Hyundai Faces Its First Full Strike in a Decade as Workers Fear AI
The assembly lines at Hyundai Motor’s plants in South Korea went quiet on Friday morning as roughly 40,000 union members walked off the job, the first full-scale strike at the…
Apple Cuts Vision Team Staff as Its Focus Shifts to AI Glasses
Apple has laid off at least 60 employees from its Vision group, the unit that built the Vision Pro headset, according to people familiar with the matter, a reduction that…
ChatGPT Gains the Keys to iMessage on the Mac
OpenAI on Thursday afternoon released a new feature that lets its ChatGPT desktop application for Mac read, compose, and send messages through Apple’s iMessage service, giving the AI assistant direct…
OpenAI Sets a 2027 Target for Its Long-Awaited IPO
OpenAI’s chief financial officer told investors and staff this week that the company plans to complete an initial public offering in 2027, with the date potentially moving earlier if revenue…
Anthropic’s IPO Ambition: Raise as Much as SpaceX Did
Anthropic is telling prospective investors that its initial public offering could raise as much as, or more than, the roughly $86 billion that SpaceX collected when it listed, according to…
Broadcom Seeks $60 Billion or More in Debt to Fund Its AI Chip Push
Broadcom is in talks with a group of banks about raising more than $60 billion in new debt, with the total potentially reaching $100 billion, to fund an expansion of…
Nvidia Pays $6 Billion to License Poolside’s Model Factory and Hires Its Team
Nvidia has agreed to pay $6 billion for a license to Poolside’s Model Factory, the software platform the AI startup used to build its coding models, and to hire 109…
Nevada Lets Tesla, Uber, and Waymo Put 8,000 Robotaxis on Las Vegas Streets
Nevada regulators on Friday approved Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to operate driverless taxis in Las Vegas, a decision that allows the three companies to deploy up to 8,000 robotaxis combined…
OpenAI’s Enterprise Spending Growth Catches Up With Anthropic
OpenAI is now growing its spending from enterprise customers at a pace that matches, and in some cases exceeds, Anthropic’s, according to data from Ramp, a corporate payments and expense…
SK Hynix Weighs Its First Chip Factory in Japan, a Bet on AI Memory Demand
SK Hynix is considering building a memory chip factory in Japan, with investment that could reach several trillion Korean won, according to the Hankyoreh, a South Korean newspaper that reported…
