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Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks

Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users

Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B open source LLM from scratch to best Meta's Llama

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.

Report: China approves import of high-end Nvidia AI chips after weeks of uncertainty

Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.

With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it

Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them

Exclusive: San Francisco Police Department investigating Zoox collision with a parked car

The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver's-side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was "suddenly opened."

Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack

How do you build tooling for the AI software stack? A company called Modelence has an interesting answer.

Cisco CEO: Why AI will be 'Bigger Than The Internet'

Speaking at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Chuck Robbins, CEO at Cisco, also cautioned that failure to adopt AI could spell disaster for businesses

How AI Is Reshaping Saudi Arabia’s $1.5tn Megaproject

Saudi Arabia’s Neom is shifting towards AI infrastructure, aiming to become a global hub for data centres, innovation and advanced research

Liang Wenfeng: The Visionary Behind DeepSeek’s AI Rise

In a sector dominated by Silicon Valley giants, DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng has helped redefine what is possible in frontier AI development beyond the US

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The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down

ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.

TC Founder Summit 2026 tickets are now live at the lowest prices

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 unites 1,100 founders and investors in Boston on June 23 for a day focused on real-world scaling. Save up to $300 on your ticket