Sonos Plans September Launch Event and Deeper Push Into Home AI
Sonos chief executive Tom Conrad says model quality will converge and the advantage will sit with hardware that already knows a home. An FCC filing
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Spotify Will Label A.I. Artists and Avoid Promoting Them
The new label, which will begin to be applied next month, is an effort by the streaming service to be more transparent about A.I.-generated music
Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down
In OpenAI’s latest exit, Brad Lightcap, a longtime leader at the artificial intelligence company, said he was leaving to start a new venture.
Apple’s price hikes are a warning to IT
IT purchasing is being hit by a double-whammy: Enterprises want to ensure their hardware is good enough to support AI, even as memory shortages caused
Target appoints its first chief AI officer as retailers scale up AI spending
Target has named Lowe’s executive Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer, starting August 24. IBM research puts the share of organisations with a
IBM bets $240m on cheap, open-source inference to take on the hyperscalers
A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more
Flock Cameras Are Dividing U.S. Cities. Here’s What to Know About Them.
Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.
Wall St. Wants Another Half-Trillion Dollars for the A.I. Boom
Six giant investment firms announced a $500 billion effort to raise money for customers of Nvidia to pay for computing power.
Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn’t filling empty Democratic seat
The Federal Communications Commission has been shorthanded throughout Tweety McTreason’s second term, but it’s about to get a new commissioner. Unsurprisingly, Trump is breaking a
New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate
Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records
Meta smart glasses banned from courts across England and Wales
His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service has banned Meta smart glasses from court buildings across England and Wales, a move that pulls one of Silicon
Bumble is letting men make the first move, dismantling the rule it was built on
Bumble is preparing to let men make the first move, a change that unpicks the single rule the dating app was built around. According to
His Start-Up’s Goal: A.I. That Is Trainable and Not Controlled by a Big Company
A co-founder of xAI is going all in on building open-source artificial intelligence so that “anyone can control and shape A.I. for their own needs.”
How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in