Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative media. On Thursday, the startup...
Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to l...
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it...
Amazon is hoping the addition of games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has in...
Ford is the first automaker to use a new set of developer tools that will let it embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping directly into its vehicles' i...
Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned the U.S. government could sanction Chinese AI companies after White House officials accused Moonshot of distil...
Tesla spending skyrockets as Cybercab, Semi, Megapack production timeline slips
Tesla's 26% boost in revenue wasn't enough to offset rising operating expenses and capital expenditures as it pushes to launch a new generation of pro...
Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed...
SoundCloud acquires decentralized music platform Nina Protocol months after its shutdown
SoundCloud has acquired decentralized music platform Nina Protocol, months after the startup announced it would shut down. The deal brings Nina’s arti...
How an OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mi...
Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads
Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators...
Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains why Anthropic is winning (and it’s not the model)
Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy sa...
The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI ...
Substack’s new tool tells you who’s been writing their newsletters with AI
Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assis...
