OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO

AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. It’s relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.

Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades

Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.

OpenAI is going Hollywood with ‘Critterz,’ and its Cannes-bound film used AI across its production

Critterz is being positioned as the first mainstream AI-assisted animated family film, arriving at Cannes amid a growing Hollywood debate over artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk’s only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.

The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion

Colin Angle, the maker of the Roomba and the man who helped put 50 million household robots into people’s homes, is back with a new robot. But this one is designed as a companion, not a cleaner. The first robot from Angle’s new company, Familiar Machines & Magic, is a dog-sized robotic pet that resembles […]

Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious

The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the “global standard” for AI-powered customer experiences.

Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims

Musk texted OpenAI’s president and co-founder saying that he and CEO Sam Altman “will be the most hated men in America.”

Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services

Both Anthropic and OpenAI have partnered with asset managers to more aggressively market their enterprise AI products.

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Planning For The End Of The Oil Age

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at mining copper with AI-powered robots and using weed-killing lasers instead of chemicals for healthier farming