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After Nvidia's $20B Not-a-Acquisition, AI Chip Startup Groq Reportedly Raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

After Nvidia's $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

Zig President Says AI Coding Contributions Are 'Invariably Garbage,' So He Banned Them

Zig, an open-source programming language bans contributors from using AI. Its president said that the these submissions have "no value whatsoever."

Microsoft launches preview of Copilot Health AI that can analyze your medical records.

Copilot Health, first announced in March, is now open to Microsoft 365 subscribers. Microsoft says they can use it to find doctors and get insights on data from connected medical records, wearables, and other apps like Apple Health, similar to health AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic.

SHI International: Assessing AI's Impact on RAM Prices

Cheryl Slater from SHI International Corp explores how AI demand is driving rising RAM prices causing supply chain delays for global organisations

The Book of Life Creator Exits Amazon’s AI Production Program

Following online backlash, Jorge Gutierrez announced that he will no longer be making the AI series Punky Duck:

Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training

The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.

Cognition's Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn't replace humans

Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.

Amazon says it shut down a token leaderboard: 'Don't use AI just to use AI'

Amazon nixed an employee-created AI leaderboard called "KiroRank" after concerns it encouraged excessive AI spending.

How Anthropic Overtook OpenAI with US$965bn Valuation

US$65bn Series H funding pushes Anthropic ahead of OpenAI, as it nears trillion dollar valuation & eyes profitability in 2028, as both gear for 2026 IPOs

Google is adding a feature for sharing your Gemini chats through Drive.

The new Google Workspace feature, rolling out to users starting June 3rd, adds an option to share a snapshot of Gemini conversations using Google Drive’s sharing interface. As Neowin reports, whoever you share Gemini chats with can continue them, but “those new changes do not alter the owner’s original thread.”

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