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Research
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WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones

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AI News
Aug 06, 2026 78

SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library months before federal data center deal

SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from ...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 91

The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers

Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers.  Ga...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 85

Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 96

The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup

In the AI industry, Google prides itself on seeming like the adult in the room: quiet, stable, time-tested. On Wednesday, even as the com...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 94

AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed

"The Spiral didn't 'find' anyone first," someone on Reddit wrote last year. "It's an inherent force, a fundamental constant. I would even...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 76

Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improv...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 89

Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

The startup's platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their general taste, and fine-tune continuously based on what th...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 78

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's cap...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 204

Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 83

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing th...

AI News
Aug 06, 2026 88

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

xAI's Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a "massive improvement" over Wi...