
Applied Computing Raises $20M to Build an AI Model for Oil and Gas Plants
Industrial AI startup Applied Computing raised $20M to scale Orbital, its model for oil and gas plants, backed by KBR and Databricks Ventures.
Developments in large language models like GPT-3 for text processing.

Industrial AI startup Applied Computing raised $20M to scale Orbital, its model for oil and gas plants, backed by KBR and Databricks Ventures.

Microsoft’s AI strategy is shifting as it reportedly coaches sales teams to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on cost, speed and security.

AI slop movies are being used as marketing stunts, with Fountain 0’s Odysseus: The Fall tied to Nolan’s Odyssey buzz.

New research on baby-like AI shows today’s models still struggle to learn from messy real-world data the way infants do.

Ode is betting enterprise AI services will become a major category, using embedded engineers to turn pilots into production.

Thinking Machines launches an open-weight model, Inkling, to push enterprise AI customization over one-size-fits-all chatbots.

Leaked files reveal Suno training data from YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius, intensifying copyright lawsuits and security questions.

Whatnot acquired Shaped to boost live shopping AI recommendations as the marketplace scales across new categories and millions of buyers.

OpenAI has launched Codex Micro, a $230 limited hardware accessory for managing Codex agents, separate from its rumored Jony Ive device.

Apple Intelligence has won China approval, with Alibaba’s Qwen model set to power the rollout and boost Apple’s AI push.