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OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become an unexpected primary care provider for millions of people worldwide, according to a recent report that reveals approximately 40 million users turn to the AI-powered chatbot each day for medical guidance, ranging from symptom checks and medication questions to mental health support and even health insurance navigation. The scale is staggering as these daily consultations rival the total number of doctor visits happening across entire healthcare systems in the world. The scale also reflects a pandemic of inaccessibility to modern healthcare, especially in the U.S. For instance, emergency room wait times continue to stretch for hours,…

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) took to the CES 2026 stage to reveal a broad lineup of AI-optimized processors and platforms, from consumer laptops/PCs to data centers. The lineup, delivered by CEO Lisa Su, included the new Ryzen AI 400 Series, Instinct MI455X GPUs, and developer tools like Ryzen AI Halo, which were all designed to deliver superior performance in AI workloads. As such, these AI products directly position AMD as a direct rival to Nvidia’s stronghold in building AI hardware, especially with the company’s recent announcement of its Vera Rubin AI platform. AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 Series processors lead the…

Nvidia recently unveiled its next-generation Vera Rubin AI platform during CES 2026, positioning it as a comprehensive solution to address the skyrocketing computational demands of advanced artificial intelligence systems. The Vera Rubin AI platform, named after the astronomer Vera Florence Cooper Rubin, ushers in a significant architectural evolution, as it introduces six custom-engineered chips designed to work together as a unified AI supercomputing system. This development comes amid a critical moment in the industry, where models are growing exponentially larger, becoming more reasoning-intensive as each day goes by, and demanding massive infrastructure that can handle trillions of parameters. Vera Rubin…

Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) pose a growing challenge to Nvidia’s dominance in AI hardware through its production of superior efficiency in large-scale workloads and massive planned deployments. What this means is while Nvidia still maintains over 90% market share in GPUs used in data centers thanks to its CUDA ecosystem, Google’s custom-developed TPUs specifically excel in cost-optimized training and inference – something the AI industry desperately needs and is jumping at. In other words, the shift marks an important reshaping of the AI infrastructure market, where cost efficiency and specialized performance are beginning to trump the software ecosystem advantages…

Nvidia aims to start shipping its high-end H200 AI chips to China by mid-February right before the Lunar New Year holiday, according to sources familiar with the matter as told to Reuters. This development comes after President Donald Trump granted export permission in December, marking a notable turn in the ongoing restrictions on U.S.-produced advanced semiconductor sales to China, although this particular shipment comes with a 25% fee. The U.S.-based chipmaker says the initial batch of these chip shipments may include 5,000 to 10,000 modules, which is equivalent to 40,000 to 80,000 of the company’s H200 AI chips. However, all…

Cisco is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Axonius for approximately $2 billion, according to a report by Calcalist. This deal would represent Cisco’s latest move in its aggressive shift from building networking hardware toward software-driven security solutions, building on the momentum from its landmark $28 billion acquisition of Splunk in March 2024. Axonius has publicly denied that they are not “in talks to be acquired by Cisco.” “Our strategy is to build a durable, independent company. We are focused on execution, serving our customers, and continuing our growth. That is where our attention is,” the company…

Kargo, a San Francisco-based startup automating warehouse loading docks with artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, has raised $42 million in a Series B funding round led by growth equity firm Avenir Growth. The funding round also had participation from Linse Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Lightbank, which brings Kargo’s total funding to more than $75 million since its founding in 2019. More importantly, the funding arrives on the heels of Kargo’s explosive traction that has transformed the company from operating with three enterprise customers at its Series A in 2022 to serving more than 45 Fortune 500 companies, with more than 1,000…

SoftBank Group completed its $22.5 billion payment to OpenAI on December 26, 2025, fulfilling the second and final tranche of its historic $41 billion investment commitment that was announced back in April 2025. This deal completion represents one of the largest private technology funding efforts in history, as it highlights CEO Masayoshi Son’s all-in pivot toward achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI) as the central strategy for SoftBank’s future. The tumultuous race to complete the final payment by year-end deadline required SoftBank to go through severing multiple simultaneous funding. The Japanese multinational investment holding company had originally agreed to invest up to…

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has set a clear boundary for the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) development, stating that the tech giant will make sure to abandon the further development of any AI system that risks being uncontrollable or that isn’t really human-centered. Suleyman, who joined Microsoft in March 2024 after co-founding DeepMind and Inflection AI, made these remarks in a recent interview with Bloomberg, where he profoundly explained that Microsoft’s aim is to build “Humanist Superintelligence,” a deviation from the popular artificial general intelligence (AGI) many tech companies are pursuing. Microsoft’s Humanist Superintelligence takes shape with Mustafa Suleyman “Red-Lines” …

Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks have agreed to a multi-year partnership worth nearly $10 billion, with Palo Alto committing to run its AI-powered security platforms on Google Cloud infrastructure. The deal allows Google Cloud as the primary provider for Palo Alto’s AI and cybersecurity workloads, including its new Prisma AIRS platform designed to secure enterprise AI agents. This agreement arrives during a rise of cybersecurity consolidation in the AI era, especially following Palo Alto’s recent $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk and Google’s approval-pending $32 billion purchase of Wiz. The Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks’ partnership expands on a…