Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against OpenAI Test a New Strategy
The cases seek to use consumer product safety laws to rein in chatbot companies.
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Vapi raises $50m Series B led by Peak XV for enterprise voice AI
Peak XV leads. M12, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners join; earlier investors return. Amazon Ring, Intuit, and New York Life are named enterprise customers;
China is earning roughly $500m an hour from exports, and AI-related goods are doing the heavy lifting
China’s export earnings have reached roughly $500m an hour, according to a Bloomberg calculation based on the latest customs data, with AI-related goods accounting for
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas
After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029
The Federal Communications Commission is relenting a bit on its restrictive router rules, saying it will allow foreign-made routers to receive software and firmware updates
EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid
The online marketplace called the cash-and-stock proposal “neither credible nor attractive.”
Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’
As tech giants dominate the hardware needed to build artificial intelligence, Amp hopes to create an alternative.
The US Commerce Department deletes website details of Microsoft, Google, and xAI security-test deal
The US Commerce Department has removed from its website the details of an agreement under which Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit new AI
Jensen Huang skips Trump’s China business delegation
The Nvidia CEO is not on the list of US executives travelling to Beijing for the Trump-Xi summit. Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk
Arm’s software chief sees human language as the new way to program
If you haven’t heard of Arm, you haven’t been paying attention to how ubiquitous the chipmaker has become. Arm’s processor designs power Macs, iPhones, and
Alphabet adds the yen to its bond programme, in a debut Samurai issue, funding the AI build
Mizuho, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have the mandate. Pricing is expected this month. The trade follows Alphabet’s record CHF, sterling and euro issuances
Instructure Strikes Deal for Hackers for Return of Canvas Data
Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange
ZoomInfo beat earnings, cut 600 jobs, and lost 29 per cent of its stock price. Its database is being repriced by AI.
ZoomInfo beat its first-quarter earnings estimates, cut its full-year revenue guidance by 62 million dollars, announced a restructuring that will eliminate 600 jobs, and
Shein takes Temu to London’s High Court over “industrial-scale” copyright theft
The two-week trial opened Monday. Shein’s complaint covers around 2,300 product images; Temu has abandoned its defence of those images and is countering with anti-competition