Streamers Sue Twitch and Amazon Over AI Training on Livestreams
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of American online streamers filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitch and its parent company Amazon on Aug. 21, accusing the companies of using livestream content…
Cook to Step Down as Apple CEO, Ternus Takes the Helm
CUPERTINO, Calif. — In one week, Tim Cook will do what no Apple chief executive has done since the company’s founding era: hand the job to a successor while staying…
OpenAI Leaders Warn of AI Power Concentration and Permanent Cyber Threats
SAN FRANCISCO — On the same day, two of the most senior figures at OpenAI delivered warnings about the technology they have done more than anyone to advance. Chief executive…
Justice Department Probes a16z’s Board Seats at Rival AI Companies
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most powerful venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, creates conflicts of interest by holding board seats at…
Google Cloud and Verizon Team Up to Sell AI to Enterprise Customers
NEW YORK — Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership with Verizon on Monday, an agreement designed to deliver artificial-intelligence services to the telecom giant’s corporate customers at scale. The two…
SoftBank Plans Record $6.3 Billion Retail Bond Sale to Fund AI Bets
TOKYO — SoftBank Group plans to issue about 1 trillion yen, or roughly $6.3 billion, in retail bonds in the Japanese market, a sale that would be the largest in…
Nvidia in Talks to Invest in Perplexity at Over $30 Billion Valuation
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia, the chip maker whose processors power much of the artificial-intelligence boom, is in discussions to invest in the AI search company Perplexity at a valuation above…
Meta Hires OpenAI Researcher Luke Metz for Superintelligence Lab
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Luke Metz, a veteran AI researcher who spent years at OpenAI and briefly at the startup Thinking Machines, is joining Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, a person familiar…
Anthropic’s Pricey Fable 5 Struggles to Win Corporate Spending
SAN FRANCISCO — When Anthropic released Fable 5, its most powerful model, the company’s sales team pitched it as the product that would justify the premium the market was placing…
Anthropic Says It Found Cause of Claude Outage, Works on Fix
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic posted an update Sunday saying it has identified why several of its most capable Claude models — including Claude Mythos 5, Claude Fable 5 and Claude…
