Neoclouds’ Rise Reflects How AI Is Transforming The Cloud Market

With their focus on providing accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads, neoclouds are becoming a popular option alongside the hyperscale cloud service providers.

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model

Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services.

Why China Is Winning The Open Source AI Race

China begins to take over the open source AI race as models like DeepSeek and Qwen see greater adoption among developers.

Reddit accounts with ‘fishy’ bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they’re human
Reddit accounts with ‘fishy’ bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they’re human

Reddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform – a process that may require some users to confirm that they’re human. In a post on Wednesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system for accounts registered as bots, and ask users with “automated” or “fishy behavior” […]

Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior

Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb bot-driven spam and manipulation.

Google Lyria 3 Pro makes longer AI songs
Google Lyria 3 Pro makes longer AI songs

Google is expanding the capabilities of its Lyria 3 music-making AI, enabling it to create tracks up to three minutes long and from within multiple other Google Products. Until now, Lyria had been limited to 30-second clips. Lyria 3 Pro not only increases the maximum length sixfold, it also allows the user to prompt for […]

Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down

Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil can’t get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.

Senate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
Senate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon is expanding to Congress. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is working on a new bill to “codify” Anthropic’s red lines and ensure humans make the ultimate decisions in questions of life and death, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) recently introduced a bill to limit the Defense Department’s ability to use AI […]

Gemini on Google TV can now answer your questions, teach concepts, and deliver sports briefs

Google is adding Gemini features to Google TV that let you ask questions, explore topics, and stay updated with sports briefs, all in one place.

Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Granola’s valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.