Giga raises $61 million to expand enterprise voice AI, starting with DoorDash

Voice AI has the potential to streamline a lot of businesses' customer service tasks, such as answering routine customer questions or scheduling appointments, without a human agent needing to step in.

View: Abu Dhabi’s bet on AI is starting to pay off

With billions pouring into Emirati artificial intelligence projects, Abu Dhabi is making AI the state’s operating system.

SoftBank, OpenAI launch new joint venture in Japan as AI deals grow ever more circular

SoftBank's joint venture with OpenAI that will localize and sell the AI company's enterprise tech to companies in Japan. And the first customer of this joint venture is going to be SoftBank itself.

Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’

“Hey Google, where am I?”

Researchers Find ChatGPT Vulnerabilities That Let Attackers Trick AI Into Leaking Data

Researchers Find ChatGPT Vulnerabilities That Let Attackers Trick AI Into Leaking Data | Read more hacking news on The Hacker News cybersecurity news website and learn how to protect against cyberattacks and software vulnerabilities.

Xpeng AI Day: new AI model powering robots, robotaxis, and flying cars

Today, Xpeng held its AI Day 2025 at its new headquarters in Guangzhou. The automaker is positioning itself as an...

Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat

Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced.

Google Uncovers PROMPTFLUX Malware That Uses Gemini AI to Rewrite Its Code Hourly

Google discovers PROMPTFLUX malware using Gemini AI to rewrite and hide its code for smarter evasion.

AI Uses Physics to Illuminate the Dark Proteome

Harvard and Northwestern researchers combine AI and physics to design unstable proteins that comprise the dark proteome.

Microsoft Just Gave Investors 9.7 Billion Reasons to Buy This Monster Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Stock Hand Over Fist

Cloud infrastructure services are swiftly becoming a hot commodity in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.

The Big Short investor issues warning over AI

Google Identifies New Forms of AI-Powered Cyberattacks

State-sponsored threat actors have developed malware powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that can not only generate malicious scripts but also “change

Apple to use Google’s AI model to run new Siri, Bloomberg News reports

Apple plans to use a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Google to help power an overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Amazon, Perplexity, and the future of AI shopping assistants

The e-commerce giant claims Perplexity's Comet is eroding its customer experience - while pushing its own AI shopping agent.

AI Agents For Creators: Now Every Influencer Can Have A Digital Team

We're quickly entering a world in which every human worker needs a team of digital assistants: AI agents to amplify their creativity and output.

How Amazon Search increased ML training twofold using AWS Batch for Amazon SageMaker Training jobs

In this post, we show you how Amazon Search optimized GPU instance utilization by leveraging AWS Batch for SageMaker Training jobs. This managed solution enabled us to orchestrate machine learning (ML) training workloads on GPU-accelerated instance families like P5, P4, and others. We will also provide a step-by-step walkthrough of the use case implementation.

Adopt Human-Centered AI To Transform The Future Of Work

Human-centered AI can reshape the future of work by augmenting, instead of replacing, human talent. How businesses use AI will determine productivity, jobs and growth.

Google makes complex searches easier on mobile with new Chrome feature

Chrome is adding a dedicated AI Mode button to the new tab page on mobile, making it easier to start complex searches. Check it out!

Newsmax Gets Fooled by AI Video, Broadcasts Entire Segment as If It Was Real

Joining right wing compatriots Fox News, Newsmax also presented an AI-generated video as real to bash on food stamp recipients.

SoftBank returns to robotics with US$5.4B ABB acquisition despite Pepper, Boston Dynamics setbacks

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026. This move signals SoftBank's renewed commitment to leading the robotics sector following the failure of its Pepper robot and the sale of Boston Dynamics.

Tesla in the Age of Musk Partisanship

Progressives are much more likely to buy electric cars than conservatives, it’s obviously because they are more concerned about the environment and climate change. And it follows, at least until about 2020, that most people buying Teslas were left leaning. Then Musk became a vocal supporter of Republicans. You might be wondering, how did this … Continue reading "Tesla in the Age of Musk Partisanship"

Hong Kong university HKUST looks to send its spinouts overseas –

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology helps launch 100 spinouts a year. But the AI rush means it has to get them overseas quicker, says its tech transfer head.

Did Nvidia Secure Its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dominance With This Move?

Nvidia's competitors may find it difficult to steal away market share if it has indeed made this move.