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Elon Musk has announced plans to sue Apple Inc. over the fact that the iOS version of ChatGPT is the top-ranked app in the App Store. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI …
Australian court finds Apple and Google breached competition rules with app stores
An Australian court has found that Apple Inc. and Google LLC breached local competition laws with their respective app stores. The ruling was issued today in connection with four different lawsuits. The first two were filed by Epic Games Inc., a major …
Microsoft to integrate GitHub more closely with its CoreAI unit after key executive’s departure
Thomas Dohmke, chief executive of Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit, today announced plans to step down. Axios reported that the tech giant doesn’t plan to appoint a new CEO for the business. Instead, it will relegate key leadership responsibilities to members of its …
Nvidia, AMD to pay US government 15% of revenue from AI chip exports to China
Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they generate from graphics card exports to China. The arrangement was first reported by the Financial Times on Sunday. In a press conference today, U.S. President …
Tahoe Therapeutics raises $30M to develop AI models for medical research
Tahoe Therapeutics Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to speed up medical research, today announced that it has closed a $30 million investment. Amplify Partners led the funding round. It was joined by Databricks’ venture capital arm and a half dozen other …
SoftBank buys Foxconn plant in Ohio for $375M to make AI servers
SoftBank Group Corp. has reportedly bought a Foxconn plant in Ohio to advance its Stargate data center collaboration with OpenAI. Bloomberg revealed the purchase today. Foxconn, officially Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer. It assembles Apple …
Google Finance receives new AI market tracking features
Google LLC today debuted a new version of its Google Finance financial data search tool that uses artificial intelligence to process queries. The company plans to roll out the upgrade in the U.S. over the coming weeks. Users will have the option …
Meta reportedly acquires voice AI startup WaveForms
Meta Platforms Inc. has reportedly acquired WaveForms AI Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence models optimized to understand speech. The Information broke the news on Thursday. It’s unclear how much Meta is paying for WaveForms. Last December, the startup raised $40 million at …
Ripple to acquire stablecoin payments startup Rail for $200M
Ripple Labs Inc. today announced plans to acquire Rail, a Canadian startup that uses stablecoins to expedite international payments. The deal is worth $200 million, or nearly 20 times the amount of funding that Rail has raised from investors. Ripple expects to …
US to roll out 100% chip tariff with exemptions for TSMC, Samsung
The U.S. will apply a 100% tariff to certain chip imports in a bid to encourage domestic semiconductor production. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the move on Wednesday during a White House event. He was joined by Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim …