Venture capitalists are gobbling up term sheets for startups peddling artificial intelligence, but they’re remaining picky when it comes to funding the wider spectrum of technology. According to new figures from analytics firm Dealroom, AI startups raised $110 billion last year, 62% more than the […]
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CES 2025: all the news, gadgets, and surprises
CES 2025 was a wild ride, and The Verge was on the ground in Las Vegas to cover the biggest gadgets, press conferences, and surprises of the show. You can follow along below for all the news, impressions, and takeaways from the biggest tech event […]
AI chatbots are distorting news stories, BBC finds
AI chatbots struggle with factual inaccuracies and distortions when summarizing news stories, research from the BBC has found. The study, which examined whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity can accurately summarize news, found more than half of all the AI-generated output had […]
Cerebras-Perplexity deal targets $100B search market with ultra-fast AI
Cerebras and Perplexity AI partner to launch ultra-fast Sonar search model running at 1,200 tokens per second, challenging traditional search engines with specialized AI chips and near-instant results.
Sam Altman Dismisses Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy OpenAI in Letter to Staff
OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.
YouTube AI updates to include expansion of auto dubbing, age-identifying tech and more
In his annual letter, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dubbed AI as one of the company’s four “big bets” for 2025, pointing to the company’s investments in AI tools for creators, like those that help them come up with video ideas, thumbnails, or those that help […]
Mobile games can support each other in the race for user attention | Aarki
Aarki’s mobile retention report sheds light on the app-browsing habits of different types of gamers, and how devs can keep their attention.
QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest
As Africa’s tech ecosystem booms, more people from the region are landing remote jobs with big tech firms and global startups. But getting paid remains a challenge for many of these freelancers and remote workers — they struggle to open accounts that accept U.S. dollars, […]
Instagram is introducing teen accounts with new safety features in India
Instagram said Tuesday that the platform is introducing its teen accounts feature, which has extra protective measures for safety for users in India, one of its biggest markets with over 350 million users. The company introduced Teen Accounts last year in The U.S., U.K, Canada, […]
These are the investors funding Musk’s $97 billion OpenAI take over attempt
As if Elon Musk doesn’t have enough going on, a consortium of investors led by him announced plans Monday for what appears to be a hostile takeover of OpenAI. The investor group offered nearly $97.4 billion to buy all of OpenAI’s assets and is “prepared […]