The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

AI’s spatial capabilities remain far from the human level, but tremendous progress has been made, writes Fei-Fei Li

New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL), the cloud computing giant co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Larry Ellison, reported disappointing quarterly results despite massive spending on artificial intelligence (AI). As the tech company's shares tumbled on the charts, so did the cryptocurrencies linked to decentralized AI projects.

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday.

Retail AI in 2026 shifts from broad promises to function-specific tools; change management becomes a competitive edge and consolidation is near.

A new Pew Research Center survey of 1,458 teens between the ages of 13 and 17 found that 64 percent have used an AI chatbot, with more than one in four using such tools daily. Of those daily users, more than half talked to chatbots with a frequency ranging from several times a day to nearly constantly.

As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks. A UBS report last month said AI data centre and project financing deals surged to $125 billion so far this year,

AI became all-consuming, with leaders telling their employees to: “Get AI right.” “Do more AI.” “Experiment with AI.” “Integrate AI.” What do those directives even mean? Being a great leader who communicates well is not hard to understand,