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Microsoft launches Copilot Health to help consumers understand their medical data
Microsoft Corp. is updating its Copilot artificial intelligence assistant with a new tool designed to answer users’ medical questions. Copilot Health became available today through a waitlist open to U.S. adults. Microsoft plans to expand access over time, as well as add support for languages other than English. The updated assistant takes the form of ...
Anthropic launches an institute to tackle AI risks
Anthropic PBC today announced the formation of the Anthropic Institute, a business unit tasked with studying the risks posed by artificial intelligence. The unit will bring three of the company’s existing teams together under the leadership of co-founder Jack Clark. As part of the move, Anthropic has appointed the executive as its head of public ...
Meta debuts internally developed AI chips for inference workloads
Meta Platforms Inc. today revealed that it has designed foour custom chips to power its internal artificial intelligence workloads. The company last provided an update about its processor development efforts in 2024. In April of that year, it revealed a custom AI accelerator with an energy footprint of 90 watts. The most advanced of the ...
Nvidia invests $2B in AI cloud operator Nebius
Nvidia Corp. today announced plans to invest $2 billion in Nebius Group NV, a Dutch cloud provider that specializes in artificial intelligence workloads. The capital will help the company expand its data center infrastructure. Nebius plans to deploy servers equipped with Nvidia’s latest Rubin graphics processing units and Vera central processing units. It will also ...
AI networking startup Nexthop AI raises $500M, launches new switches
Nexthop AI Inc., a startup that develops network equipment for artificial intelligence data centers, has closed a $500 million Series B round. The company said in its funding announcement today that Lightspeed Venture Partners was the lead investor. Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter and Nexthop AI’s existing backers participated as well. The company is now valued at ...
Nvidia makes ‘significant’ investment in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines
Nvidia Corp. has made a “significant investment” in artificial intelligence developer Thinking Machines Lab Inc. as part of a partnership that the companis announced today. The size of the cash infusion was not disclosed. However, the companies did reveal that Thinking Machines will purchase billions of dollars’ worth of hardware from Nvidia as part of the ...
Yann LeCun’s new startup AMI Labs raises $1.03B to train world models
AMI Labs, a new startup co-founded by artificial intelligence pioneer Yann LeCun, today announced that it has raised $1.03 billion in funding. The seed round was jointly led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions and several unnamed backers. They were joined by more than a dozen others, including Nvidia ...
Microsoft introduces Microsoft 365 E7 subscription with expanded AI features
Microsoft Corp. today introduced a new subscription that bundles its productivity applications with artificial intelligence and cybersecurity features. The Microsoft 365 E7 plan, as the offering is called, is priced at $99 per user per month. It’s mainly geared towards large organizations. E7 includes a heavily upgraded version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI assistant ...
AI cloud startup Nscale raises $2B in funding at $14.6B valuation
Nscale Global Holdings Ltd., a London-based data center startup, today announced that it has raised $2 billion in funding. The Series C round was jointly led by Norwegian energy company Aker ASA and 8090 Industries. They were joined by Nvidia Corp., Dell Technologies Inc., Nokia Corp. and several others. Nscale is now valued at $14.6 ...
Anthropic sues to scrap Trump administration’s Claude ban
Anthropic PBC is challenging the Trump administration’s recent decision to restrict the use of its software in the public sector. The artificial intelligence developer first announced its intent to litigate last month. Today, it filed two complaints with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the federal appeals court in Washington, ...