Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help bankroll a multibillion-dollar bid to take over OpenAI earlier this year, according to court filings reported by CNBC. The request surfaced in documents filed as part of Musk’s ongoing legal battle with Ope…

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is in talks with Google about using Google's Gemini AI as the backbone for the upcoming smarter version of Siri, reports Bloomberg. The discussions are in the early stages, but Apple reportedly approached Google to ask the company to create a custom…

#ai #voice #apple #aiethics

With Apple's Siri AI Overhaul Delayed, Google Might Help It Catch Up

6 months / cnet / Nelson Aguilar

Apple explores Google Gemini for Siri brain

6 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Apple is in the middle of revamping Siri with a new LLM-based backend, and a new report suggests Apple is in talks with Google to get Gemini integrated with the system.

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Apple in Talks With Google to Power Next-Gen Siri With Gemini AI

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Google shares rise on report of Apple using Gemini for Siri

6 months / cnbc

LLM Siri: The Complete Guide to Apple's AI Assistant Overhaul Coming in 2026

6 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple May Tap Google's Gemini As The Brains Behind Its Revamped Siri

6 months / bgr

Apple could outsources Siri smarts to Google Gemini AI

6 months / idownloadblog / Christian Zibreg

Apple is reportedly considering using Gemini to power the new Siri

6 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Apple in Talks With Google to Use Gemini for Siri Upgrade: Report

6 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Apple is in talks to use Google’s Gemini for Siri revamp, report says

6 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Gemini could join other third-party AI systems in boosting Siri Intelligence

6 months / appleinsider

Apple in Talks With Google to Power Next-Gen Siri With Gemini AI

6 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Google’s Next Smart Speaker Is All About AI

James Pero / gizmodo - Google has a fresh smart home speaker to go along with its upcoming Gemini for Home upgrade, according to new leaks.

#ai #smartcities #google #gadget

Google secretly revealed this Gemini smart speaker at its Pixel 10 event

6 months / pocket-lint / Patrick O'Rourke

Is this Google's first Gemini-powered smart speaker?

6 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Google’s Next Smart Speaker Is All About AI

6 months / gizmodo / James Pero

Google’s first Gemini smart home speaker detailed in leak

6 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

Apple Loses Another Key AI Leader to Meta's Superintelligence Labs

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple has had yet another AI executive poached by Meta, despite reports that the social networking company is slowing hiring (via Bloomberg).Frank Chu, one of Apple's team leaders focused on cloud infrastructure, training, and search, will join Meta's Sup…

#ai #meta #apple #jobs

Meta Hires Former Apple AI Exec Frank Chu Amist Hiring Slowdown

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Apple Loses Another Key AI Leader to Meta's Superintelligence Labs

6 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join xAI bid to buy OpenAI, filing shows

cnbc - In early 2025, xAI CEO Elon Musk asked Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI, new court filings revealed.

#ai #openai #acquisitions

Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg's help to take over OpenAI, court filings reveal

6 months / techspot

Elon Musk Wanted Mark Zuckerberg to Join OpenAI Bid, Court Filing Says

6 months / wsj / Gareth Vipers

Your Prompt Uses 0.24 watt-hours; Musk Pitched Zuck $97.4B for OpenAI

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Of course he did… www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/e... But they were gonna have a cage fight, too.

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Elon Musk tried to enlist Mark Zuckerberg in $100bn bid for OpenAI - Financial Times

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Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join xAI bid to buy OpenAI, filing shows

6 months / cnbc

OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid

6 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $10B in new funding as AI boom continues apace

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC, the company behind the Claude generative artificial intelligence service, is reportedly nearing a deal to raise $10 billion in a new funding round, as the AI boom continues apace. According to Bloomberg referencing people familiar with the …

#ai #vc #anthropic #genai

Report: Anthropic eyes $10bn raise after strong investor interest

6 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $10B in new funding as AI boom continues apace

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Anthropic Seeks to Raise $10 Billion Amid Strong Investor Interest

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Google Offers Gemini to Government Workers for 47 Cents

PYMNTS / pymnts - Google on Thursday (Aug. 21) said it would be offering a complete artificial intelligence (AI) platform to federal agencies and employees for 47 cents in the first year. “Gemini for Government” offers enterprise search, image and video generation, and Not…

#ai #google #government #pricing

Google Offers Gemini to Government Workers for 47 Cents

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Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

PYMNTS / pymnts - Google is bringing more advanced agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its search tool. These capabilities, announced Thursday (Aug. 21) are rolling out with restaurant reservations, with plans to expand them to local service appointments a…

#ai #google #genai

Honey, I shrunk the image and now I'm pwned

6 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Google is selling a version of Gemini for government agencies

6 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

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Google’s AI Mode is rolling out in Canada

6 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English.

#ai #google #genai

Google's AI Mode Is Getting New Agentic Features for Restaurant Reservations and More

6 months / cnet / Blake Stimac

Google is making AI Mode in Search more agentic and launching it in over 180 new countries

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English.

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Google opens AI Mode globally with more personalized agentic capabilities

6 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Google's $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

6 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Google Brings AI Mode to Search in Canada

6 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Google has now rolled out AI Mode in English in 180 countries - previously it was only in the US, UK and India. It is also adding "more advanced agentic and personalised capabilities" www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo...

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Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

6 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Google Search’s AI Mode is going global and getting smarter

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Google Tests Share Icon For For Search Results & AI Mode Again

6 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google AI Mode Now In 180 Countries & Gains Agentic Features

6 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Casey Crownhart / technologyreview - Google has just released a technical report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls in the middle of the range of energy demand—consumes 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, the equivalent of run…

#ai #google #aiethics #environment

How Much Energy Do Your AI Prompts Consume? Google Just Shared Its Gemini Numbers

6 months / cnet / Blake Stimac

Google Reveals Gemini’s Energy Use in Landmark AI Transparency Report

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

In a First, Google Has Released #Data on How Much #Energy an #AI Prompt Uses (via @technologyreview.com) www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1... #LLMs

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...

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Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading https://www.theverge.com/report/763080/google-ai-gemini-water-energy-emissions-study #Environment #Analysis #Science #Energy #Google #Report #Tech #AI

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

6 months / technologyreview / Casey Crownhart

Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading

6 months / theverge / Justine Calma

Google wants to make AI’s energy footprint a ‘non-consideration,’ but it’s not there yet - Semafor

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Meta Hits Pause on AI Hiring as Reorgs and Costs Bite

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Meta abruptly froze AI hiring after offering researchers packages up to $1.5 billion, ending a months-long talent war. The move follows investor warnings about soaring compensation costs and questions about AI returns across the industry.

#ai #meta #jobs #layoffs

Meta Halts AI Hiring After Major Recruitment Surge

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

OpenAI's rocky GPT-5 launch is the beginning of an uphill battle for AI, as Meta announces another restructuring

6 months / tomshardware

Report: Meta is hitting pause on AI hiring after its poaching spree

6 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Meta Hits Pause on AI Hiring as Reorgs and Costs Bite

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Meta Halts AI Hiring Following Recruitment Push

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

DeepSeek’s V3.1 goes open, targets parity at a fraction of the cost

Marcus Schuler / implicator - DeepSeek's V3.1 delivers Claude-level coding performance at 1/70th the cost through open source. The Chinese startup's MIT-licensed model challenges American AI economics while optimizing for domestic chips—signaling parallel ecosystems.

#ai #software #deepseek #deeptech

DeepSeek Marks Push Toward Agentic AI With New Model

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Meta Halts AI Hiring After $1.5B Bidding Binge

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

DeepSeek’s V3.1 goes open, targets parity at a fraction of the cost

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Deepseek's first hybrid model V3.1 outperforms its R1 reasoning model on benchmarks

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Washington Opens AI Sandbox for Federal Agencies

PYMNTS / pymnts - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on Thursday (Aug. 14) launched USAi, a secure artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to help all federal agencies test and adopt generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools more quickly, safely and …

#ai #innovation #government

Washington Opens AI Sandbox for Federal Agencies

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won't be around for long

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Gemini for Home is Google’s biggest smart home play in years

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - It’s finally happening: Google Assistant in the home is getting its Gemini glow-up. “Gemini for Home” is an all-new voice assistant for Google Home, set to arrive later this year, the company announced today. This new voice assistant, powered by Google’s …

#ai #smartcities #voice #google

Google Docs Is Getting One Of NotebookLM's Best Features

6 months / bgr

Google’s Gemini Live AI assistant will show you what it’s talking about

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Rick Osterloh Talks Gemini and Google's AI Future at the Made by Google Event video

6 months / cnet

Gemini is coming to Google Home in October with both free and paid versions

6 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Gemini for Home is Google’s biggest smart home play in years

6 months / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Meta’s AI Team Reorganized—Again

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Meta Platforms Inc. is reshuffling its artificial intelligence (AI) team yet again—the fourth time in six months—to “accelerate” its pursuit of so-called superintelligence. The company is expected to quarter its new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (M…

