Verizon signed an over $1 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure deal with Google, and the company expects to sign several similar deals by the end of the year, Verizon CEO Dan Schulman said Friday (July 24) during a second quarter earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence startup. The deal could value the company at roughly $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. An agreement could be announced soon. Still, talks could fall through, or another buyer could step in. The exact...
Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia are among 25 tech organizations calling on U.S. policymakers to avoid placing “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models or “sweeping restrictions” on distillation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents can complete only about 1 in 4 real-world work tasks, according to a new benchmark from UC Berkeley’s Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence that pitted leading AI systems against actual assignments from working professionals. The findings test a bold prediction: that...
Weak artificial intelligence regulation can produce worse safety outcomes than imposing no regulation at all. That’s according to a new academic study that challenges policymakers to consider how rules affect the entire AI supply chain rather than isolated companies or applications. Get the Full Story...
For the past 25 years, card-not-present payments have been built around a defensive premise: Prove the buyer is human, authorized and in control of the transaction. Fraud systems, merchant controls and authentication tools were trained to treat nonhuman behavior as suspicious. That made sense when...
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet....
OpenAI this week opened its Supply Co. merchandise store to the public, selling apparel and accessories once reserved for employees. The move follows a broader push by technology companies, including Nvidia, Apple and Palantir, to use premium merchandise to build community around their brands. Get...
Maggie Gao posted on X in June that she had analyzed more than 10 million lines of public data to build a free tool for New York City renters. The result, called Stoop, lets apartment hunters search any building across the city’s five boroughs for...
