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Why Apple Should Buy Raycast: The $30M Fix for Its AI Crisis

Why Apple Should Buy Raycast: The $30M Fix for Its AI Crisis

Apple's AI efforts are imploding spectacularly. The latest executive shuffle - moving Siri away from AI chief John Giannandrea to Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell - reads like a desperate play from a tech giant that's lost its innovative edge. While Cupertino wrestles with what their

Claude Gets Web-Smart: Search Integration Sparks New AI Era

Claude Gets Web-Smart: Search Integration Sparks New AI Era

Anthropic just turbocharged Claude. Real-time web search that turns this AI assistant from a knowledge vault into a live intelligence hub. The rollout targets paid users in the US first, with Claude 3.7 Sonnet leading the charge. Toggle a switch in settings, and suddenly your AI assistant becomes a

Silicon Giant Nvidia Snaps Up Synthetic Data Startup in Privacy Play

Silicon Giant Nvidia Snaps Up Synthetic Data Startup in Privacy Play

Nvidia just dropped over $320 million on fake data. The chip giant acquired Gretel, a San Diego startup that crafts artificial datasets for hungry AI models. Think of it as a gourmet chef for artificial brains. The deal adds 80 employees and a suite of data-cooking tools to Nvidia'

Small Is Beautiful: How Mistral AI Changes the Game

Small Is Beautiful: How Mistral AI Changes the Game

France's Mistral AI just showed Silicon Valley how to build smarter AI with less muscle. Their new open-source model, Mistral Small 3.1, processes text and images using just 24 billion parameters - a fraction of what American competitors need. President Macron couldn't contain his excitement.

"Vibe Coding" Revolution: How AI Is Creating $10M Companies With Teams Under 10

"Vibe Coding" Revolution: How AI Is Creating $10M Companies With Teams Under 10

Y Combinator's latest batch of startups is growing at an unprecedented pace, with the entire cohort achieving 10% week-over-week growth for nine straight months. CEO Garry Tan attributes this remarkable performance to artificial intelligence, according to CNBC. Silicon Valley's newest flex: having robots write your business

China's search giant learns to share (because it has to)

China's search giant learns to share (because it has to)

In what might be called the tech equivalent of a midlife crisis, Baidu just discovered the joy of sharing. The Chinese search giant unveiled Ernie X1, a new reasoning-focused AI model, while making its entire AI suite free - several weeks ahead of schedule and years after anyone asked. The

Ex-DeepMind Scientists Want Their AI to Be Smarter Than You

Ex-DeepMind Scientists Want Their AI to Be Smarter Than You

Remember when AI was just helping coders catch typos? Those were simpler times. Now, two DeepMind veterans have raised $130 million to build AI that won't just assist developers - it'll replace them entirely. And that's just the beginning. Reflection AI, valued at $555