#ai #meta #aiethics #jobs

Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Blockbuster Spending Spree

6 months / wsj / Meghan Bobrowsky

Meta restructures AI division, splits superintelligence team two months after formation

6 months / techspot

LeCun now reports to Alexandr Wang as Meta reshuffles its top AI leadership

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Meta’s AI Team Reorganized—Again

6 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Meta Overhauls AI Division Again, Splitting New Superintelligence Lab into Four Groups

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Here’s where you can preorder Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch 4

Sheena Vasani / theverge - Google’s Pixel phone lineup isn’t the only thing getting an upgrade in the coming weeks. The company also took the time during its recent Made by Google event to introduce the forthcoming Pixel Watch 4, which starts at $349 and hits shelves on October 9th…

#ai #digitalhealth #google

Google Beats Apple to Satellite Connectivity With Pixel Watch 4

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The Pixel Watch 4 Is Here. Can It Finally Beat Apple? video

6 months / cnet

Google Unveils AI Personal Health Coach in Redesigned Fitbit App

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Everything Announced at Made by Google 2025 in 7 Minutes video

6 months / cnet / Sean Booker

Google Pixel Watch 4 Pricing in Canada: Pre-Order Today

6 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Pixel Watch 4 debuts with longer battery life, and new AI health coach

6 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Google Beats Apple to Satellite Connectivity With Pixel Watch 4

6 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Here’s where you can preorder Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch 4

6 months / theverge / Sheena Vasani

The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach

6 months / wired / Julian Chokkattu

Google Pixel 10 series, Pixel Watch 4 Canadian pricing, availability and specs

6 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Google Pixel Watch 4 hands-on: Dome wasn’t built in a day

6 months / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

A closer look at Google’s AI health coach and the redesigned Fitbit app

6 months / engadget / Cherlynn Low

Pixel Watch 4 First Look: Google Just Raised the Bar video

6 months / cnet / Vanessa Hand Orellana

Well Played, Google: The Pixel Watch 4 May Give Apple Watch Loyalists a Wandering Eye

6 months / cnet / Vanessa Hand Orellana

Google announces new AI-powered personal health and fitness coach for Fitbit

6 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Google says Steph Curry will use its AI to get better at basketball

Mariella Moon / engadget - Google has announced a multi-year partnership with Steph Curry at its Made by Google event, and as part of that team-up, it says the NBA superstar will use AI from Google Cloud to improve his performance on the court. Yep, the company is claiming that Goo…

#ai #google #health #sports

I Don't Care What Steph Curry Says, Google's AI Doesn't Know Ball

6 months / cnet / Zachary McAuliffe

Google signs Stephen Curry to pitch its Pixel, health, and AI gear https://www.theverge.com/news/762146/google-pixel-stephen-curry-partnership #Entertainment #GooglePixel #Science #Google #Health #Sports #News #Tech

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Google says Steph Curry will use its AI to get better at basketball

6 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Google signs Stephen Curry to pitch its Pixel, health, and AI gear

6 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Nvidia, Bill Gates-backed robotics startup Field AI hits $2 billion valuation after recent raise

cnbc - Robotics startup Field AI has closed two funding rounds, with investments from Nvidia's venture capital arm and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' family office.

#ai #startups #vc #business

FieldAI Raises $405 Million for Robotic AI and General-Purpose Robots

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Robotics software startup FieldAI raises $405M in funding

6 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Nvidia, Bill Gates-backed robotics startup Field AI hits $2 billion valuation after recent raise

6 months / cnbc

FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains

6 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

NASA and IBM Unveil AI That Helps Scientists Forecast Solar Storms

Ellyn Lapointe / gizmodo - Experts recently identified major gaps in their ability to forecast space weather. Surya aims to fill them.

#ai #space #nasa

NASA and IBM Unveil AI That Helps Scientists Forecast Solar Storms

6 months / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

IBM’s and NASA’s Surya AI model is designed to predict the next ‘Carrington-class’ solar storm

6 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

IBM and NASA made an open-source AI model for predicting solar weather

6 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

NASA’s new AI model can predict when a solar storm may strike

6 months / technologyreview / Peter Hall

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Jason Koebler, Zeyi Yang / wired - Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

#ai #automation #digitaltransformation #business

I think that unfortunately the idea of always on “virtual human” AI livestreaming salespeople is probably very appealing to companies and therefore is going to be on every social media platform you can think of before too long: www.404media.co/chinese-liv

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Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. www.wired.com/story/artifi...

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Chinese Livestreaming 'Virtual Human' Salespeople Are Outselling Their Human Counterparts

6 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

6 months / wired / Jason Koebler, Zeyi Yang