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Three out of four Americans now oppose having a data center built near them, up from an even split just a year ago, according to a Heatmap News survey. 61 percent are "strongly opposed." The article Data center opposition surged…
The US is drafting a letter to partner countries telling them to pick a side in the AI standoff between Washington and Beijing, according to Reuters. The article US wants to force partner countries to choose between Washington and Beijing…
Waymo built its own chip for its robotaxis, cutting its reliance on Nvidia. The article Waymo builds its own chip for its robotaxis, cutting its reliance on Nvidia appeared first on The Decoder.
Meta has become one of Microsoft's biggest AI customers, according to Bloomberg. The article Meta spends hundreds of millions on Microsoft's AI services appeared first on The Decoder.
Anthropic is easing its controversial data storage policy, letting enterprise customers keep their own data going forward. The article Anthropic changes data retention policy after enterprise pushback appeared first on The Decoder.
Nvidia is paying $6 billion for software that builds AI models from the startup Poolside, and it wants to bring on 109 employees. The article Nvidia is acquiring Poolside's "Model Factory" and 109 employees for $6 billion appeared first on…
Since GPT-5.6 Sol launched in early July, OpenAI says revenue is up 35 percent this quarter, with enterprise revenue growing more than 50 percent. Ramp data shows OpenAI outpacing Anthropic in business API spending for the first time after Anthropic…
OpenAI is previewing transparent background support for GPT-Image-2 through its API. The alpha channel gets baked in during image generation, which according to OpenAI beats conventional background removal. A single parameter activates the feature. The article OpenAI's GPT-Image-2 can now…
Adobe is making three AI audio tools broadly available in Firefly. Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects create royalty-free music, voiceovers, and sound effects for video projects. Adobe has also added Gemini Omni Flash to the platform. The…
LLMs don't write in a recognizable style because they can't do better. Post-training and safety guardrails sharply narrow their expressive range, argues Pangram CTO Bradley Emi. Base models without these constraints already write with far more variety. The article LLMs…
Robotics startup Generalist AI has unveiled GEN-1.5, an AI model that teaches robots new tasks from a single demonstration. The article GEN-1.5: Generalist AI teaches robots new tasks from a single demo appeared first on The Decoder.
Anthropic uses an unpublished AI model internally that is more powerful than any publicly available version of Claude. The article Anthropic's most capable model, codenamed "Model 2," is for internal use only appeared first on The Decoder.
