Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable

Should this wearable materialize, it could be released as early as 2027, according to a report on the device.

Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes

SGLang, which originated as an open source research project at Ion Stoica’s UC Berkeley lab, has raised capital from Accel.

A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025

From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot happened last year.

X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow

X says the new feature, similar to Bluesky's Starter Packs, will arrive in the coming weeks.

Todoist’s app now lets you add tasks to your to-do list by speaking to its AI

The feature, now public, lets you create to-do's and action items by speaking naturally to the app's AI.

Apple plans to make Siri an AI chatbot, report says

Siri could look more like ChatGPT than its current state as an integrated feature across Apple products.

Anthropic revises Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ and hints at chatbot consciousness

The newly revised document offers a roadmap for what Anthropic says is a safer and more helpful chatbot experience.

Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store

The boost in downloads comes as Danish consumers have been organizing a grassroots boycott of American-made products, which also included canceling their U.S. vacations and ditching their subscriptions to U.S.-based streaming services, like Netflix.

Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS, the prestigious AI conference

Research from startup GPTZero points to the impossible problem prestigious conferences face in the age of AI slop.

Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6 Tbps

The network will be designed for enterprise, data center, and government customers and could offer an alternative to SpaceX's Starlink service.

Zipline charts drone delivery expansion with $600M in new funding

That geographic expansion in the United States has fueled Zipline’s delivery numbers. In 2024, the company completed 1 million drone deliveries to customers; this week, Zipline said it had surpassed 2 million deliveries.

OpenEvidence hits $12B valuation, with new round led by Thrive, DST  

The medical info database has doubled in valuation since last raise in October, despite encroachment from model makers.

Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide

The company has made it easy for existing advertisers to expand their reach to include Threads by allowing them to automatically place ads through both Meta's Advantage+ program and via manual campaigns.

YouTube TV’s multiview is getting a huge upgrade, letting viewers mix and match channels

Soon, YouTube TV will allow viewers to customize the multiview feature to watch any four channels they want side by side.

We’re not nostalgic for 2016 — we’re nostalgic for the internet before all the slop

At the time, people felt like 2016 was cursed — but at least we did not yet have a word for "doomscrolling."

OpenAI’s former sales leader joins VC firm Acrew: OpenAI taught her where startups can build a ‘moat’ 

Aliisa Rosenthal has found a new career as a VC. She knows what startups can do to protect themselves from the model makers eating their markets.

YouTube will soon let creators make Shorts with their own AI likeness

YouTube Shorts viewers might soon see AI versions of their favorite creators when scrolling through their feeds.

OpenAI aims to ship its first device in 2026, and it could be earbuds

The AI startup is on track to announce its first hardware device in the second half of this year, OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said during an interview at Davos.

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Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe is adding AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts.