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Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes

He told the Wall Street Journal he thinks autonomous planes will be "10 times harder than Nikola ever was."

Patreon CEO calls AI companies' fair use argument 'bogus,' says creators should be paid

Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers.

How Apple's US$600bn US Investment Helps AI Infrastructure

Apple expands operations in Kentucky & ships AI servers produced in Houston, as AI & hardware investments in the US totals US$600bn over next four years

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creators

Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform.

The Gemini-powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using

From summarizing emails, drafting content, organizing data, and tracking meetings, here are all the best Gemini features in Google Workspace.

The leaderboard “you can't game,” funded by the companies it ranks

Watch as Arena’s founders join Equity to explain how their platform became the go-to benchmark for AI models and what’s next beyond chatbots.

This startup wants to make enterprise software look more like a prompt

The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise.

Sequen snags $16M to bring TikTok-style personalization tech to any consumer company

With its Series A, Sequen is bringing its proprietary AI ranking and personalization technology to large consumer business.

Microsoft hires the team of Sequioa-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove

AI collaboration startup Cove is shutting down after its team joined Microsoft, with service ending April 1 and customer data set for deletion.

The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry

Arena’s founders join Equity to explain how their AI leaderboard became the go-to LLM benchmark, address neutrality concerns, and discuss what comes after chatbots.

How Drivestream Future-Proofs Higher Education for Graceland

Drivestream’s partnership model redefines digital transformation, helping universities like Graceland modernise systems and finance tech growth sustainably

DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’

The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might "attempt to disable its technology" during "warfighting operations" validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk.