The e-commerce giant is making more money than expected from AWS but it's also spending a lot, and will continue to do so in the near term, its chief executive said.
The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Just a simple country CEO who was being tricked by that sophisticated lawyer | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was immediately obliterated by an absolutely miserable cross-...
Introducing Advanced Account Security: phishing-resistant login, stronger recovery, and enhanced protections to safeguard sensitive data and prevent account takeover.
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI.
Meta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.
2 points • 3 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
4 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
2 points • 1 comments on Hacker News
2 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.
68 points • 74 comments on Hacker News
Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.
14 points • 4 comments on Hacker News
Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.
Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai published as part of Alphabet's earnings on Wednesday. "Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business," Pichai says. "Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth." He also notes that Q1 was "our strongest quarter ever for our consumer AI plans, driven by the Gemi...
How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.
28 points • 11 comments on Hacker News
AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool almost overnight, and Runway has a front row seat to the shift. The New York-based company has raised close to $860 million at a $5.3 billion valuation, and its models are going toe-to-toe with the most well-funded labs in the world, including Google and OpenAI. The technology goes way beyond […]
37 points • 12 comments on Hacker News
The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.
474 points • 221 comments on Hacker News
The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI - and from before the AI lab even had a name. Some high-level takeaways: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave OpenAI an in-demand supercomputer, Musk largely drafted OpenAI's mission and heavily influenced its early structure, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared t...
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
2 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
2 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
2 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
1 points • 0 comments on Hacker News
Canonical's plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has some users asking for "a version of Ubuntu that does not include these features," while others say they'll stick with older versions of the Linux distro or even switch to a different one. After Canonical's announcement earlier this week that it's bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI "kill switch" or a way to disable the upcoming features, and comparisons to Microsoft's addition of AI features into Windows 11. Can...
Google recreates Cher's closet from "Clueless" with AI.
Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.
20 points • 5 comments on Hacker News
Google Photos is launching a new AI-powered feature you can use to virtually try on clothes you already have. Using the photos in your gallery, Google will create a virtual "wardrobe," allowing you to mix and match outfits, save the looks you like, and share them with friends. A video shared by Google shows how Photos organizes your outfits and individual pieces of clothing into a virtual "wardrobe." You can browse through the outfits you were captured wearing, as well as create new ones by c...
11 points • 11 comments on Hacker News
232 points • 169 comments on Hacker News