Why this AI agent startup founder believes her creativity and passion give her a competitive edge
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Utilities want to power Big Tech's AI ambitions with natural gas. These are the data centers they're betting on.
In states where Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are building giant data center hubs, utilities want to power them with new natural gas plants.
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Tech companies laying off staff are still hiring — especially in AI
As layoffs continue to sweep across tech companies, firms continue to hire. Some even plan to grow their head count this year.
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Glean's latest AI release lets customers build digital agents that work while they sleep
Glean has dropped a new suite of tools for customers to build, deploy, and manage digital agents.
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The contest to build the dominant AI-powered search engine is now being waged on college campuses
In the past year, AI search startups Perplexity, You.com, and Liner have recruited hundreds of students to promote and endorse their apps.
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'I don't think he's a happy person': Sam Altman hits back at Elon Musk over OpenAI bid
Sam Altman hit back at Elon Musk's bid for OpenAI, arguing that he was acting from "a position of insecurity" and should focus on product quality.
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JD Vance tells Europe: Deregulate or the AI revolution will leave you behind
The US vice president warned Europe that red tape could "strangle" AI development.
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Sam Altman says OpenAI is 'not for sale' after Elon Musk-led group's $97.4 billion bid to control it
Elon Musk is leading a group of investors making a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI. Sam Altman dismissed it and was criticized by Musk.
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These 11 startups are making AI more energy and cost-efficient, according to top VCs
From data center cooling to novel chip design, VCs are pouring cash into startups making AI more cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly.
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93% of Gen Zers use AI at work — and it's giving them a huge advantage
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: How Gen Z is using AI to get ahead at work.
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OpenAI's CPO says students looking to stay competitive should ask themselves a basic question when starting a task
The OpenAI chief product officer suggested asking yourself: "Is there a way that AI could help me do this faster?"
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Don't ban AI researchers from sharing their models or you'll fall behind, Meta's head of AI warns Europe
LeCun has advocated for open-source models, saying that these systems should not be controlled by a small number of people.
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Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers
Meta job cuts shock employees as even those with strong performance records face layoffs.
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Sam Altman's World Network says 1 in 4 people are flirting with chatbots online
Love in the age of AI is complicated, according to a new study from Sam Altman's futuristic project, World.
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Sam Altman is back with more predictions on how the world might change with AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made several predictions about where we're headed on AGI, superintelligence, agentic AI — and when we might get there.
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A startup building a platform to prove you're human and not AI just raised $7.3 million
The San Francisco-based startup will use the funding to develop its tools for verifying human and AI identities.
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LinkedIn's CISO and other executives break down how to get into the lucrative field of cybersecurity
LinkedIn's chief information security officer told BI there is a "significant gap" in the training and skills needed for success in cybersecurity.
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OpenAI compares ChatGPT to humankind's greatest inventions in its first-ever Super Bowl ad
OpenAI aired its first Super Bowl ad, a $14 million spot linking ChatGPT to history's biggest innovations such as the wheel and the internet.
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Sam Altman says the cost of using AI will drop by 10 times every year
"Moore's law changed the world at 2x every 18 months; this is unbelievably stronger," Altman wrote in a blog post on Sunday.
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AI execs at big consulting firms share their favorite prompts and how they use the technology
AI chiefs at top consultancies, including PwC, McKinsey, and Deloitte, told Business Insider how they use AI for their professional and personal lives.
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'The Simpsons' voice actor Hank Azaria fears AI may soon replace him: 'It seems just plain wrong'
Azaria voices a number of the show's most iconic characters, including Moe the bartender, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy.
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VCs are eager to back a new wave of AI-powered robots. Here are 12 startups in the space to watch.
The next wave of AI robotics startups transforming healthcare and logistics will include these 12 companies that have raised VC money last year.
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DeepSeek, DeepSeek, DeepSeek: CEOs keep getting asked about the Chinese AI startup on earnings calls
If there was a bingo card for earnings calls this quarter, DeepSeek would deserve its own square. Here's what CEOs said about the Chinese AI company.
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Tech giants are lining up over $300 billion in AI spend. Their CEOs are betting cheaper models will drive up AI demand.
Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are ramping up their AI capex spend, despite investor concerns that it's undermined by more efficient models.
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Aidan Gomez helped spark the generative AI boom at Google. He doesn't think DeepSeek will fix your business's problems.
The Cohere CEO and former Google Brain member was impressed by DeepSeek's reasoning model, but doesn't think it'll be useful to enterprises.
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Amazon CEO says cloud business would have grown faster if it had more AI chips, power, and server components
AWS's growth is slowed by AI chip shortages and server constraints, CEO Andy Jassy said, as the company plans significant capital investment.
