Hollywood has spent the last year watching AI systems learn to imitate voices, styles, and even recognizable character “vibes” at a speed that outpaced most rights conversations. Now, a new effort is trying to catch up—by turning consent into something…
Rivian is rolling out a new AI-powered voice assistant to its vehicles, and it’s doing so in a way that reveals a lot about where the company thinks automotive AI is headed. This isn’t just another “Hey, do X” feature…
Dessn is betting that the next wave of AI developer tools won’t be judged by how impressive their demos look, but by how reliably they fit into the messy reality of production software. The startup has raised $6 million to…
Across the United States, a particular kind of anxiety about artificial intelligence has been taking hold—less about whether AI will arrive, and more about how quickly it will arrive, how far it will go, and whether anyone will be able…
Vapi, an AI voice startup that helps companies build and deploy phone-based agents, has reportedly reached a $500 million valuation after winning a high-profile enterprise customer: Amazon Ring. The deal matters not just because of the brand name attached to…
Chipmaker Cerebras is reportedly moving closer to OpenAI’s most critical computing needs, by joining a high-priority roster that supplies frontier AI workloads with specialized hardware. On its face, this sounds like another incremental step in the ongoing scramble for advanced…
Thinking Machines is taking aim at one of the most noticeable limitations in today’s AI conversations: the way most systems wait for you to finish before they begin responding. It’s a subtle design choice, but it shapes everything about how…
Personalised pricing has a simple premise that makes it feel morally awkward: the same product, offered by the same seller, can end up costing different people different amounts. In everyday life, that’s the kind of detail that turns a routine…
Amazon employees are reportedly using an internal AI tool called MeshClaw in ways that go beyond straightforward productivity. According to the account described in a Financial Times report, staff can delegate tasks to AI agents through MeshClaw and then benefit…
Automation has a way of turning every conversation about the future into a binary one: either machines replace people, or they don’t. The more provocative versions of that story claim that AI will eventually erase most human labour and leave…
China’s humanoid robot race is entering a new phase—one where the question is no longer whether robots can walk, grasp, and mimic human motion, but whether investors believe the technology can become an industry. Unitree, one of China’s best-known names…
Robinhood is taking another step deeper into the startup economy. According to a report, the company has filed confidentially for its second venture fund—an effort that signals both ambition and evolution. Robinhood’s first venture vehicle helped establish the idea that…