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AI Business

Google Is Building a Chip Designed Specifically for Its Gemini AI

A new processor, codenamed 'Frozen v2', could deliver up to ten times the output per watt of Google's current AI chips. The catch: it only works if Google keeps building Gemini the same way.

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AI Business

Nvidia Is Pushing Hard to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

The company best known for graphics chips now wants to supply the brains that run AI agents too. Here is what its new Vera Rubin system actually does, and why it matters for anyone who uses AI tools at work.

3 min read
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AI Business

Google Is Building a New AI Chip That Could Cut Power Costs Tenfold

A chip codenamed 'Frozen v2' is reportedly 6 to 10 times more efficient than Google's current hardware. If it delivers, it could meaningfully reduce what it costs to run Gemini, Google's family of AI models.

3 min read
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AI Business

Apple Is Suing OpenAI Over Stolen Secrets. What Does That Mean for OpenAI's Big Hardware Bet?

A trade secrets lawsuit filed last Friday could slow OpenAI's push into consumer hardware and complicate a stock market debut expected as soon as late this year.

3 min read
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Policy

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Hardware Secrets, and Some OpenAI Staff Are Fighting Back Against Their Own Boss

A lawsuit, a rogue political fundraising group, and New York's new data centre ban all landed in the same week. Here is what each one actually means.

3 min read
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AI Business

OpenAI Is Selling a $70 Basketball and a $175 Quarter-Zip. Who Is the Customer?

The ChatGPT maker has quietly launched a line of branded merchandise, including a rubber basketball and academic-themed clothing. It is less clear who is supposed to buy any of it.

3 min read
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AI Business

OpenAI Sells a $230 Keyboard for Its AI Coding Tool, While a Bigger Hardware Fight Brews in Court

The Codex Micro is a flashy, limited-run gadget for power users. The more serious story is a second, secret device that Apple says was built using stolen secrets.

3 min read
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AI Business

OpenAI's first piece of hardware is a light-up mini-keyboard for its AI coding agent

The $230 Codex Micro uses colour-coded keys to show you, at a glance, whether your AI coding tasks are running, waiting, or broken.

3 min read
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Frontier Labs

OpenAI's First Hardware Device Is a Smart Speaker That Sees the Room

No screen, a roving camera, moving parts, and ChatGPT's voice built in. OpenAI's debut gadget is expected to land in 2027.

3 min read
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Policy

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Secrets Theft, Spy Tactics During Job Interviews

A 41-page lawsuit claims OpenAI coached departing Apple staff to dodge security checks, smuggle out confidential files, and bring prototype parts to job interviews.

3 min read
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AI Business

Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging Stolen Hardware Secrets

Apple claims two former employees took confidential files about unreleased products and shared them with OpenAI, in what the company calls a systematic effort to replicate decades of hardware work.

3 min read
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AI Business

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Secret Theft

Apple accuses OpenAI's hardware chief of coaching recruits to smuggle out unreleased parts, prototypes and confidential files before jumping ship.

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