Alibaba co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai says open-source AI is the only way for Europe to become independent in the technology. He spoke to founders and investors on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled “The Other Side of the Story…
Bending Spoons co-founder and chief executive Luca Ferrari says access to capital is no longer the main obstacle for European founders. Strong companies can now raise at scale in Europe, he said on Wednesday. He was speaking on a panel at Wave by Vento…
Zoom has opened the speech recognition behind its My Notes tool to other companies, and is in conversation with some AI note-taking firms that are considering switching to it, chief technology officer XD Huang told TNW. He said Zoom wants AI that finis…
Yahoo already holds what AI agents ask people for first, their email and their calendar, CEO Jim Lanzone told TNW. He said Yahoo will launch more personalised, agentic products “in the months ahead”. Lanzone spoke to TNW in an exclusive interview at Hu…
OpenAI now has an AI research intern, chief executive Sam Altman said on Tuesday. He made the claim in his DevDay 2026 keynote in San Francisco. He told 2,500 developers that the company predicted a year ago it would reach that goal within 12 months. “…
Update, 29 September 2026 This article has been updated with OpenAI’s commitment not to reintroduce the five-hour limit on Pro 200. OpenAI is halving the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan and launching a $500 plan with its fastest speed tier….
Google wants to release Gemini 4 “much earlier” than the end of the year, said Koray Kavukcuoglu, who runs Google DeepMind. The model is now in post-training, the stage where engineers refine its behaviour and test its safety. Google is also trying it …
Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns to Rixos Tersane in Istanbul on 12 to 14 October for its second edition. The organisers expect more than 3,000 attendees, 1,400 startups and 600 investors, up from about 1,700 attendees last year. The first edition r…
Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns to Rixos Tersane in Istanbul from 12 to 14 October for its second edition. The organizers expect more than 3,000 attendees, 1,400 startups and 600 investors, up from about 1,700 attendees last year. The first edition…
Qualcomm used its Snapdragon Summit in Maui this week to pitch its chips as the hardware for AI agents. In three days, it launched two flagship phone chips and a chip for AI earbuds and glasses. It also brought Linux to its X2 laptop processors. Chief …