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Google figured out early on that video would be a great addition to its search business, so in 2005 it launched Google Video. Focused on making deals with the entertainment industry for second-rate content, and overly cautious on what users could upload, it flopped. Meanwhile, a tiny startup run by a handful of employees working above a San Mateo, California, pizzeria was exploding, simply by letting anyone upload their goofy videos and not worrying too much about who held copyrights to the clips. In 2006, Google snapped up that year-old company, figuring it would sort out the IP stuff later. (It did.) Though the $1.65 billion purchase price for YouTube was about a billion dollars more than its valuation, it...

Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion into the UK economy, aiming to enhance AI infrastructure and research. This significant investment, part of a broader US-UK tech deal, coincides with US President Donald Trump’s visit to Britain, where a tech agreement is expected to be announced with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Microsoft and Nvidia’s Multi-Billion Dollar UK Commitments Strategic Collaborations and Government Vision Environmental Scrutiny Over Data Center Expansion Microsoft and Nvidia’s Multi-Billion Dollar UK Commitments Microsoft has committed to a $30 billion investment in AI infrastructure over the next four years, marking its largest financial commitment in the UK to date. This move, described as a major “microsoft ai investment,” will see half...

At the heart of every empire lies an ideology – a belief system that propels the system forward and justifies its expansion, even when such expansion contradicts the ideology’s stated mission. Historically, European colonial powers wielded Christianity as a tool for both salvation and resource extraction. Today, the AI empire is driven by the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) purportedly to “benefit all humanity,” with OpenAI as its chief evangelist, reshaping the industry’s approach to AI development. AI Empire and OpenAI AGI Pursuit and Its Costs Alternative Pathways Financial Stakes and Harms Conclusion AI Empire and OpenAI Karen Hao, journalist and author of “Empire of AI,” draws parallels between the AI industry and historical empires. In a conversation with...

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly advancing, merging to create groundbreaking innovations in automation, perception, and human-machine collaboration. Keeping abreast of these developments necessitates following specialized sources that offer technical depth, research updates, and industry insights. Here, we present a curated list of the top 12 authoritative robotics and AI-focused blogs and websites to follow in 2025. IEEE Spectrum – Robotics MarkTechPost Robohub The Robot Report Academic & Research Lab Blogs Specialist AI-Robotics Hybrids Robotics Industries Association (RIA) – Robotics.org Phys.org – Robotics Section ZDNet – Robotics Singularity Hub – Robots IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Towards Data Science – Robotics/AI Articles IEEE Spectrum – Robotics IEEE Spectrum’s robotics section is a highly respected source for in-depth technical reporting...

This week, the tech world was taken aback by a monumental $300 billion, five-year agreement between OpenAI and Oracle. This unexpected alliance has sent Oracle’s stock soaring, highlighting its enduring significance in AI infrastructure despite its legacy status. However, the surprise may be unwarranted, as Oracle’s capabilities in AI infrastructure have been underestimated. OpenAI-Oracle Partnership Payment and Power Concerns OpenAI-Oracle Partnership For OpenAI, this agreement is a testament to its massive appetite for computing power, even though details about the power source and payment methods remain scant. Chirag Dekate, a vice president at Gartner, explained to TechCrunch that the partnership is mutually beneficial. OpenAI’s strategy to collaborate with multiple infrastructure providers not only diversifies its resources but also mitigates risks...