to connect and protect m
Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok
Last week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok experienced a “bug” that made it tell users about the “white genocide” conspiracy theory in South Africa, even when prompted with questions that had nothing to do with the topic … and soon after, Grok expressed skepticism over