Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June
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Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
The final approval settles one case, but it doesn’t resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI
Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation
The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report.
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks
Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more
AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.