With Decentralized AI and Tokenized Ownership, We Can Fight ‘The Six’ Orthodox venture capital will never provide the resources for decentralized AI to take on Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, et al. The only way is to supplant equity financing with user-owned, token-based systems, says Michael J. Casey, Chairman of The Decentralized AI Society.

Apple to buy Pixelmator, the iPhone image editing app with AI features Pixelmator said there “will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time.”

The AI garage door mystery Image: Alex Parkin / The VergeYou just left your house. As you peel out of the driveway and tear down the street in the coolest way possible, your garage door… well, what does it do? The answer’s probably nothing, and that feels like the wrong answer. The smart home was supposed to have fixed this by now. On this episode of The Vergecast, we d…

Amazon CEO pledges AI investments will pay off as capital expenditures surge 81% Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reassured shareholders that the company expects to make money on its generative AI investments.

The Pixel 9 Pro Is Great (If You Ignore the AI) Gemini continues to struggle, but the newest Pixel flagship’s hardware is a sight to behold.

Intel’s Gaudi AI chips are far behind Nvidia and AMD, won’t even hit $500M goal Nvidia made a fortune on the AI boom. AMD’s rival AI chip became the fastest ramping product in its history, already pulling in $1 billion per quarter and inspiring AMD to remake itself as an AI company too. But Intel, which suggested it would pull in $1 billion, even $2 billion on the back of AI in 2024, now says it won’t even meet its more mod…

ChromeOS gets a big update with Quick Insert, Focus mode, and new AI features The Quick Insert button is on the Galaxy Chromebook Plus and is coming to future 2025 Chromebooks. | Image: GoogleStarting today, Google’s ChromeOS 130 update with Quick Insert, Focus Mode, Welcome Recap, and other features is rolling out. Chromebook Plus models with NPU also get exclusive special features in 130, such as the new recorder app wi…

Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot now has a desktop app Image: The VergeClaude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, now has a desktop app. You can download the Mac and Windows versions of the app from Anthropic’s website for free. Last week, Anthropic released its “computer use” feature in public beta, which allows the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to control a computer by looking at a screen, moving the cur…

Google Just Announced a Bunch of New AI Features for Maps You shouldn’t have to guess which lane you’re supposed to be in anymore.

Google Maps will use AI to answer questions about the new restaurant you want to try Image: GoogleGoogle Maps is getting a big update that’s supposed to help you find new places to visit with AI. Starting this week, you’ll be able to explore more locations with Immersive View and search for specific spots based on a descriptive query like “things to do with friends at night.” Google will then use its Gemini AI model to come up w…

Even Mark Zuckerberg seems surprised by Meta’s pace of spending on AI Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained on the earnings call how the speed of Meta’s AI technology buildout led the company to lift guidance for capex.

Super Micro’s $50 billion stock collapse underscores risk of AI hype Since being added to the S&P 500 in March, Super Micro has lost about two-thirds of its value and now faces the risk of Nasdaq delisting.

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Google’s AI-powered weather app is rolling out to older Pixels Image: GoogleGoogle’s Pixel 9 launched with a cool new standalone weather app that can summarize outdoor conditions using AI. As reported by 9to5Google, the company is rolling it out to older Pixels running Android 15 with all the latest updates installed, including one of ours here at The Verge. The standalone Google Weather app will pull sav…

Meta is pushing for the government to use its AI Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: The Verge | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMeta is “working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The comment, made during his opening remarks for Meta’s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, raises a lot of important questions: Exactly which parts of the governme…

Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.

YouTube Expands AI-Generated Video Summaries, Adds New Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern YouTube expands AI video summaries globally while rolling out several new creator tools. The post YouTube Expands AI-Generated Video Summaries, Adds New Tools appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Apple updates MacBook Pro laptops with new chips, more memory for AI Apple is making a significant upgrade to its lineup of computers to better support Apple Intelligence.

I Tested Four AI Essay-Writing Tools, and Here’s What I Found These AI tools are useful, but they have serious limitations.

How to Turn Off AI in the iPhone Mail App Get rid of AI categories and summaries in your iPhone Mail app.