Uber Caps Employee AI Spending After Burning Through Annual Budget in 4 Months
Uber Technologies has introduced spending limits on AI coding tools after reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget within the first four months of the year.
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Uber Technologies has introduced spending limits on AI coding tools after reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget within the first four months of the year.
Anthropic says cybercriminals are increasingly using AI for advanced post-compromise operations and autonomous attack chains. The company argues that existing cybersecurity frameworks may no longer fully capture how AI-powered threats operate.
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing to approximately 200 organizations using Claude Mythos Preview to identify software vulnerabilities. The initiative aims to strengthen cybersecurity defenses as increasingly powerful AI models become widely available.
Cisco Systems has launched Cloud Control, a new platform that enables organizations to deploy AI agents to monitor, defend, and automate cybersecurity operations at scale.
Morningstar has valued SpaceX at $780 billion, far below the company’s reported $1.75 trillion IPO target. The research firm cited uncertainty around SpaceX’s AI business, Starlink’s long-term prospects, and unproven technologies.
ZetaChain is pivoting away from cross-chain infrastructure to focus on AI, launching Anuma, a decentralized memory platform designed to preserve user context across major AI models.
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion through stock offerings and a strategic investment from Berkshire Hathaway to expand AI infrastructure. The funding will support growing demand for Google’s AI services and computing capacity.
Major AI companies are increasingly focusing on humanoid robots as the next frontier of artificial intelligence. The shift is drawing investments from Nvidia, OpenAI, Tesla, Meta, and a growing group of robotics startups seeking to bring AI into the physical world.
OpenAI has launched a dedicated robotics division focused on building humanoid robots for infrastructure projects and future consumer use. The move expands the company’s ambitions beyond software and places it in direct competition with Tesla’s Optimus program.
Major technology companies including Alphabet and Amazon are increasingly turning to international bond markets to help finance massive AI infrastructure investments.
SoftBank plans to invest €45 billion in three large-scale AI data centers in France as part of a broader €93 billion foreign investment push announced at the Choose France summit.
ElevenLabs has introduced Dubbing v2, a new AI dubbing model that preserves a speaker’s tone, pacing, and emotional delivery across more than 90 languages.
Intel has disclosed new details about Crescent Island, its next-generation AI accelerator designed for data centers and agentic AI workloads. The chip is expected to launch later this year as Intel seeks to compete more aggressively with Nvidia in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.
Nvidia has launched Vera, its first CPU designed specifically for AI agents and large-scale AI infrastructure. The processor promises up to 1.8 times faster performance than traditional x86 CPUs and will be adopted by major AI labs, cloud providers, and server manufacturers.
Nvidia has unveiled its first Arm-based PC processor, the RTX Spark superchip, which will power a new generation of Windows laptops and desktops.