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Alphabet Plans to Raise $80B to Pay for AI Buildout

"The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply," Alphabet said in its statement.

AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.

Some report burning through their whole monthly “AI credit” allotment in a single day.

HPE shares soar 37% on booming demand for AI infrastructure

Data centre equipment provider says sales of servers and networking equipment are rising rapidly

Sam Altman says companies embracing AI the most are actually hiring

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI can be a "convenient way" for companies to explain layoffs.

Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP

If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely, and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big.

Alphabet seeks $80 billion to fund AI buildout

One of the world's biggest companies is racing to keep up in the AI competition.

Nvidia's New DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Feature Works on All GeForce RTX GPUs.

Along with a new ARM CPU for Windows laptops, Nvidia's Computex news includes another feature it's adding to the DLSS 4.5 suite ahead of that other DLSS AI graphics update. Called Ray Reconstruction, it uses a second generation transformer AI model to “generate higher-quality pixels in the noisy parts of a ray traced frame where rays were not sampled.”

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event starts June 8th

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Meta AI support chatbot gave hackers access to notable Instagram accounts

Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.

VC Bill Gurley says Anthropic is 'midwifing a deity' by 'building a species that's superior to humans'

"I don't think they think they're writing software. I think they're midwifing a deity here," tech investor Bill Gurley said.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Looks Like Its First True MacBook Pro Competitor

It’s Microsoft’s least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident.