From AI Boyfriends to Billion-Dollar Labs: The New Frontier of Artificial Intelligence
This week, AI gets personal, political, and power-hungry—welcome to the strange and serious side of the tech race.
Adobe’s new AI tool turns silly noises into realistic audio effects
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
Adobe's latest AI can transform your silly "boop" or "crash" noises into realistic audio effects. Sound design has suddenly gotten incredibly fun—and crazily accurate.
Perplexity’s CEO on why the browser is AI’s killer app
Alex Heath/ The Verge
Forget the search bar: AI browsers are the new online gateway. According to Perplexity's CEO, the genuine AI revolution will begin with smart browsing.
Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based on Edward Cullen
Victoria Song/ The Verge
From vampire crush to bot companion? Musk teases an anime-style AI partner based on Twilight's Edward Cullen. The internet isn't sure whether it's satire or the future.
I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Victoria Song/ The Verge
An AI dating experiment devolves into something weirder. A writer spends 24 hours chatting, flirting, and questioning reality with Musk's virtual "girlfriend."
Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push
The Guardian
Meta is literally scaling up. Zuck discloses plans for a massive data center the size of Manhattan, bolstering his multibillion-dollar bet on AI dominance.
Scale AI lays off 200 employees: ‘We ramped up our GenAI capacity too quickly’
Hayden Field/ The Verge
The GenAI bubble tightens—Scale AI loses 200 jobs after acknowledging it exceeded growth targets. Even AI unicorns experience growing pains.
How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China
Tripp Mickle/ New York Times
Behind the scenes, Nvidia's CEO reportedly persuaded Trump to relax chip limitations. It's a narrative of diplomacy, money, and real silicon strategy.
Slack says its AI can make sense of your company’s jargon
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
Buzzwords were decoded. Slack's new AI can now convert your team's esoteric corporate jargon into simple English, resulting in fewer "synergies" and more logic.
Google’s AI can now make phone calls for you
Emma Roth/ The Verge
Google's AI grows even more personal—it can now make calls, schedule appointments, and talk like a human. It's like carrying a personal assistant in your pocket.
Zuckerberg’s US$15b bet: How Meta’s ‘Superintelligence Labs’ became Silicon Valley’s most expensive AI talent war
Dashveenjit Kaur/ AI News
Meta is pouring billions of dollars into its Superintelligence Labs, igniting an all-out talent competition in Silicon Valley. Can money alone determine the AI future?