HD Hyundai is expanding its Palantir partnership at Davos, turning years of AI pilots into group wide infrastructure for shipyards, factories, energy systems, and robotics.
The AI boom is forcing data center construction to evolve, and DEWALT’s fleet-capable drilling robot shows how automation is now reshaping the physical side of the cloud.
OpenAI and Elon Musk are no longer quietly disagreeing. Their feud has turned into a public war over the future of AI, and ChatGPT’s move toward advertising may be the moment that changes how users see OpenAI forever.
ChatGPT is preparing to introduce ads into its AI assistant experience, a move that signals a major shift away from the clean, trust-first product users embraced. While OpenAI claims ads will not influence answers, the presence of sponsored content changes how people perceive advice, neutrality, and intent… and may mark the moment ChatGPT officially jumped the shark.
Cloudflare is acquiring Human Native, a startup that structures content for licensed AI training. The deal hints at a coming shift where creators decide how their work is used and finally get paid for it.
Raspberry Pi finally brings local generative AI to the Pi 5 with the new AI HAT+ 2 featuring a Hailo 10H accelerator and 8GB RAM enabling compact language and vision models to run without cloud connections while keeping user data private.
Wayfair is partnering with Google to make furniture shopping easier as AI discovery grows. The retailer says it is a foundational partner co-developing the Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard that lets shoppers browse and purchase Wayfair items inside Google Gemini without jumping to another site. As someone who has bought several Wayfair pieces I am happy to see anything that makes picking the right home items fast, accurate, and stress-free.
Apple has confirmed that future Apple Intelligence models will rely on Google Gemini, marking the most surprising strategic pivot in years. After falling behind rivals in AI and failing to evolve Siri, Apple has partnered with the very company it spent a decade competing against. The announcement reads like a quiet admission that Apple lost the AI race it helped start.
Hiring Nancy Wang as CTO is less about swapping executives and more about redefining what the position means. With autonomous AI systems now calling APIs and managing secrets, 1Password is reshaping its leadership role to confront the new identity challenges that come with nonhuman access.
Anthropic is rolling Claude into healthcare with new connectors and tools for insurance reviews, clinical workflows, and life sciences research, just days after OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health. Claude now plugs into Medicare policy systems, ICD-10 codes, Medidata trial data, and even personal health records. The push aims to speed prior authorizations, simplify insurance headaches, and help researchers and patients make sense of medical information.
Walmart and Google are blending AI and shopping by making Walmart’s catalog available directly inside Gemini. Customers can ask for product ideas, get suggestions based on past purchases, and check out through Walmart or Sam’s Club without switching apps. Fast local delivery keeps the experience grounded in the real world, turning chat into a full shopping trip.
OpenAI and SoftBank are jointly investing $1 billion in SB Energy to supercharge the rollout of new AI focused data center campuses in the United States. SB Energy will build OpenAI’s first 1.2GW facility in Milam County, with more multi gigawatt projects to follow starting in 2026. The companies say the plan adds jobs, power capacity, and the infrastructure needed to fuel the fast growing compute demands behind generative AI.