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AI is collapsing the "know-how barrier,” and now the sector’s top leaders are urging U.S. lawmakers to take action. Individuals with no advanced training can now use AI to perform complex lab methods that were once tightly constrained by technical know-how. A coalition of nearly 75...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind has reportedly agreed to hire more than 20 researchers from AI startup Contextual AI and license its technology in a deal valued between $80 million and $90 million. Google DeepMind Expands AI Talent Push Contextual AI co-founder and CEO...

French artificial intelligence startup and leading European rival to OpenAI and Anthropic, Mistral AI‘s CEO, Arthur Mensch, warned Europe has a two-year window to build an independent AI infrastructure before losing control to American tech giants. Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Clock Is...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has reportedly stated that it stands firm in its commitment to collaborate with the U.S. military despite the internal backlash. Kent Walker, Alphabet's president of global affairs, addressed the company’s employees in a memo. He said...

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk continues to raise the stakes on his AI vision, arguing that Tesla could be among the first companies to create artificial general intelligence—and to embody it in humanoid robots.  Elon Musk's Claim  In an early morning post on X, he said Tesla...

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) recently disclosed owning a stake in privately held humanoid robotics company Apptronik. The trade comes after her investment in privately held xAI earlier this year. McClain's trading activity, which can be tracked on the Benzinga Government Trades page, shows thousands...

On Monday, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says the next milestone toward artificial general intelligence won't be about sounding human, but about whether an AI agent can independently and legally create real economic value. A New Take On The Turing Test Taking to X, Suleyman...

Ivanka Trump congratulated Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis on Monday after "The Thinking Game," a documentary about his AI lab, surpassed 200 million views on YouTube just four weeks after its release. Trump Amplifies Hassabis Milestone To Online Followers On X, the former presidential adviser...

On Tuesday, a sharp dip in Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) sparked unexpected pushback from Google DeepMind researcher arguing the market still doesn't grasp the reality of exploding demand for AI hardware. DeepMind Researcher Says Wall Street Misread AI...

John Nitti, who served as global head of revenue operations and advertising innovation at X, has left the social media company after just 10 months in the role, according to a report by the Financial Times on Friday. Top Contender For CEO After Yaccarino Exit Nitti’s departure comes after...

Demis Hassabis, chief executive at Google Deepmind, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG), says the wealth produced by artificial intelligence may one day require a "universal high income" so the gains "are distributed across the economy." What Happened: In a CNN interview,...

Demis Hassabis, the head of Google DeepMind, has disclosed that his team is working on a new email system that will employ artificial intelligence (AI) to handle the daily email grind.  What Happened: Hassabis revealed the initiative at the SXSW London festival, where he...

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google’s DeepMind, believes that while AI is displacing certain jobs, it will also create new, “very valuable” roles, particularly for those adept at leveraging emerging technologies. What Happened:...

At its annual developer conference this week, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google unveiled Veo 3, the latest upgrade to its AI video generation tool developed by Google DeepMind. What Happened: The new model doesn't just generate high-resolution, cinematic visuals — it also...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has offered a more cautious outlook on the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI) than the tech giant's co-founder, Sergey Brin.  What Happened: In a conversation on the Hard Fork podcast by the New York Times...