America has a habit of treating Chinese AI progress like it arrives from another planet—sudden, unexpected, and somehow outside the normal rhythm of global competition. The pattern is familiar enough that it almost becomes a policy reflex: a major capability…
Gritt is stepping out of stealth with $34 million and a mission that sounds simple on paper but is notoriously difficult in practice: automate the hardest parts of building on real construction sites. The company’s initial wedge is solar—specifically, the…
In many homes, the future has already arrived—quietly, almost politely. It doesn’t announce itself with a dramatic switch or a single “smart home” dashboard that replaces everything else. Instead, it shows up as small conveniences: a fridge that can tell…
Artificial intelligence is moving from the lab to the command centre, and the European Union is increasingly treating it less like a general-purpose technology and more like a strategic asset with geopolitical consequences. In remarks that underline a growing shift…
China is reportedly moving toward tighter export controls on advanced AI models and the computer chips that power them, according to discussions Beijing has held with companies as it weighs how to limit the flow of cutting-edge technology to Western…
Investors are still betting that artificial intelligence can reshape drug discovery, even as the industry confronts a stubborn reality: the number of AI-designed medicines reaching approvals has not matched the early hype. The latest signal comes from Dimension Capital, a…
Anthropic’s long-running copyright fight has reached a decisive milestone: the final approval for its $1.5 billion settlement has been granted, officially closing one of the most consequential cases in the modern era of AI copyright enforcement. For the industry, the…
Oracle is reportedly staring at a potentially massive financial exposure tied to its Wisconsin data centre plans, with a figure as high as $7bn being discussed as a possible collateral bill. While the headline number sounds like a one-off shock,…
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) was supposed to be the kind of institution that outlasts any single administration—an anchor point for how the U.S. thinks about AI safety, interoperability, and standards. Instead, CAISI is now looking less…
Sony Music Entertainment has taken its fight with AI music generator Udio to a new level, filing a fresh lawsuit that alleges the platform infringed copyright across more than 30,000 Sony-owned songs. The complaint, filed in New York court on…
Alphabet is reportedly developing a new AI chip with one clear goal: make Gemini run more efficiently. The story, as described in recent reporting, points to a continued pattern that has defined Google’s approach to large-scale AI over the past…
When people say index funds are “safe,” they usually mean something specific: you’re not betting your retirement on one company’s success or failure. You’re buying a rules-based basket of stocks, so the ups and downs of any single business get…