Amazon is reportedly looking to revamp its AI strategy, shifting from a wide portfolio of models for text, images, video, and multimodal tasks toward a single frontier model. The ecommerce giant has been one of the main beneficiaries of the AI boom, with developers investing heavily in compute capacity from AWS. However, it has not…
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A civil litigation case against eBay, filed by the founders of a Massachusetts-based news site that covers ecommerce, has just been settled. The gist of it: The company and former execs have to own up to—and pay up for—perhaps the most disturbing harassment campaign ever led by a giant tech company against its critics. Back…
Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard for letting AI models and agents securely pull in outside data and tools — has filed a lawsuit against HR software startup Rippling, according to the complaint seen by TechCrunch. The lawsuit is a cautionary tale for anyone selling AI infrastructure…
Google Docs can catch misspellings and common grammar problems without requiring another app or subscription. Its built-in checker is convenient for anyone already drafting reports, proposals, or other documents in Google Workspace. Convenience does not always equal comprehensive editing, however. Dedicated writing assistants such as Grammarly, Sapling, Ginger, Scribens, and LanguageTool may provide broader feedback…
A new humanoid robot debuted this week with a sensor-laden layer of “smart skin” designed to feel exactly where and how hard it’s being touched…for industrial safety, of course. The robot, called Gene.01, comes from Generative Bionics and debuted at AMD’s Advancing AI conference in San Francisco. CNET senior video producer Jesse Orrall got hands-on…
Rideshare micromobility vehicles are a common sight in major cities around the world, whether that’s a bicycle program or electric scooters. Now, a company called Veo is introducing electric tricycles into the mix. Announced Tuesday at an event in Denver, the company showed off the Rover, a three-wheeled, sit-down electric vehicle designed for anyone to…
The largest electrical grid in the U.S. has struggled to cope with an onslaught of data centers. Now, after an auction to add more generating capacity fell short, the grid’s operator, PJM Interconnection, has said it will cut off data centers and other large users during power shortages. The decision arrives as the breakneck pace…
The US government has threatened sanctions against Chinese AI model developers accused of carrying out “industrial-scale” distillation programs targeting American AI models. Anthropic and OpenAI have both accused Chinese companies of improperly distilling their frontier models, arguing that the practice has helped Chinese developers narrow the performance gap while reducing development costs. The most recent…
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