​A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers.  On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI coding challenge launched by Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski. The winner was a Brazilian […]  

​When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias. American AI leaders like OpenAI have pointed to this as justification […]  

​The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race.  

​iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle has hardly any cash left.  

​YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.  

​Google shared new stats about its AI features’ adoption during its Q2 earnings.  

​Tesla saw a 17% growth in its services business, but it was not enough to close the gap in falling EV sales, fewer regulatory credits, and a decline in solar and energy storage sales.  

​The AI Action Plan offers a path, but not a concrete plan, for what the administration is thinking when it comes to chip export restrictions.  

​An invite-only startup event hosted by former YC and a16z staff will help founders learn to pitch press and run their own social media.  

​Mastodon is experimenting with a new way to raise money: in-app donation banners.