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Lawmakers are unveiling a bill to ban DeepSeek from US government devices
The "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" comes after the Chinese AI lab shook Wall Street with its chatbot, a direct challenge to Western tech.
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LLMs, GPUs, and hallucinations — here's everything you need to know about AI
From ChatGPT and Sam Altman, generative AI to Nvidia, here's our dictionary of terms to help you talk about artificial intelligence with authority.
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OpenAI challenger Mistral launches revamped AI life and work assistant
Mistral's cofounder and CEO, Arthur Mensch, told BI that he uses le Chat to generate documents and for thinking about strategy.
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Y Combinator's Spring 2025 application deadline is approaching. Here's what the startup accelerator is looking for in AI ideas — from AI agents to data centers.
Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch is open for applications, targeting AI agents, AI infrastructure, and security enhancements
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The big switch to DeepSeek is hitting a snag
AI startups can't find fast enough DeepSeek model services, stalling the big switch to the buzzy open-source Chinese large language model.
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Google tweaks Super Bowl ad that showed its AI giving an incorrect answer about Gouda cheese
In a video featuring a small-business owner using Gemini, the AI originally said Gouda makes up 50% to 60% of global cheese consumption.
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Google employees respond after company drops its promise on AI weapons: 'Are we the baddies?'
After Google scrubbed wording that promised not to use AI for weapons, some staffers slammed the decision in the company's internal message board.
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ByteDance's OmniHuman-1 shows just how realistic AI-generated deepfakes are getting
ByteDance demoed a model that its researchers say creates realistic full-body deepfakes from a single image.
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AI search unicorn Glean just became a $100 million business, and it has plenty of room to grow
Glean, a maker of search chatbots and agents for businesses, has more than doubled its customer base in the past year alone, CEO Arvind Jain said.
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Google's latest change to its AI policies signals how Silicon Valley is warming up to the defense industry
Google's latest update of its ethical AI guidelines included omitting previous commitments against using technology for weapons and surveillance.
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Google CEO downplays DeepSeek threat as the company plans to spend $75 billion on AI this year
Google CEO Sundar Pichai tried to allay concerns about DeepSeek, boasting that Google's own AI models were comparable.
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Meta's CTO says he called the whole DeepSeek thing 6 months ago
Meta's CTO said the DeepSeek news cycle had been "a funny one to watch unfold," adding that he predicted such an AI development in a 2024 email.
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OpenAI files a trademark application for humanoid robots and VR headsets as Sam Altman teases big hardware ambitions
OpenAI's trademark application lists AI-powered robots, VR headsets, and wearables in the latest sign of a possible hardware push.
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Ex-McKinsey consultant launched an AI startup that he says can help smaller firms take on the 'goliaths' in the consulting industry
The co-founders of the start up Perceptis, including a McKinsey alum, say AI can take over some of the most tedious tasks that consultants do.
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An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
Developers for Powerconnex have notified Ohio regulators of plans to build a 120 MW natural gas plant to power a data center next door.
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Nicolas Cage warns his fellow actors to protect themselves from AI
"I am a big believer in not letting robots dream for us. Robots cannot reflect the human condition for us," Cage said in his Saturn Awards acceptance speech.
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A Fidelity fund is now valuing its stake in SpaceX at more than $2.7 billion
Fidelity's Contrafund values its SpaceX stake at over $2.7 billion, a significant increase in the company's valuation since its 2015 Series G.
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OpenAI launches Deep Research, a ChatGPT tool that promises 'expert-level' analysis in minutes
Open AI said Deep Research can autonomously browse the internet, pull data from multiple sources, and produce fully cited reports.
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Roboforce makes AI robots that can do manual labor. Here's the pitch deck the startup used to raise $10 million.
AI robotics startup Roboforce secured $10 million to scale its team and robot development, with funding led by economist Myron Scholes.
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3 reasons I plan to switch to DeepSeek as an AI startup founder
Steve Hsu, founder of AI startup SuperFocus, shares the three reasons he plans to switch to DeepSeek from closed-source models like OpenAI.
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Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek, citing security concerns
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Friday that public sector workers and critical infrastructure facilities should not use the technology.
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AI startups in the US see opportunity in DeepSeek's success
DeepSeek's success creates better chances for smaller AI companies to flourish, AI startup executives in the United States told Business Insider.
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Meta's 2025 is off to a 'frenzied start.' Here's what we know about its plans for AI, glasses, social media, and more.
Meta kicked off 2025 by overhauling its content moderation system, rolling back DEI, and announcing more layoffs — all in the span of days.
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