Category AI Fields

Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic Stake Could Be Worth Billions as IPO Speculation Builds

Eric Schmidt’s reported Anthropic stake could be worth billions if the AI lab goes public at a lofty valuation.

France launches a platform crackdown on TikTok, eBay and others to curb protest content and stop looted goods from being resold online.

Muse downloads topped 10 million U.S. installs in 40 days, giving Meta’s AI app a rare breakout start and strong retention.

Plant AI startup Electric Plant raised $11.2M to decode electrical signals inside crops and help growers cut water use and boost yields.

An AI agent named Velvet Vale triggered an academic listserv uproar, exposing fresh battles over consent, archives, and AI training data.

Spotify says it removed 50 million AI music spam tracks from recommendations and is boosting human artists in discovery feeds.

Figma adds 20 MCP partners as Dylan Field warns the MCP protocol is useful but imperfect, exposing the AI industry's openness trade-offs.

Lightroom mobile AI now opens closed eyes with one tap, using generative AI to fix photos on iPhone, iPad and Android.

Eka Robotics raised $150 million at a $1.45 billion valuation after unveiling a physical AI gripper that experts say could transform robotics.

The DeepSeek ban now reaches U.S. civilian agencies, blocking purchases and forcing removal over national security concerns.