OpenAI Halts Frontier Training to Bolster Defenses After Cyberattack
Greg Brockman had a message for the people who build and guard OpenAI’s most powerful models: slow down. The company’s co-founder said Tuesday that OpenAI has paused large-scale frontier model…
Samsung Raises Foundry Prices by Up to 15% as AI Demand Strains Plants
Samsung Electronics has raised prices on new orders for some of its most advanced chip-making services by as much as 15%, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest…
Spotify Founder’s Neko Health Opens First U.S. Clinic in New York
The full-body scanner that has screened tens of thousands of patients in Europe arrives in New York this week. Neko Health, the health startup founded by Spotify creator Daniel Ek,…
Nebius Swaps Gas Turbines for Fuel Cells at 300-Megawatt Data Center
Nebius, the AI cloud company, said on Aug. 17 that its 300-megawatt data center in New Jersey will run on Bloom Energy fuel cells instead of gas turbines, a switch…
AI Chip and Storage Stocks Slide as Treasury Yields Hit 19-Year High
The mood that lifted AI hardware stocks on Monday vanished by Tuesday’s premarket session. Nvidia fell about 2%, Marvell dropped more than 6%, and storage makers SanDisk and Micron declined…
Higgsfield Raises $400 Million as AI Video Ads Catch On
Higgsfield, a startup that generates advertising video from text prompts, said on Aug. 17 it closed a $400 million Series B round led by DST Global, valuing the company at…
Einride Orders 500 Tesla Semis in Largest Electric Truck Deal
Einride, the Swedish company that sells electric trucking as a service, said it will buy 500 Tesla Semis for its North American fleet, the largest deployment of the electric heavy…
SpaceX Discloses Shareholder List as 319 Million Shares Come Free
SpaceX, in its latest regulatory filing, laid out who owns the rocket company, and the list reads like a roll call of the modern technology economy. Elon Musk holds 48.4%…
Apple’s Camera AirPods Surface in macOS Update
The product reveal came in a file most people will never open. MacRumors, sifting through the demo video inside the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, found footage of AirPods fitted…
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Teens With Parental Controls
OpenAI on Aug. 18 released a dedicated version of ChatGPT for teenagers, bundling parental controls with study-oriented features in an effort to answer months of questions about minors using the…
