Hassabis Steps Aside as DeepMind CEO to Focus on Research
Demis Hassabis, the co-founder who built Google’s most consequential artificial-intelligence laboratory, is stepping aside as chief executive of Google DeepMind. He will become chairman of the unit and chief scientist…
Hadrian Raises $1.37 Billion for Defense Manufacturing
HAWTHORNE, Calif.—The machines in the factory do not look like weapons, and the company that runs them insists they are not in the business of making any. Hadrian builds precision…
OpenAI Expands Free ChatGPT With GPT-5.6 Luna
SAN FRANCISCO—The free tier of the most popular AI product on earth is about to get bigger. OpenAI said on Aug. 6 that it is updating its ChatGPT experience, giving…
Nvidia Weighs Memory Cut for Rubin Ultra GPU
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The fastest product in Nvidia’s history is running late, and the company is now weighing a compromise. According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia is considering reducing…
SpaceX and Tesla Plan Chip-Making Complex in Texas
GRIMES COUNTY, Texas—The announcement went out late on Aug. 6 with the kind of numbers that usually accompany national infrastructure projects, not corporate press releases. SpaceX and Tesla, the two…
Tesla Starts Mass Production of Megapack 3 Storage Units
The first units were rolling off the line this week, and for Tesla’s energy division the moment was a long time coming. Megapack 3, the company’s next-generation grid-scale storage product,…
Samsung Unveils Z Fold8 Lineup and Watch9 in Seoul
The stage in Seoul was set for a statement. Samsung on Wednesday unveiled three foldables and two watches: the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, the Fold8, the Flip8, and the Watch…
TSMC Sits on $1 Billion in Finished Apple Chips as DRAM Shortage Bites
Inside TSMC’s fabs, the work is done. The 2-nanometer chips Apple ordered are manufactured, tested and packed, worth roughly $1 billion, or about NT$32 billion. And there they sit, because…
Meta Launches Muse Code, Entering the Coding-Agent Race
Mark Zuckerberg did the launch himself. On Wednesday, the Meta chief executive took to his social platforms to demonstrate Muse Code, the company’s new terminal-based coding agent, now in beta.…
SK Hynix Shares Flash-Crash Again on Nextrade, KOSPI Falls 4.6%
The circuit breaker tripped before the Seoul market had even opened. On Nextrade, South Korea’s alternative trading platform, SK Hynix shares plunged 30% in pre-market trading on Wednesday, triggering a…
