Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup’s CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books

Google’s AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you’ve purchased. The new “Expert Intelligence” feature allows you to bring titles from Google Play Books directly into Gemini Notebook, which means you can ask questions about the material, as well as generate plans, infographics, AI podcasts, and more based on their […]

The Biggest Winners From Unitree’s IPO

Unitree achieved $50 billion valuation. Wang Xingxing’s personal stake now valued at $15 billion. Meituan, HongShan, Shunwei, Matrix Partners & CITIC all got billions.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI

Some of the world’s largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.

Nvidia Moves To Buy Hugging Face To Shape The Model Distribution Layer

Nvidia’s reported $12.9 billion bid for Hugging Face targets the model distribution layer where developers choose what to run and where future compute demand forms.

‘Meat Proxy’ Is the New Term for People Who Just Forward AI Responses. Are You One?

“AI slop” now has a friend. “Meat proxy” is a new way to describe too much reliance on AI content.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters
Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters

On Nvidia’s earnings call Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang casually announced the company had “achieved AGI,” one of the tech industry’s ultimate goals some of its biggest players have spent years chasing. Almost immediately, Huang dismissed the coveted milestone as “senseless.” He’s right. For the supposed finish line of the AI race, there is no consensus […]

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it’s moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process itself. 

The Eureka Machine: Richard Socher Breaks Down Science In The AI Age

Richard Socher’s The Eureka Machine argues agentic superintelligence could transform science through simulation, integration, experimentation, and discovery.

Nvidia Stock Blowout Earnings Reveal A $279 Billion Bet On AI

Nvidia’s $279 billion supply commitments show how far the company is betting on long‑term AI demand as revenue surges and data-center growth accelerates.