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Perplexity AI debuts hybrid local‑cloud inference system at Computex 2026
Why does this matter? Perplexity AI has been nudging its AI workflow from pure cloud toward the desktop for months, and the latest demo at Computex 2026 puts the shift front‑and‑center.
OpenAI‑backed Opal unveils AI audio gadget, will release open schematics later
Hardware giants lock their schematics away. You're meant to toss the old model and buy the next one. But Opal, a startup backed by OpenAI, just unveiled an AI audio gadget with a radical twist.
Barad: AI agents could overhaul health care, easing 90% of resource strain
Telehealth and remote monitoring systems have largely layered new tasks on top of old ones, says Dr. Ashis Barad.
Anthropic, creator of Claude, confidentially files IPO draft with SEC
On Thursday, Anthropic pressed send. The AI safety lab, creator of the Claude chatbot, fired off a confidential draft S-1 registration to the SEC. That single act formally starts the clock.
OpenAI begins with infrastructure robots, envisions personal robots for all
OpenAI shuttered its robotics division in 2020. Now, four years later, CEO Sam Altman is rebuilding it. The new team’s first target? Physical infrastructure—think construction sites and power grids.
Nvidia's RTX Spark offers 6,144 CUDA cores and 16‑128 GB for Windows AI agents
Nvidia just laid out the full specs for its RTX Spark. This new chip is designed specifically to run AI agents locally on Windows PCs. Its architecture packs in 6,144 CUDA cores.
Taiwan firms accelerate AI with NVIDIA cuLitho, slashing cycle time 20‑50%
Taiwan’s semiconductor giants are no longer just building chips, they’re rewriting the physics of fabrication. By deploying NVIDIA cuLitho, they’ve slashed computational lithography cycle time by 20 to 50% at the same cost of ownership.
SoftBank partners with Sesterce on 75‑billion‑euro AI factory at Bosquel
Seventy-five billion euros is not a bet. It’s a declaration, and SoftBank is building its fortress on a decommissioned military site in Bosquel, France. Their local partner is a little-known French startup named Sesterce.
Top AI users apply metacognition to check understanding, agreement, and laziness
Most people using AI are just trying to get an answer faster. They're outsourcing a task. A much smaller group is doing something else entirely. They're using the machine to start a fight with themselves.
Glean tops USD 300M revenue, cites AI‑driven cost cuts and business insight
Three hundred million dollars. That's the recurring price tag for a search box inside a company's firewall. It's the new ARR figure from Glean, which tripled its revenue from $100 million in just 15 months.
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook Plus at USD 3.99 and WhatsApp Plus at USD 2.99
Meta has run out of patience. The years of free services built on surveillance and ads aren't covering the bills anymore, specifically the AI bills. So Mark Zuckerberg is installing a toll booth.
Cognition, creator of AI coder Devin, raises USD 1B and hits USD 26B valuation
A billion-dollar check. Cognition, a company that barely existed a few years ago, just cashed it. Its valuation now screams to twenty-six billion—more than double since last fall. Forget promise.
Tech CEOs urged to use AI heavily to gauge limits, says Levie
Tech CEOs are developing a strange new mental illness. It's called AI psychosis, and Allan Levie, the CEO of DocuSign, thinks he's identified the cause. The boss's chair offers a dangerously clean view of a messy process.
OpenRouter valuation jumps to USD 1.3 B as AI gateway gains enterprise traction
Headlines love the idea of one master AI. The actual work of building with it? That's a mess of judgment calls. Draft a thousand product descriptions? Grab a cheaper model. Crack a complex logic puzzle? You'll need a pricier, more powerful engine.
Deepseek makes 75% discount permanent, output tokens priced over 34× below GPT‑5.5
Everyone expected the AI price war to ease up eventually. It hasn’t. Deepseek just dropped the discount hammer for good, making its 75% price cut permanent. The result is a chasm.
Agent explores once, then compiles branch‑free recipe to bypass LLM thereafter
Everyone building AI agents knows the trick will eventually be making them stop thinking. A new method suggests agents should do their complex reasoning exactly once, then get out of the way forever.
OpenAI’s Q1 2026 adjusted margin slips to –122%, burning USD 1.22 per USD 1 earned
OpenAI is losing $1.22 for every dollar it earns, even after excluding stock-based compensation. That grim math produced an adjusted operating margin of negative 122 percent in the first quarter of 2026.
Polyend's Endless AI pedal opens gallery for third‑party Playground effects
Polyend's Endless AI guitar pedal just went from being a clever toy to a legitimate platform. The company has opened a gallery for third-party effects, letting anyone upload and share their own AI-generated algorithms. It’ s a significant pivot.
SpaceX lists Grok’s ‘Spicy’ mode, class actions, regulatory risk in IPO filing
SpaceX’s IPO filing landed with a thud heard across Wall Street and Silicon Valley.
Google plans USD 180‑190 B capex—six‑fold rise—to power AI agents like Spark
Why does this matter now? Google is gearing up to spend roughly $180 billion to $190 billion on capital‑expenditure this year—about six times what it poured into infrastructure in 2022.
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