Nvidia Taps Old Telecom Buildings for 1 Gigawatt of AI Power as States Push Pauses
NVIDIA is exploring turning Brightspeed’s aging telecom buildings into small AI data centers, offering a faster route as several governors call for pauses.
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ChatGPT Image Output Hits 4 Billion a Week as GIF Maker Rolls Out
OpenAI’s Images 2.6 update adds GIF creation to ChatGPT as weekly image output across ChatGPT and its API passes 4 billion.
NVIDIA Releases MetricTrail, a Research Tool That Tracks Camera Motion and Depth From Plain Video
NVIDIA released MetricTrail on Hugging Face, a research-only tool that estimates camera motion and depth from video frames, with weights coming separately.
Anthropic’s New Open-Source Tool Could Expose Swapped AI Models
Anthropic released FlashProve, an open-source system using Ethereum-style zero-knowledge proofs to verify which AI model produced a response.
CrowdStrike’s AI Kill Switch Starts at the Gateway, With Endpoint Shutdown Still to Come
CrowdStrike launched an AI Kill Switch that works through a gateway for now and agreed to buy Fiddler AI, reportedly for about $400 million.
Arm Launches AI Portal to Help Developers Build Optimized AI Apps
Arm launched AI Portal, a new platform giving over 22 million developers optimized AI models and tools for cloud, edge and physical AI devices.
Google Adds Flight Price Tracking to AI Mode in Search
Google adds flight price tracking, points/miles pricing, and hotel booking to AI Mode in Search, rolling out now in the U.S. and beyond.
Apple Unveils M6 Chip and M5 Ultra With Major AI Performance Gains
Apple launched the M6 chip and M5 Ultra chip, adding faster processing and stronger on-device AI performance to new Mac models.
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work for AI Agents Across the Workplace
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Work tool aims to bring AI agents to non-technical workers, but adoption outside the company remains slow.
China's AI Boom Pushes Coders and Translators Out of Jobs
China's rapid AI adoption is cutting jobs in coding, translation, and entertainment while raising economic uncertainty.
OpenAI Launches Ultrafast Mode For GPT-5.6 Sol With Cerebras
OpenAI and Cerebras launched Ultrafast, a preview mode that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14 times faster than standard processing.
Spotify Launches AI Persona Badge to Label Fake Artists
Spotify will launch an AI Persona Badge in September to label AI-generated artists and block them from personalized recommendations.