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From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy super app launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.
Some governments moved to confirm chip supply commitments, while others are monitoring the impact on local projects or addressing ongoing investigations.
A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers, which manage the airspace across the United States.
Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years.
LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.
New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips.
The ride-sharing giant said driver's license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident.
This Congressional investigation into Nvidia's China sales and its dealings with Trump is the second one, so far, since news of the alleged spy affair broke.
Muse's AI can now place outbound calls to US businesses but it's not free.
Nebius plans to fund its $40 billion AI infrastructure expansion through customer prepayments and loans, even as delays at a Microsoft data center raise questions about its financing model.
Reuters is withholding the name of the new employee linked to Huang, but says she is an employee of Nvidia.
The airline said it will not allow customers to use AI agents to book flights and manage reservations.
Rather than giving consumers yet another photo-editing tool, Phota Labs aims to use advances in AI to automate the editing process so its easier for anyone to turn everyday moments into better photos.
Huang, who was ousted as CEO following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, agreed to testify Wednesday after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him.
Nvidia's ousted CEO Jensen Huang's downfall isnt just your run-of-the-mill salacious billionaire sex scandal. He was using his influence to push the AI industry in some very specific ways.
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump says only one man can take Jensen Huang's place as head of Nvidia: Tim Cook.
Whoop is launching a social network that lets members share their sleep, recovery and workout data, but the bigger bet is on becoming more of a personal health brand, with CEO Will Ahmed hinting at acquisitions to come.
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is taking over as an interim replacement for longtime CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in scandal.
This is the investment firm's largest fund to date.
This is Fireworks' second data breach in as many months.
The startups work across the deep tech sector, including healthcare, fintech, energy, semiconductors, and AI. All nine are looking to enter the US.
Nvidia has no succession plan and a CEO in hot water, so weve drafted a shortlist.
The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.
Jensen Huang, who has come under fire for admitting to an affair with a woman accused of being a Chinese intelligence agent, has been accused of having a separate affair with an Nvidia subordinate.
Helix said that its voice ID tech can run on an iPhone 13
Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments.

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