Zipline charts drone delivery expansion with $600M in new funding
U.S.-based autonomous delivery company Zipline announced Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery services to Houston and Phoenix in early 2024, fueled by a $600 million investment. The company, which…
Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6 Tbps
Jeff Bezos’s space exploration company, Blue Origin, has announced plans to build a new satellite internet network called TeraWave. The network aims to deliver high-speed connectivity, with peak data rates…
Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS, the prestigious AI conference
A recent scan of papers presented at the prestigious Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) revealed a concerning trend: the presence of hallucinated citations generated by Large Language Models…
Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store
European consumers, particularly in Nordic countries, are demonstrating their disapproval of recent political rhetoric from the United States with their wallets. Following statements regarding Greenland, downloads of mobile applications designed…
Anthropic revises Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ and hints at chatbot consciousness
Anthropic this week released an updated version of its “Constitution,” a guiding document outlining the ethical principles and safety protocols governing its Claude chatbot. The revised Constitution, unveiled Wednesday alongside…
Apple plans to make Siri an AI chatbot, report says
Apple is poised to significantly overhaul its Siri virtual assistant, potentially transforming it into a more sophisticated chatbot comparable to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman indicates…
Todoist’s app now lets you add tasks to your to-do list by speaking to its AI
Doist, the company behind the popular to-do list application Todoist, is launching a new AI-powered feature called Todoist Ramble, designed to streamline task management. This “voice-to-tasks” functionality allows users to…
X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow
X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” designed to help users discover relevant accounts to follow. This move comes after the decentralized social network Bluesky gained…
A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025
The U.S. semiconductor industry faced a year of significant upheaval in 2025, marked by shifting leadership, evolving export controls, and geopolitical tensions. From new chip tariffs to international agreements, the…
Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes
A growing trend in the artificial intelligence landscape sees open-source projects rapidly evolving into venture-backed companies, attracting significant investment. The latest example is RadixArk, the commercial entity behind SGLang, a…