Platforms
Microsoft wants the spotlight
Microsoft announced a lineup of AI models and tools this week that it hopes will hook users—and allow it to outgrow its dependence on AI competitors.
Whizy is a writer for Tech Brew. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Vox.
AI
Uber’s tokenmaxxing reality check
Uber now says that the ROI on its AI spending spree is unclear—a shift in tone from its earlier aggressive adoption of the technology.
AI
Thou shalt not scale
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical warns that AI could worsen inequality and degrade human dignity—and it’s received a mixed reception from Silicon Valley and political leaders.
Tech Business
How Elon Musk can have his cake and eat it too
SpaceX’s massive IPO gives Elon Musk an unusual amount of control over a public company—and asks investors to put their faith in his ability to make them a fortune.
AI
The AI lottery is paying out early
Roughly 75 OpenAI employees became overnight multimillionaires in a share sell-off last fall. And it could be just the start of a new era of AI wealth.
AI
AI access becomes diplomatic currency
The EU is getting OpenAI’s new cyber model, while Mythos stays out of reach. With Trump talking AI in Beijing this week, AI model access is quickly becoming a diplomatic prize.
AI
Workplace surveillance gets an emotional upgrade
AI tools that claim to read your emotions, judging your tone and positivity, are creeping into the workday—from fast-food headsets to your next Zoom meeting.
AI
Frenemies with benefits
Anthropic just signed a blockbuster SpaceX deal—months after Musk called the AI lab civilization-hating—to feed its 80x Q1 growth.
AI
A chatbot posed as a doctor. Now the company behind it faces a lawsuit
Pennsylvania is using medical licensing law to sue chatbot maker Character.AI—one of several states that have now filed lawsuits against AI companies.
AI
The AI laissez-faire era may be over
After a year of tearing down AI guardrails, the Trump administration is now floating formal prerelease reviews for new AI models.