Google’s Gemini Surpasses 2.5 Billion Users With AI Search Summaries
Google’s AI-powered search summaries have become the most widely used artificial intelligence product on earth, reaching 2.5 billion monthly users, according to an investor presentation Alphabet released this week. The…
TSMC Says It Can’t Keep Up With AI Demand
The world’s most important chipmaker has run out of polite ways to say no. TSMC, the Taiwanese foundry that manufactures the processors behind nearly every AI system in production, said…
Apple Doubles MacBook Neo Output After Demand Beats Forecasts
Apple’s cheapest MacBook in years has turned into one of the company’s fastest-selling products, prompting the Cupertino, Calif., company to double planned production of the $599 laptop to 10 million…
ASML Becomes Europe’s Most Valuable Company on AI Chip Demand
ASML has become the most valuable company in European history. The Dutch maker of lithography machines, whose equipment is required to produce every advanced AI chip, has seen its market…
Nvidia’s Next Chips Aim at ‘Star Trek’-Level AI Computers
Nvidia is already planning the chips after the chips it is shipping today. At Computex this week, the company outlined a roadmap that extends past its current Blackwell generation to…
Nvidia and Microsoft Team Up to Define How AI Agents Run
The two companies that control most of the plumbing for AI are now building the standard for AI agents together. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference this week, Nvidia and Microsoft…
OpenAI’s CFO Says Its First AI Device Ships This Year
OpenAI’s first piece of hardware will arrive before the year is out. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said this week that she has already used the company’s self-developed AI device…
Anthropic Files to Go Public, Following OpenAI’s Lead
Anthropic, the AI company founded by Dario Amodei, has filed for an initial public offering, making it the second top-tier AI laboratory to seek a public listing after OpenAI. The…
BYD Joins the Humanoid Robot Race, Citing Its Car Technology
BYD, the Chinese automaker that became the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles, is developing humanoid robots, making it the second major car company to stake a claim in a…
xAI Hires Chinese Tutors to Teach Grok the Language
Elon Musk’s AI company is hiring people to teach its chatbot to speak Chinese. xAI is recruiting Chinese-language AI tutors to label and refine Grok’s understanding and generation of Chinese,…