Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.

Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps

Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.

Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says 

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot  

With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.

Microsoft gained $7.6 billion from OpenAI last quarter

Microsoft, one of OpenAI’s major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab’s growth.

ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic

ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.

The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down

ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.

Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees

This is Amazon’s second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October.

Risotto raises $10M seed to use AI to make ticketing systems easier to use

Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto has raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by Bonfire Ventures.

Airtable gets into the AI agent game with Superagent

SuperAgent is Airtable’s first standalone product in its 13-year history, and signals both the company’s ambitions and the reality of the current AI moment: every serious software player is racing to prove they can deliver on agents.