Google reportedly snags up team behind AI voice startup Hume AI
Google has hired the CEO and top top behind voice AI startup Hume AI, signaling that voice is increasingly becoming the preferred interface over screens.
January 2026
From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing
Neurophos is taking a crack at solving the AI industry’s power efficiency problem with an optical chip that uses a composite material to do the math required in AI inferencing…
Anthropic has to keep revising its technical interview test so you can’t cheat on it with Claude
Since 2024, Anthropic’s performance optimization team has given job seekers a take-home test to make sure they know their stuff — but as AI coding tools have gotten better, the…
Blue Origin schedules third New Glenn launch for late February, but not to the moon
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin had previously suggested that the third launch of the mega-rocket would take the space company’s robotic lunar lander to the moon.
Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify’s AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.
5 Breakthroughs in Graph Neural Networks to Watch in 2026
This article outlines 5 recent breakthroughs in GNNs that are worth watching in the year ahead: from integration with LLMs to interdisciplinary scientific discoveries.
O poder quântico da IA nos negócios da América Latina
Da agricultura aos serviços financeiros, o poder quântico da IA representa uma oportunidade única para a região resolver seus desafios mais complexos. Por André Novo, country manager do SAS Brasil…
Slow Down the Machines? Wall Street and Silicon Valley at Odds Over A.I.’s Nearest Future
It was not a philosopher nor a sci-fi novelist who sounded the alarm. It was a decree from one of the world’s most powerful banks. The Boss of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, has…
Google Acquires Top Talent From AI Voice Startup Hume AI in Licensing Deal
Hume AI’s CEO, Alan Cowen, will join Google DeepMind along with several top engineers as part of a major licensing deal.
A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots
The web’s best resource for spotting AI writing has ironically become a manual for AI models to hide it.