China wants tech companies to monetize data, but few are buying in
A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies on the sidelines.
Fiverr wants freelancers to create AI models
Fiverr is building AI into its platform.
Defense and resilience tech reached an all-time high 10% of all VC funding in Europe | TechCrunch
The war in Ukraine served as a wakeup call for Europe, and defense tech went from a sector that most European VCs didn't touch to one of the top
Analysis: Clean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s GDP in 2024 - Carbon Brief
Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10% of China’s economy in 2024 for the first...
6 Questions You Asked Yourself about Solar
How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will it birth, how much surface will it take up, where will it appear first?
Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries
The long-duration energy storage startup has raised a total of $1.2 billion. Form is expanding its West Virginia factory and working on its first…
AI models that cost $1 billion to train are underway, $100 billion models coming — largest current models take 'only' $100 million to train: Anthropic CEO
AI training costs are growing exponentially year after year.
State of AI outtakes #1: scaling in defense
The State of AI Report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of everything you need to know across AI research, industry, politics, and safety.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120M fund for global AI education | TechCrunch
Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a new
Why Really Tiny Nuclear Reactors Are Bringing In Big Money
Last Energy just raised a $40 million Series B.
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Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw
Nvidia’s yearly AI chip refresh may not start this year.
The Generative-AI Revolution May Be a Bubble
Tech firms have been spending historic amounts of money on AI—but will it pay off?
Why have the big seven tech companies been hit by AI boom doubts?
Their shares have fallen 11.8% from last month’s peak but more AI breakthroughs may reassure investors
The Age of Social Media Is Ending
It never should have begun.
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015 - Carbon Brief
UK's energy bills were £22bn higher over the past decade than they would have been if Conservative governments had not cut “green crap” climate policies.
Google considers charging for AI-powered search in big change to business model
Proposals would mark first time any of the software group’s core product falls behind a paywall
Are We Watching The Internet Die?
Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to buy stock at the initial listing price, which it hasn’t announced yet but is expected to be in the range of $31-34 per share. Regardless of the actual price,
Microsoft is reportedly losing huge amounts of money on GitHub Copilot
Might GitHub Copilot become more expensive soon?