Category Industries

OpenAI buys Orchestra Bio to deepen push into biotech AI

OpenAI bought Orchestra Bio to boost its biotech AI push, adding startup tech to Rosalind and expanding its life sciences tools.

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

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

Anthropic and Nscale may be nearing another $45 billion compute deal, highlighting the soaring cost of AI infrastructure and investor concerns.

AI data centers are driving a U.S. fossil fuel comeback as new report warns of higher emissions, costs and grid risks.

CoreWeave’s AI debt troubles rattled markets, lifting concerns about the wider AI infrastructure boom, lenders, and highly leveraged growth bets.

Smart TV hacks powered by AI are stripping ads and tracking from TVs, raising questions about bloatware, privacy, and the ad business.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns AI could reshape jobs, privacy, and power unless government sets stronger guardrails.

Democrats are seizing the AI backlash as a midterm issue, targeting data centers, safety risks and industry influence.

A Philadelphia woman was arrested after a delivery robot protest, spotlighting fears over automation, jobs and sidewalk safety.