Topic: AI

Artificial intelligence covers the systems, tools and policies shaping how software can generate content, analyse information and make decisions. The topic follows new models and products, the companies building them, and their growing influence across work, media, entertainment and everyday technology.

It also examines the trade-offs: security, reliability, accountability, jobs and the rules being proposed to govern powerful systems. For readers, AI is increasingly not a niche technology story but a lens on how digital services and institutions are changing.

  • Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits

    SpaceX has floated on public markets at a $1.77 trillion valuation, with AI firms Anthropic and possibly OpenAI expected to follow, and their combined scale is drawing attention for eclipsing decades of technology exits. According to the latest NVCA-PitchBook Venture Monitor report, cited by TechCrunch, these three offerings together are set to “generate more value…

  • American Horror Story Season 13 Premieres September 24 With All-Star Cast Reunion

    American Horror Story’s 13th season will debut on FX on Thursday, September 24 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s horror anthology returns with an ensemble format, reuniting multiple cast members fr

  • ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Trailer: Soldiers Drop Nuclear Bomb on Godzilla as the Monster Rampages Again

    Variety has published details of the newly released trailer for “Godzilla Minus Zero”, the latest film in Toho’s long-running kaiju franchise and a direct sequel to the internationally successful 2023 film “Godzilla Minus One”. The trailer shows soldiers dropping a nuclear bomb on Godzilla as the monster embarks on a fresh rampage, this time targeting…

  • AI data center servers predicted to glug more power than ‘conventional servers’ by 2027

    A report predicts that servers dedicated to artificial intelligence workloads in data centres will consume more electricity than conventional (non-AI) servers by 2027. This matters because it signals how rapidly the AI boom is reshaping global energy demand, with implications for power grids, running costs and the environmental footprint of computing. The forecast reflects the…

  • Ariana Grande joins American Horror Story season 13 with September premiere date

    FX has confirmed that its long-running horror anthology American Horror Story will premiere its 13th season on Thursday 24 September, airing at 9pm ET on FX and Hulu and streaming globally on Disney+. The new run is being promoted as an all-star reunion, drawing back a roster of familiar faces from across the show’s history…

  • Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding

    Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, a new in-house AI model it says is capable of competing on software coding tasks, and has opened it up to developers through a new Meta Model API. The move matters because it marks Meta’s push to turn its heavy AI spending into a product that can rival offerings…

  • Say hello to Claude Wrapped

    Anthropic has launched a “reflect” feature, dubbed a “reflection dashboard,” for its Claude chatbot, joining a wave of Spotify Wrapped-style lookback tools that have spread across apps from YouTube to Uber. Announced on Thursday, the feature lets users see an analysis of their Claude usage over the past month, three months, six months or year,…

  • Here’s how to block Meta from using your Instagram pictures for its AI

    Meta has launched a new AI image tool called Muse Image across Instagram, Meta AI and WhatsApp, but the rollout has drawn criticism because all public Instagram profiles have been automatically opted in to be used in the tool’s AI “remixes”. This means anyone can tag a public account in a prompt and use Meta…

  • Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie

    Character.AI has announced c.ai Series, a slate of short-form, episodic “microdramas” designed to be watched and interacted with on a phone, marking the latest step in the company’s push to become a broader storytelling platform beyond its LLM-powered chatbots. Unlike rival services such as ReelShort and DramaBox, which offer cheaply produced live-action shows with human…

  • Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

    Ollama, the open source tool that lets developers run open-weight AI models locally on their own machines, has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures. The funding, which follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton and brings total investment to $88 million, underscores growing investor appetite for…