TSMC's $56 Billion Bet Says the AI Bubble Hasn't Popped
Harkaram Grewal / implicator - TSMC's Q4 profit jumped 35% to a record $16 billion. CEO C.C. Wei declared "AI is real" and backed it with $56 billion in 2026 capex, the largest semiconductor investment in history. Intel and Samsung are scrambling to catch up. They're not close.
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Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedia for the data they already use
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Wikipedia has signed Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity as paying partners for its Enterprise API, but not every website can offset the traffic losses caused by AI systems.The article Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedi…
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Raspberry Pi's New Add-on Board Has 8GB of RAM For Running Gen AI Models
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Raspberry Pi is launching a new add-on board capable of running generative AI models locally on the Raspberry Pi 5. Announced on Thursday, the $130 AI HAT+ 2 is an upgraded -- and more expensive -- version of the modul…
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OpenAI Prepares to Add Data Centers, Robotics and Consumer Devices
PYMNTS / pymnts - OpenAI is reportedly lining up suppliers to support a major product expansion over the next few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacturer in the United States and offer components …
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Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting?
@MarketWatch / x - Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting? trib.al/knLU72a— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) Jan 15, 2026
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Cloudflare Acquires Human Native
FinSMEs / finsmes - Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), a San Francisco, CA-based connectivity cloud company, acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and AI developers. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will enable AI developers…
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Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash
André Beganski / decrypt - X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply spam," an exec said.
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Opera browser R3 update expands tab organization and AI integration
techspot - Opera One R3 is a major update that adds more customization options to Tab Islands for improved tab management, a faster and more context-aware AI built-in, plus a more versatile sidebar with Google services and expanded split-screen layouts.Read Entire A…
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Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
msmash / slashdot - Apple, which spent years as TSMC's undisputed top customer and helped the Taiwanese foundry become the semiconductor industry's most important manufacturer, is now fighting for production capacity as Nvidia's AI chip orders consume an ever-larger share of…
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How Apple is Using Google AI to Catch Up
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple is partnering with Google to bring Gemini AI to the iPhone, a $5 billion deal that could overhaul Siri and change the future of Apple Intelligence.The post How Apple is Using Google AI to Catch Up first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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The US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips headed to China
Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - The Trump administration formalized its 25% cut of H200 chip sales in China with a tariff that applies to certain semiconductors.
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Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
techxplore - Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary.
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Parloa raises $350M to make enterprise customer experience fully conversational
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Parloa GmBH, a Berlin-based artificial intelligence customer experience automation platform startup, announced today it has raised $350 million in late-stage funding at a $3 billion valuation led by General Catalyst. The company’s existing investors showe…
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OpenAI launches standalone ChatGPT Translate
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - OpenAI has released ChatGPT Translate as a standalone translation page, providing support for over 50 languages with automatic language detection. The tool offers one-tap prompt options to rewrite translated text for different tones and audiences. The int…
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A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know.
Brian X. Chen / nytimes - Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
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Dublin deeptech Luna raises €1.5M to pair AI vision with hardware for cycling safety
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Luna Systems has secured €1.5 million in a late seed round to bring its first AI-powered safety camera…
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Alibaba’s Qwen AI app hits 100 million users as upgrade broadens role in daily life
scmp - Alibaba Group Holding has rolled out a major update to its flagship Qwen artificial intelligence app, integrating it more deeply into the company’s expansive ecosystem, from online shopping to travel booking, as it pushes to make the service an AI-powered…
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TSMC fourth-quarter profit beats estimates, soaring 35%, as AI chip demand stays strong
cnbc - TSMCy delivered another estimate-beating quarter, with profit up 35% from a year ago as advanced chip orders tied to AI continued to dominate its business.
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Thinking Machines Ousts CTO Barret Zoph. Hours Later, OpenAI Welcomed Him Home.
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Mira Murati ousted CTO Barret Zoph for "unethical conduct." Hours later, OpenAI welcomed him back along with two other researchers. The competing narratives can't both be true.
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Bandcamp bans music that heavily features generative AI
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Bandcamp is taking a big stand against AI in music. In a blog post, the company confirmed that it will ban music that is “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI.” It also prohibits the use of AI tools to impersonate artists or music styles. Bandcam…
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