An “AI Artist” Hit No. 1 on the Billboard Charts: Historic Milestone or Creative Crisis?
An AI-generated song from an entirely AI-generated artist just topped a Billboard chart for the first time.
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AI Startup Cursor is Making Coding Accessible to All
The AI coding startup Cursor just raised $2.3 billion in a new funding round, catapulting its valuation to a whopping $29.3 billion.
Sortera is turning America’s scrap aluminum problem into cash
Sortera has developed an AI-guided system to sort scrap aluminum by specific grades. The startup is building a second sorting facility in Tennessee.
Finland’s NestAI lands €100M, partners with Nokia to build AI for defense applications
Finnish startup NestAI said it has raised €100 million to build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab.”
Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
The two companies will start in the UK this year, before expanding to other European cities in 2026 and the U.S. in 2027.
With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech
Generative AI is making it even easier for attackers to exploit old and often forgotten network equipment. Replacing it takes investment, but Cisco is making the case that it’s worth…
Google Antigravity Makes the IDE a Control Plane for Agentic Coding
Google has introduced Antigravity as an agentic development platform that sits on top of Gemini 3. It is not only an autocomplete layer, it is an IDE where agents plan,…
OpenAI Debuts GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a Long-Horizon Agentic Coding Model With Compaction for Multi-Window Workflows
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a frontier agentic coding model designed for long running software engineering tasks that span millions of tokens and multi hour sessions. It is available today inside…
Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the “timing” of the company’s pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.