Wired reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hired Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm known for advising clients through personal scandals and sexual misconduct allegations, at least a year before he publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair with a former Megaspeed executive suspected of ties to Chinese intelligence. Heller Inc. founder Risa Heller has represented prominent […]
Nvidia’s board has launched an independent investigation after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted in a Chinese espionage operation. The reports centered on Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based chipmaker Megaspeed. A memo circulated among U.S. policymakers alleged that China’s Ministry of State Security had recruited her to spy on Nvidia’s CEO. Nvidia […]
Democrats’ strong showing in the midterm elections may make it harder for technology companies to build the data centers needed to support artificial intelligence. Voters approved or rejected measures in communities across the country that could restrict data center development, while several elected officials campaigned on tighter oversight. The results could pose a challenge for […]
OpenAI has reportedly raised $11 billion in a funding round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, according to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter. The funding round has not yet closed and is expected to wrap up in the coming weeks. It could reach about $20 billion, one source told Bloomberg. That would […]
Airbnb plans to launch its own AI travel agent in the first half of 2027, the company said in its third-quarter shareholder letter. The agent is being designed specifically for travel, rather than as a general-purpose chatbot. CEO Brian Chesky said that planning a trip involves browsing, comparing options, and sharing decisions with fellow travelers—parts […]
Apple is reducing the amount its engineering teams can spend on AI, according to Bloomberg. In October, the company cut its engineers’ daily AI spending allowance from $300 to $200. Further reductions are planned, with some teams’ limits expected to fall to $100 a day. Apple is also considering a daily cap as low as […]
Anthropic is developing an open-source system called FlashProve that could let people verify which AI model produced a particular response. The system uses “provable inference”: a cryptographic proof that an output came from a specific model. It is intended to prevent one model from being passed off as another, including cases where a provider secretly […]
AI models generally do not learn from mistakes unless they are trained again. Companies adapting general-purpose models for fields such as law and finance often rely on specialist research teams or costly consultants to fine-tune them. Trajectory, founded about a year ago by three Stanford classmates with backgrounds at Google DeepMind and Apple, is seeking […]
OpenAI is weighing a rebrand of its data centers as “AI compute campuses” as it prepares to step up its efforts to shape public debate about artificial intelligence. According to Axios, the company is planning a public-relations push after Tuesday’s midterm elections. OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, told Axios he sees the elections […]
Apple CEO John Ternus says the company plans to use AI in new products, but won’t add it simply for the sake of having AI. In a recent interview with Wired, Ternus defended Apple’s position in the AI race. The company has faced criticism for falling behind competitors, particularly after delaying a more capable version […]