A new AI coding challenge just published its first results – and they aren’t pretty
A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI coding challenge launched by Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski.
Read moreTrump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias. American AI leaders like OpenAI have
Read moreUndeterred by limits, Elon Musk plots a big robotaxi expansion
A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025. | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Tesla wants to bring its robotaxi service to new markets, including cities in Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Elon Musk said in an earnings
Read moreSundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership
The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race.
Read moreA troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash
iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle doesn't have much cash left.
Read moreYouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion
YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.
Read moreGoogle’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India
Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings.
Read moreTesla profits pulled down by falling EV sales and regulatory credits
Tesla saw a 17% growth in its services business, but it was not enough to close the gap in falling EV sales, fewer regulatory credits, and a decline in solar and energy storage sales.
Read moreTesla’s earnings hit a new low, with largest revenue drop in years
Tesla released its second quarter financial earnings today, offering the latest evidence of the damage Elon Musk’s political activities have done to his flagship company. Tesla said it earned $1.17 billion in net income on $22.5 billion in revenue. That’s above Wall Street expectations of $22.3 billion but represents a
Read moreTrump’s AI Action Plan aims to block chip exports to China but lacks key details
The AI Action Plan offers a path, but not a concrete plan, for what the administration is thinking when it comes to chip export restrictions.
Read more