Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Reports First Positive Operating Margin
SenseTime, a 12-year-old AI company best known for its facial recognition technology, has quickly expanded into AI models and agentic applications in the new era.
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Meta Approves New Executive Stock Plan Tied to Aggressive Stock Goals
The pay packages are an effort to retain executive talent as Meta’s AI ambitions ramp up.
Amazon Buys Fauna Humanoid Startup
Fauna’s robot Sprout stands only three and a half feet tall.
Judge in Anthropic-Pentagon Case Calls Pentagon’s Actions ‘Troubling’
The comments bode well for Anthropic, which is seeking a preliminary injunction to halt the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a supply chain risk.
Jury: Meta Must Pay $375 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case
A second phase of the trial will begin May 4 that is seeking further damages and changes by Meta.
Software Stocks Drop Once Again on AI Fears
AWS is using AI to free up sales and business development staff to focus on strategic work, but investors apparently see this as more AI-related disruption.
Meta and OpenAI Say They Will Buy Arm’s First AI Server Chip
The chip launch represents a break from Arm’s long-standing role as a neutral supplier of chip designs.
Meta Names Bosworth to Oversee Internal AI Use
The Meta chief technology officer will lead the company's AI for Work initiative.
OnlyFans Owner Dies of Cancer Amid Sale Talks
Billionaire Leonid Radvinsky was in talks to sell a majority stake in the site known for hosting sexually explicit content.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Leave Board of Fusion Startup Helion Energy
OpenAI and Helion Energy “start to explore working together at significant scale”
Meta Hires AI Startup Dreamer’s Team
The hiring will bring back Hugo Barra, a former Meta virtual reality executive, to the company.
Senators Propose Bill to Ban Sports Bets on Prediction Markets
Shares of DraftKings and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment jumped on the news.
OpenAI Hires Ad Sales Exec from Meta
Dave Dugan will be vp of global ad solutions at OpenAI
Humanoid Maker Unitree Seeks to Raise $610 million in Shanghai IPO
Unitree’s operating revenue more than quadrupled last year to $247 million as its robot sales surged.
Elon Musk Says Tesla and SpaceX Will Manufacture Chips at ‘Terafab’
Musk also showed a rendering of a satellite that he presented as part of SpaceX’s plans to eventually build a gigantic orbital data center.
OpenAI Expects to Increase Headcount to Roughly 8,000 This Year
Some of the growth will come from hiring technical consultants that customize its AI for clients.
Anthropic Filing Reveals Negotiations Continued After ‘Supply Chain’ Declaration
The filings indicate negotiations continued after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Anthropic a supply chain risk.
Elon Musk Misled Twitter Investors, Jury Finds
Musk's statements led to fluctuations in Twitter’s share price that led to losses for some investors.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wants to Launch Data Centers into Space
While both Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have talked up the idea of data centers in space, their companies’ filings have been light on detail.
Amazon is Working on AI-Powered Mobile Device
After the failed launch of the Fire phone in 2014, Amazon plotting a new take for the AI era
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