OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI

OpenAI said OpenClaw will live on as an open source project.

Longtime NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice

The longtime host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on him.

As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck

C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers.

All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit

India is hosting a four-day AI Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state.

African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month

Terra Industries, the African defense company, announced Monday that it had secured an additional $22 million in funding to further expand the business. 

After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting

“From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel,” one expert told TechCrunch.

Fractal Analytics’ muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India

As India’s first AI company to IPO, Fractal Analytics didn’t have a stellar first day on the public markets, as enthusiasm for the technology collided with jittery investors in the wake of a sell-off in Indian software stocks.

India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund

India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups.

Designer Kate Barton teams up with IBM and Fiducia AI for a NYFW presentation

Designer Kate Barton teams up with Fiducia AI and IBM for a NYFW presentation.

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.