OpenAI's new shopping bot achieves 64% accuracy while the company bleeds $5 billion yearly. As Amazon blocks access and processing takes 5 minutes, the tool reveals a deeper crisis: OpenAI needs revenue desperately but can't build it.
OpenAI paid $6.5 billion for Jony Ive's hardware startup but can't explain what they're building. The former Apple designer now advocates for lickable AI devices while studying the history of pockets.
California granted Waymo permission to operate across 47,493 square miles—but the company runs just 2,500 vehicles in five cities. The gap between regulatory approval and actual deployment reveals unit economics Waymo won't disclose and local opposition the state ignores.
Nvidia commits $100 billion to fund OpenAI's expansion—money that flows right back to Nvidia through chip purchases. Smart strategy or dangerous circular financing? Analysts split on whether it's brilliant or bubble territory.
OpenAI's new benchmark claims GPT-5 matches human experts 40% of the time on real work tasks—a 3x jump in 15 months. But the test reveals as much about what AI can't measure as what it can. The productivity promise meets measurement reality.
Alibaba promises to exceed its $53B AI spending target while burning $2.6B quarterly—and investors love it. The launch of trillion-parameter Qwen3-Max signals China's bid to control the entire AI stack, profits be damned.
Voice typing finally rivals keyboards—if you choose the right balance of privacy, speed, and cost. New AI-powered apps transform rough speech into polished text, but the local vs. cloud decision shapes everything else.
Alibaba releases open-source AI that speaks back while Nvidia and OpenAI plan $100B closed infrastructure. Enterprise choice between free control and premium APIs reshapes multimodal AI landscape as geopolitical competition intensifies.
California's two AI bills reveal how industry shapes regulation: AB 1018 faces coordinated resistance while SB 53 enjoys selective support. The contrast exposes regulatory capture in real-time as federal preemption threats loom.
Musk's xAI raises $10B at $200B valuation while burning $1B monthly and laying off 500+ staff. Middle Eastern sovereign wealth joins the AI arms race as infrastructure costs force harsh operational choices.
Google drops paywalls for Gemini in Chrome, transforming the world's dominant browser from exploration tool into AI assistant. The shift from searching to delegating reshapes how billions discover information online.
Cameron's Meta partnership signals a bigger shift in entertainment. As box office craters and production costs soar, two camps emerge around AI: enhancement vs disruption. The winner determines if Hollywood adapts or gets replaced.
Nvidia invested $5 billion in Intel at $23.28 per share while announcing joint chip development, sending Intel stock up 33%. The price sits below Wednesday's close but above the $20.47 the U.S. government paid for its recent 9.9% stake.
Ohio State mandates AI training for all students as job postings requiring AI skills surge 619%. But half of Americans worry about AI's impact on creativity and relationships. Market forces are driving institutional adoption faster than public comfort.
Chinese tech stocks hit 4-year highs as companies prepare $32B AI spending spree. Smart bond financing and DeepSeek's cost-efficient breakthrough reshape how China competes with US tech giants—without matching their spending.
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