CNBC: AI investments surge as companies race to adopt generative models
CNBC highlights a record surge in AI investment this quarter, with companies across sectors accelerating adoption of generative AI models.
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CNBC highlights a record surge in AI investment this quarter, with companies across sectors accelerating adoption of generative AI models.
The streaming platform announced a new policy that will prevent fully AI‑generated tracks from earning royalties, collecting revenue from direct‑to‑fan sales, or being monetised in any way on its platform.
Polestar’s partnership with Google’s Gemini AI platform launches a new suite of conversational features for its electric vehicles, enhancing driver‑assistant interactions.
Microsoft’s Azure Quantum platform now offers a commercial quantum‑ready cloud service, enabling developers to run hybrid quantum‑classical workloads on the cloud with simplified deployment.
A new preprint shows how an AI system’s evaluator can evolve alongside the agent it grades, potentially accelerating self‑improving models and raising fresh safety concerns.
Amazon Web Services expands its global infrastructure with a new Local Zone in Athens, Greece, providing low‑latency compute, storage, and AI services for local data processing and compliance.
Bloomberg reports Apple will skip the M6 Pro/Max variants and fast‑track the M7 series, which will focus on on‑device AI processing and launch in 2027.
Meta unveiled the Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire smart‑glasses under its own brand, undercutting the Ray‑Ban line and positioning itself for the upcoming consumer AR wave.
OpenAI launches a limited preview of its new GPT‑5.6 Sol model, offering advanced agentic capabilities and a stronger safety stack.
Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerdsma met U.S. officials to oppose the MATCH Act that would restrict Chinese chipmakers, sparking a backlash against ASML.
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash now includes built‑in computer‑use capabilities, enabling developers to build agents that can interact across browser, mobile and desktop environments.
Dell unveiled the PowerEdge XE8812, a high‑end AI server powered by Nvidia’s new Vera Rubin NVL4 architecture, aimed at enterprise AI factories.
SpaceX is preparing to fly its first Starfall prototype on June 23, a disk‑shaped reentry capsule that could upend the economics of orbital manufacturing.
Microsoft’s Azure Quantum platform will add 50 new quantum nodes across the United States, positioning it as the largest public quantum cloud provider. The rollout is part of a broader push into quantum infrastructure.
Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 2 quantum chip, claiming a 1,000‑fold increase in qubit reliability, bringing the company closer to a commercial‑grade quantum computer.
Google rolled out Android 17 to Pixel devices, adding floating bubbles, screen reactions, new gaming controls and Gemini-powered features.
Amazon Web Services secures a $2.56 billion contract to provide commercial cloud services for the Department of Homeland Security, expanding federal cloud infrastructure.
Amazon announced its new RNG architecture, a flat, random‑graph based network that reduces hardware by 69% and increases throughput by 33%, becoming the default for most AWS workloads.
A team using Anthropic’s Mythos AI uncovered a critical kernel‑level flaw in Apple’s macOS, underscoring the growing intersection of AI and cybersecurity.
Foreign Policy argues that the lack of clear definitions of artificial intelligence hampers global governance efforts, highlighting the divergent views of countries on AI’s scope and impact.