Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s  Billion Deal With Amazon Hints at a New AI Power Shift — and Microsoft’s Not in the Driver’s Seat Anymore

OpenAI’s $38 Billion Deal With Amazon Hints at a New AI Power Shift — and Microsoft’s Not in the Driver’s Seat Anymore

Photo by Remy Gieling on Unsplash OpenAI just made a move that could reshape the power dynamics of the AI world — and it involves a jaw-dropping $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Yes, billion with a B. On Monday, OpenAI announced it’s partnering with Amazon in a seven-year agreement to access the […]

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Netflix Is Going All In on Generative AI—But Says It’s Not Replacing Creatives Anytime Soon

Netflix Is Going All In on Generative AI—But Says It’s Not Replacing Creatives Anytime Soon

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Netflix just made its stance on AI crystal clear: it’s leaning in, but not letting the tech take the wheel. In its latest quarterly earnings report, Netflix told investors that it’s “very well positioned to effectively leverage ongoing advances in AI.” No vague promises or hype—just a clear signal

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Qwen’s New Deep Research Tool Turns Reports into Websites and Podcasts in Seconds

Qwen’s New Deep Research Tool Turns Reports into Websites and Podcasts in Seconds

A friendly update from Alibaba’s AI team makes research feel less like work and more like publishing. Photo by Zoshua Colah on Unsplash If you’ve ever wished your research paper could just publish itself, you might want to check out what Alibaba’s Qwen Team is cooking. Their latest update to Qwen Chat’s Deep Research tool

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Hidden Costs, Real Consequences: Why AI Success Depends on Financial Clarity Before It’s Too Late

Hidden Costs, Real Consequences: Why AI Success Depends on Financial Clarity Before It’s Too Late

Image by Giorgio Tomassetti on Unsplash AI is reshaping business fast. But without cost transparency, your boldest investments could quietly drain your budget and stall your strategy. Here’s what leaders need to know. So you’ve greenlit a few AI projects. Maybe you’re boosting worker productivity, fine-tuning customer service, or improving operations. Everyone’s excited — and

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How Two Ex-Careem Execs Are Rebuilding HR Software in MENA with AI—and Just Raised M to Do It

How Two Ex-Careem Execs Are Rebuilding HR Software in MENA with AI—and Just Raised $12M to Do It

Photo by Imran Molla on Unsplash Cercli’s AI-first alternative to clunky HR systems is gaining steam across 50 countries—and it’s all coming out of a 14-person team in Dubai. It’s 2024, and in a world still cluttered with disconnected HR tools, compliance headaches, and payroll systems that don’t speak the same language, Cercli is doing

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Claude Code Now Runs on Web and Mobile, Letting Devs Launch Parallel Jobs in the Cloud Without Lifting a Terminal

Claude Code Now Runs on Web and Mobile, Letting Devs Launch Parallel Jobs in the Cloud Without Lifting a Terminal

Photo by Van Tay Media on Unsplash If you’re a developer juggling code across multiple repos, constantly hopping between your terminal, VS Code, and browser windows, this one’s for you. Anthropic just gave its AI-powered coding assistant, Claude Code, a major upgrade — it’s now available on the web and (in preview) on iOS. Yep,

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How Codev Turns AI-Powered “Vibe Coding” into Real, Tested, Documented Code

How Codev Turns AI-Powered “Vibe Coding” into Real, Tested, Documented Code

Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash Most devs using AI coding tools know the drill. You write a vague prompt, get some code back, tweak it until it runs, and hope for the best. It’s fast. It’s exciting. But later, someone has to untangle that rushed mess—or worse, they don’t. Enter the dreaded “vibe coding”

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A Jordanian Founder Just Raised M to Build AI That Actually Moves Things — Starting in the Gulf

A Jordanian Founder Just Raised $9M to Build AI That Actually Moves Things — Starting in the Gulf

Image by Nelemson Guevarra on Unsplash When Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh left Scale AI, he didn’t just pack up his resume and ideas. He packed up nearly a decade of hands-on experience from the heart of the U.S. startup scene — and brought it back to the Middle East. Now, from bases in London and Dubai, he’s

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Why Companies Need to Onboard AI Like New Hires — Or Risk Costly Mistakes, Embarrassment, and Legal Trouble

Why Companies Need to Onboard AI Like New Hires — Or Risk Costly Mistakes, Embarrassment, and Legal Trouble

Image by Wolfgang Rottmann on Unsplash If I told you your company’s newest employee could leak private data, recommend fake books, or reject job applicants just because they’re older—without ever knowing it did anything wrong—you’d probably panic. But that’s exactly what’s happening when organizations roll out generative AI tools without proper onboarding. I’ve been watching

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AI Search Summaries Are Cutting Into Wikipedia’s Traffic — And That Might Be a Problem

AI Search Summaries Are Cutting Into Wikipedia’s Traffic — And That Might Be a Problem

Photo by Aerps.com on Unsplash Wikipedia, often called one of the last good websites on the internet, is seeing a decline in people actually visiting its pages. According to a new blog post from the Wikimedia Foundation’s Marshall Miller, human pageviews on Wikipedia have dropped by 8% year-over-year. And the reasons behind that dip might

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