Andy Jassy says Amazon’s Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business
Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia’s AI chip dominance? Maybe not entirely, but Amazon is already making big bucks trying.
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Anthropic’s AI bubble ‘YOLO’ warning
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Dario Amodei took the stage at the DealBook Summit on Wednesday to throw punches without naming names. The Anthropic CEO spent a good chunk of the interview with Andrew […]
WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use
Though WordPress’s Telex is still an experiment, the vibe-coding software has already been used to help build real-world websites.
VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy
While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes.
Anyone can try to edit Grokipedia 0.2 but Grok is running the show
Elon Musk envisions Grokipedia – xAI’s AI-generated, anti-woke spin on Wikipedia – as a definitive monument to human knowledge, something complete and truthful enough to etch in stone and preserve in space. In reality, it’s a hot mess, and it’s only getting worse now that anyone can suggest edits. Grokipedia was not always editable. When […]
Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO
Anthropic is reportedly prepping for an IPO that could come as early as 2026.
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today.
All I wanted was a pair of New Balances. I was done trusting stylish influencers who swore Vans, Converse, and Allbirds were up to the challenge of walking 20,000 steps day in and day out. They are not. Fall is the season of holiday sales, so there’s no better time to shop… if you’re immune […]
AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation
AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.
Another bid to block state AI regulation has failed…for now
Republicans’ attempt to ban state AI regulations was removed from the defense bill after bipartisan opposition, underscoring tensions between tech-industry demands, consumer protection concerns, and Trump’s push for sweeping federal preemption.
Google Photos’ 2025 Recap turns to Gemini to find your highlights
The Google Photos Recap will use Gemini’s AI to find your memorable moments throughout the year, and adds new metrics, like a ‘selfie’ count.