Category: AI

Apple has introduced new artificial intelligence features for the Apple Watch, enabling live audio transcription and conversation summaries, effectively normalizing the concept of always-listening technology. While certain tools offer clear accessibility and safety benefits, others blur the line into invasive surveillance. Features like ‘Live Rewind’ and ‘Siri Recap’ allow users to capture snippets and notes […]

In a strategy reminiscent of 2001, Apple CEO John Ternus used his inaugural keynote to firmly anchor the company’s future around the iPhone. Rejecting recent skepticism about the smartphone’s longevity and shifting away from former CEO Tim Cook’s diversification efforts, Ternus positioned the device as the ultimate intelligent personal hub for the artificial intelligence era. […]

Massachusetts has become the latest U.S. state to crack down on the booming infrastructure of tech companies by introducing rigorous clean energy mandates for data centers. Under a new executive order, facilities requiring more than 25 megawatts of peak demand must ensure that 100% of their electricity is met through clean energy generation. The directive, […]

AI market research startup Listen Labs walked away from a signed term sheet for a $125 million Series C round that would have valued the company at $1.5 billion. The sudden move by the voice-based AI firm was driven by ongoing acquisition discussions with CRM giant Salesforce. According to reports, Salesforce has held talks to […]

French AI lab Mistral AI has successfully raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round, pushing its post-money valuation past €21 billion. Marked as the largest equity fundraising ever completed by a European tech company, the round was led by Samsung Electronics alongside the Scaleup Europe Fund and PSG Equity. The newly secured capital […]

The U.S. government has granted a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to finance the restoration of an idle nuclear power plant in Iowa. The facility is slated to resume operations to power upcoming artificial intelligence data centers planned by Google in the surrounding area. This initiative highlights a growing trend among tech giants turning […]

Google Cloud has announced a major partnership with Accenture to establish a joint business group aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence adoption within enterprises. Dubbed the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group, the initiative focuses on deploying specialized forward-deployed engineers directly into organizations to help them build custom AI applications using the Gemini platform. This strategic move […]