Apple and Intel strike a preliminary chip-making deal brokered with U.S. government involvement, sending Intel shares surging 13% and reuniting the two tech giants after Apple previously ditched Intel processors in favor of its own silicon.
Google Chrome is silently installing a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model on users' computers without consent, sparking serious GDPR concerns as critics accuse Google of exploiting personal hardware to cut server costs.
Isomorphic Labs, the AI-driven drug discovery spinout from Google DeepMind, is closing in on a massive $2 billion funding round led by Thrive Capital, with Alphabet also joining the deal.
Google DeepMind takes a minority stake in EVE Online developer CCP Games, now rebranded as Fenris Creations, using the iconic space MMO as a testing ground for advanced AI models focused on long-horizon planning and memory, as the newly independent studio completes a $120 million buyout and reports profitability in …
GitHub slashes AI token costs by up to 79% using two new daily automation tools — a Token Usage Auditor and Token Optimizer — that identify inefficiencies and streamline agentic workflows across production repositories.
TabPFN launches as an open-source foundation model for tabular data, supporting classification and regression tasks with both local PyTorch and cloud-based inference, while enterprise users gain access to large-scale data support handling up to 10 million rows.
A new open-source engine called ds4.c launches Metal-only local inference for DeepSeek V4 Flash on Apple Silicon Macs, featuring 2-bit quantization, disk KV cache persistence, and a 1-million-token context window — making powerful AI inference possible on MacBooks and Mac Studios with 128GB or more of RAM.
Spotify launches a new CLI tool called 'Save to Spotify' that lets AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex save AI-generated audio directly to a user's personal podcast library, enabling private, personalized briefings to live seamlessly alongside regular podcast subscriptions across all devices.
Security researchers expose over 5,000 unsecured AI-built apps leaking sensitive real-world data — including hospital records and financial documents — as AI coding platforms deflect responsibility, leaving non-technical users unknowingly exposing critical information to the public.
Experts are warning that widespread AI dependence is quietly eroding workers' critical thinking, judgment, and soft skills, with leaders stressing that knowing when NOT to use AI is now just as essential as knowing how to use it.