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Alphabet CEO Reveals AI Compute Priorities and First-Ever Direct TPU Hardware Sales

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has clarified the company&#39;s strict hierarchy for allocating scarce AI compute resources. The primary priority is securing capacity for Google DeepMind to train frontier models. Remaining resources are distributed among <!--autointro-->

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Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman on AI Agents, Harnesses, and the Next Cloud Battle

Just three days before Microsoft and OpenAI announced a landmark amendment to their years-long exclusivity deal—ending Azure’s status as the sole cloud provider for OpenAI’s models—Stratechery founder Ben Thompson sat down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman <!--autointro-->

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Illuminate Financial Closes $135M Fund for Late-Stage Fintech and AI Investments

London-based venture capital firm&nbsp;Illuminate Financial&nbsp;has successfully closed its fourth fund, raising&nbsp;$135 million&nbsp;to target the intersection of financial services technology and artificial intelligence. This marks a strategic s<!--autointro-->

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Anthropic Reportedly in Talks to Raise Funds at $900 Billion Valuation, Surpassing OpenAI

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup founded five years ago by former OpenAI executives, appears to have finally caught up with its chief rival. According to a person familiar with the matter, the company is in discussions with investors to<!--autointro-->

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Baidu Beta-Tests &quot;Hogee,&quot; an All-in-One AI Short Drama Platform, Potentially Ushering in the 2.0 Era

Baidu&#39;s Smart Cloud team has developed an AI short drama creation platform named Hogee AI, with a dedicated mobile app slated for imminent release. Hogee is being positioned as a full-chain creation platform. Built on Baidu&#39;s proprietary &quo<!--autointro-->

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From Raising Shrimp to Tending Horses: The Rise of Hermes Agent in the AI Community

&quot;I haven&#39;t even figured out how to raise shrimp (OpenClaw), and everyone is already raising horses?&quot; This sentiment has recently taken over AI circles. Just a month ago, the tech community was buzzing about &quot;raising shrimp,&quot; b<!--autointro-->

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MIT and IBM Launch Joint Computing Research Lab to Advance AI, Algorithms, and Quantum Computing

MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab Launches to Shape the Future of AI and Quantum ComputingBuilding on a long-standing collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and IBM, the newly established MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab aim<!--autointro-->

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Meet Shapes: The Social App Where Humans and AI Chat Together in Group Conversations

Shapes, a social messaging app that brings humans and AI characters together in shared group chats, has raised $8 million in seed funding and officially emerged from stealth.Founded in 2022, Shapes now has over 400,000 monthly active users. The app a<!--autointro-->

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Claude Integrates with 8 Major Creative Tools, Including Blender and Adobe

Anthropic has announced a significant expansion of its AI capabilities with the launch of &quot;Claude for Creative Work,&quot; a new suite of integrations designed to embed the AI assistant directly into professional creative workflows. This update <!--autointro-->

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