Windborne Systems’ newest weather forecasting model beats the best government predictions by days.
Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches ‘no AI’ web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this week in a bid to win back developers at its Build conference. I’ve been attending Build since the days when Microsoft called it the Professional Developers Conference, and I can’t remember a more pivotal moment. As Microsoft continues to reshuffle its entire business around AI, it’s moving Build […]

Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clear how that would happen. Well, it’s been […]

The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava’s data now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month subscription. In an update on its developer hub, Strava […]
Hollywood studios are moving from AI resistance to AI control, as Amazon, Lionsgate, Netflix and SAG-AFTRA reshape the rules of film.
AI for mental health is being hampered by underlying AI unknowns that have yet to be figured out. I lay out the unknowns. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
Many companies are using AI to automate tasks, cut costs and speed up existing workflows, but that approach risks missing the much bigger opportunity.
Snowflake’s quiet Natoma buy, alongside a $6B AWS deal, reveals its real ambition: governing what AI agents do, not just storing the data they reach for.