XPeng’s 2025 AI Day showcased tangible progress on technologies we’ve been promised for decades. The company revealed a remarkably human-like robot, driverless taxis launching in 2026, and flying vehicles entering trial production. This wasn’t just hype – it was a grounded look at how AI is taking p
Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist and Turing Award winner, is reportedly planning to leave the company to start his own AI venture. The departure comes as Meta reorganizes its AI division amid growing competition. LeCun has been openly skeptical about current AI hype.
SoftBank just made some massive moves in the AI space, cashing out its Nvidia position while doubling down on OpenAI. The Japanese conglomerate’s earnings reveal a strategic pivot toward robotics and autonomous vehicles. Here’s what their massive bets tell us about where AI is heading next.
SoftBank has completely exited its Nvidia position, selling 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion. The Japanese conglomerate is redirecting these funds toward what it calls a “large” investment in OpenAI, potentially exceeding $30 billion.
Intel continues its aggressive push into AI infrastructure with two significant updates. The company released LPMD 0.1 with Panther Lake processor support and updated its LLM-Scaler tool with OpenAI GPT-OSS model compatibility. These moves position Intel more directly against competitors in the AI h
Intel’s chief technology and AI officer Sachin Katti is departing the company after just six months in the role. He’s joining OpenAI to work on compute infrastructure for artificial general intelligence. The move comes as Intel struggles to compete in the AI accelerator market.
The AI boom comes with an environmental price tag that’s just coming into focus. According to new research, AI data centers could soon consume as much water as 10 million American households while producing emissions equivalent to 10 million cars. The good news? Better planning could slash these imp
Singapore breaks the global pattern where high AI adoption creates high worker fear. The country treats AI as a national project with skills investment and public trust, creating dramatically different results than corporate-led approaches.
New court filings reveal OpenAI CEO Sam Altman privately texted Elon Musk’s close associate Shivon Zilis to ask whether he should post a complimentary message about Musk. The February 9, 2023 exchange shows Altman seeking advice before his February 13 public praise of Musk on X.
The European Commission is preparing significant revisions to GDPR that could eliminate explicit consent requirements for tracking cookies and explicitly permit AI training on personal data. Privacy advocates warn these changes could fundamentally weaken the EU’s privacy framework.
