Google Acquires AI Coding Startup Windsurf, Bolstering DeepMind Team
Google acquires AI coding startup Windsurf in a major coup, bolstering its DeepMind team and beating out OpenAI's previous $3 billion offer for the promising generative AI company.
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BioEmu Revolutionizes Protein Structure Prediction with Equilibrium Sampling
BioEmu, a groundbreaking model, revolutionizes protein structure prediction by sampling from the equilibrium distribution of structures for a protein monomer based on its amino acid sequence, providing inference code, model weights, and availability as a Linux package and on Azure AI Foundry.
Windsurf Execs and Researchers Join Google DeepMind After OpenAI Deal Collapses
In a major shakeup, Windsurf's CEO, co-founder, and top researchers defect to Google DeepMind after OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition falls through, with Google paying $2.4 billion to license Windsurf's technology and hire its key personnel.
Zuckerberg Pursues Superintelligence, Poaches Top AI Talent and Builds GPU Clusters
Mark Zuckerberg spearheads Meta's pursuit of superintelligence, aggressively recruiting elite AI talent with lucrative offers and constructing massive GPU clusters dubbed 'Tents' to exponentially scale training capabilities.
Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 4, Frontier AI Model with Premium Access
Elon Musk's AI company xAI launches Grok 4, its latest flagship AI model boasting frontier performance, alongside a $300 monthly SuperGrok Heavy subscription for early premium access.
Musk's xAI Unveils Grok-4, AI Model Shattering Benchmarks Across Disciplines
Elon Musk's xAI unveils Grok-4, a groundbreaking AI model shattering benchmarks across disciplines with near-perfect scores on graduate-level tests and unseen problem-solving, doubling the accuracy of its closest competitor.
Grok 4 unveils multimodal AI with deeper thinking, faster performance
Grok 4, a groundbreaking multimodal AI, unveils deeper thinking, faster performance, and multimodal capabilities supporting text, images, and potentially video, aiming to overcome bias concerns with improved content moderation for enhanced credibility.
Apple's AI Chief Ruoming Pang Departs for Meta's Superintelligence Labs
In a major AI talent move, Apple's AI chief Ruoming Pang, responsible for developing language models and features, departs for Meta's newly formed Superintelligence Labs, as the tech giants compete for top AI talent.
OpenAI Raids Tesla, xAI, Meta for Top Engineering Talent
OpenAI intensifies the war for AI talent, poaching 4 high-ranking engineers from Tesla, xAI, and Meta to bolster its scaling team and build advanced AI infrastructure.
Meta Poaches Apple's AI Chief Ruoming Pang in Talent War
Meta strikes a blow in the AI talent war, poaching Ruoming Pang, Apple's head of AI models who oversaw training for the tech giant's in-house AI systems, in a potential exodus from Apple's troubled artificial intelligence division.