2026-06-25
OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon are funding RAISE US
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft are bankrolling a new nonprofit to retrain American workers for the AI economy. RAISE US, led by Gina Raimondo, has already raised more than $500m. The biggest names in AI agree on at least one thing. The technology they are building could upend the American job market, and almost nobody […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-25
Adobe is buying Topaz Labs, the AI video enhancer
Adobe is buying Topaz Labs, the Emmy-winning maker of AI image and video enhancement tools. The deal hands Adobe upscaling, restoration and on-device AI as creators blend captured and generated footage. Adobe has agreed to buy Topaz Labs, an AI company that sharpens, upscales and restores images and video. The two firms signed a definitive […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-25
Toyota is closing in on GM as America’s top-selling automaker as hybrids surge and EVs falter
Toyota is gaining on General Motors in the race for America’s sales crown, and the gap is now the narrowest it has been in half a decade. A new forecast from Cox Automotive, released on Wednesday, projects Toyota will sell approximately 1,250,000 vehicles in the United States through the first half of the year, up […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-25
Scaled Cognition raises $100M to build AI that won’t hallucinate
Scaled Cognition has raised $100M led by Khosla Ventures to build AI that does not hallucinate. The startup says its model will not give a wrong answer, a bold claim in a field built on probability. Scaled Cognition, a Mountain View AI lab, has raised $100m in a Series A round led by Khosla Ventures. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-25
Most major AI chatbots still lean left on political questions, even "anti-woke" models are no exception
A Washington Post investigation shows that most major AI chatbots still skew left on political questions. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 gave exclusively left-leaning arguments 80 percent of the time, and even Musk's Grok, marketed as anti-"woke," leaned left more often than not. The one outlier: Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro presented both sides 93 percent of the time.<br /> The articl [...]
2026-06-25
Halo Campaign Evolved's three new missions were inspired by Troy Denning's Halo books, but Halo Studios would recommend playing them after finishing the original story — 'It is meant to be played that way'
Halo Campaign Evolved executive's three new missions were created with the help of Halo book author Troy Denning. [...]
2026-06-25
I’ve spent Prime Day hunting for glorious retro gaming gadgets — whether you want to play nostalgic Nintendo games on your Switch 2 or are after a classic console, these are my personal highlights
I’m a massive retro gaming nerd so I’m always looking out for fantastic retro gaming gadgets — here are a handful of the best I’ve spotted this Prime Day. [...]