OpenAI to buy AI device startup from Apple veteran Jony Ive

What Just Happened OpenAI is buying io, an AI hardware startup co-founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion all-stock deal. That’s one of the largest tech acquisitions of the year, and it’s not just about owning a company—it’s about owning the future of personal devices. Jony Ive’s firm, LoveFrom, will remain...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 22, 2025

Citi launches AI tools for Hong Kong employees

The Big Picture: Citi Doubles Down on AI Efficiency In a major step toward transforming the financial workplace, Citigroup has begun rolling out its internal AI toolkit, starting with employees in Hong Kong. Rather than focusing on customer-facing AI tools or chatbots, Citi is boldly moving to streamline its staff’s work behind the scenes. These...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 22, 2025

Google Flow Is the Ultimate AI Video Tool Filmmakers Have Been Waiting For – Powered by Veo 3

🎬 Google Flow Redefines AI Video Editing with Cinematic Precision Unveiled on May 20, 2025, during Google I/O’s opening keynote by CEO Sundar Pichai, Flow represents Google’s most comprehensive leap into AI-driven content creation. Designed for filmmakers, educators, marketers, and creatives, Flow builds on the company’s previous experimental platform, VideoFX, and integrates three core AI...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 21, 2025

Fake Books, Real Authors: Chicago Sun-Times Caught in AI Scandal

📚 AI Controversy Erupts at Chicago Sun-Times Over Fake Book List The Chicago Sun-Times has come under fire after publishing a summer reading list riddled with fake book titles. The titles, attributed to real authors such as Min Jin Lee and Rebecca Makkai, were entirely fabricated—created by artificial intelligence without any verification. 🔍 What Happened?...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 21, 2025

Google AI Ultra: You’ll Need $249.99/Month to Access Google’s Most Powerful AI

🚨 AI Ultra Is Here: Google’s Boldest AI Subscription Yet At Google I/O 2025, the tech giant made headlines by introducing AI Ultra, a premium subscription plan priced at $249.99 per month. This initiative brings Google’s most advanced AI technology into the hands of early adopters, developers, and power users looking for cutting-edge capabilities. The...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 21, 2025

Logitech G’s Streamlabs Launches Breakthrough AI Streaming Agent at COMPUTEX 2025

🎮 Logitech G’s Streamlabs Introduces Streamlabs Desktop AI In a landmark announcement at COMPUTEX 2025, Logitech G’s Streamlabs introduced its groundbreaking AI Streaming Agent, Streamlabs Desktop AI, aimed at revolutionizing the live-streaming experience for content creators. Together, the partnership has created a tool that enables real-time, intelligent support for creators during live streams, offering everything...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 20, 2025

Google Launches AI-Powered NotebookLM App for Android and iOS

📓 Google Rolls Out Standalone NotebookLM App for Android and iOS In a significant move to democratize AI-assisted research, Google has officially launched the standalone mobile app for NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking and research assistant. 🌍 A Global Expansion of Access The rollout marks a major milestone for Google’s AI portfolio. NotebookLM is now available...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 20, 2025

The Most Powerful AI Supercomputer in Asia? NVIDIA’s Taiwan Project Could Be It

🇹🇼 NVIDIA Unveils Taiwan’s First AI Supercomputer: A Strategic Leap in AI Sovereignty In a landmark announcement, NVIDIA has revealed plans to build Taiwan’s first AI supercomputer, joining Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn to strengthen the island’s technological infrastructure and global AI competitiveness. The AI supercomputer—slated to go live later in 2025—will be...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 19, 2025

Inside NVIDIA’s Plan to Build ‘Invisible’ AI Factories of the Future

🏭 NVIDIA Expands Omniverse Blueprint to Revolutionize AI Factory Design NVIDIA has unveiled a major expansion of its Omniverse Blueprint, a robust framework enabling engineering teams to build digital twins of AI factories with unprecedented precision. This next-gen blueprint integrates essential simulation tools that span power, cooling, and networking infrastructure, laying the foundation for hyper-efficient...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 19, 2025

OpenAI’s Codex Launch Just Rewrote the Rules of Software Development—Devs Are Calling Codex the ‘ChatGPT Moment’ for Software Engineering

🧑‍💻 OpenAI Launches Codex: A Game-Changing AI Agent for Software Development OpenAI has launched Codex, a next-generation AI agent designed to work within ChatGPT, offering developers a highly capable assistant that handles complex software engineering tasks, from requirements gathering and code generation to debugging and deployment. Building on the earlier iterations of Codex that powered...

• Anosha Shariq
• June 2, 2025

Windsurf Launches SWE-1: An AI Model Designed for Software Engineers

🚀 Windsurf Launches SWE-1: An AI Model Designed for Software Engineers In a major development for the AI and developer tooling space, Windsurf, a coding-focused AI startup, has announced the launch of SWE-1, a family of open, frontier AI models tailored for the entire software engineering lifecycle. Unlike generalized models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 or Anthropic’s...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 16, 2025

xAI Addresses Grok’s White Genocide Controversy: Blames Prompt Modification

🧠 Grok Goes Rogue? xAI Reveals Root Cause Behind Controversial Replies Elon Musk’s AI company xAI faced backlash after its chatbot, Grok, began injecting unsolicited references to “white genocide” in South Africa during unrelated user interactions. Read More: Elon Musk’s AI Grok Sparks Outrage Over “White Genocide” Claim in South Africa The sudden spike in...

• Anosha Shariq
• May 16, 2025