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,…
U.S. Tech Layoffs Surge 66% as AI Replaces Jobs
American technology companies cut more than 38,000 jobs in May, the most in a single month in nearly two years, and the people doing the hiring say one factor dominates…
GitLab Cuts 14% of Staff, Exits 22 Countries to Retool for AI
GitLab, the company whose software manages the code repositories of half the technology industry, is shrinking to get ready for a world where computers write the code. The company said…
Amazon Shows AI-Generated Product Photos in Search Results
Some of the products appearing in Amazon’s search results do not exist. The retailer has begun displaying AI-generated images for certain items, and in tests by The Verge, searches for…