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I’m Precious Amusat, Phronews’ Content Writer. I conduct in-depth research and write on the latest developments in the tech industry, including trends in big tech, startups, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and their global impacts. When I’m off the clock, you’ll find me cheering on women’s footy, curled up with a romance novel, or binge-watching crime thrillers.
OpenAI and Microsoft have taken a significant step forward in their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets the foundation for the next phase of their partnership. This new agreement specifically allows OpenAI to restructure its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) while the nonprofit arm retains control and gains an equity stake of over $100 billion in the PBC. This means that OpenAI, as it currently stands as an original nonprofit organization, will keep control over the new PBC by owning a significant equity stake valued at over $100 billion. OpenAI’s restructuring means that…
The United Kingdom has emerged as the epicenter of a massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment battle, with American tech giants pouring huge amounts of money into the development of AI in the country. Microsoft’s $30 billion pledge over the next four years to expand its AI infrastructure and operations, alongside Google’s £5 billion commitment over two years to enhance its AI research, data centers, and engineering capabilities further positions the UK as a critical hotspot in the global AI arms race. These commitments are part of a broader $42 billion Tech Prosperity Deal between the UK and the United…
OpenAI, one of the leading companies in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has recently announced they will be developing a special version of its popular conversational AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, specifically for teenagers. This new teen-friendly ChatGPT aims to provide a safer and more appropriate experience for younger users, where growing concerns about AI chatbots and their impact on the mental health and safety of children would be addressed. As ChatGPT has become widely used by millions globally, questions are being asked about how AI chatbots handle sensitive topics, especially when teenagers interact with them. In recent months, concerns about AI chatbots…
Microsoft has recently unveiled its latest and largest AI datacenter named Fairwater, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, claiming that it is the “world’s most powerful AI datacenter.” With a staggering $7 billion investment, Fairwater is positioned as the world’s most powerful AI datacenter, representing a monumental move in AI infrastructure and cloud computing. Expected to be operational by early 2026, this massive facility will transform how frontier AI models are trained and deployed, while also boosting local economic development and advancing sustainable datacenter design. Fairwater’s unprecedented scale and design Occupying a massive 315-acre site, Fairwater includes three expansive buildings spanning a…
Microsoft is making a significant change in its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy by integrating Anthropic’s Claude models into its popular Office 365 suite. This integration marks a move away from the tech giant’s exclusive reliance on OpenAI’s models, a partnership Microsoft has relied heavily to continue leading the AI arms race. Microsoft will incorporate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 AI technology into its Office 365 suite, including apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This integration will enhance the capabilities of these applications and offer users more powerful AI tools to work with. At the core of this strategic decision are…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered seven of the world’s biggest tech companies to hand over reams of internal data detailing how their AI-powered chatbots are built, marketed and policed for potential harm to children and teenagers. This inquiry aims to examine how these AI-powered chatbots, often designed as assistants and companions for users, may affect the safety and wellbeing of children and teenagers, who increasingly rely on these tools for everything from homework help to offering personal advice. The companies involved in this inquiry includes Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Meta Platforms, Instagram LLC, OpenAI, Snap, Character Technologies…
China’s AI scene is heating up again as the Chinese startup DeepSeek prepares to launch a new AI model that could rival OpenAI’s GPT-5 by the end of 2025. The Hangzhou-based company, which burst onto the global AI stage earlier this year with its powerful R1 model, is now focusing on something more ambitious – an agentic AI system capable of handling complex tasks autonomously and learning from its own experience. Unlike conventional AI-powered chatbots, the upcoming DeepSeek model aims to work more independently by carrying out multi-step tasks with minimal human guidance. This degree of autonomy could once again…
OpenAI has once again made a major strategic move in the AI industry with its acquisition of Seattle-based product testing startup Statsig in a $1.1 billion all-stock deal. In addition to the deal that allows Statsig to continue operating independently from its Seattle-based office, the startup’s founder and CEO, Vijaye Raji, will be joining OpenAI as the newly created Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Applications. Founded in 2021, Statsig is now a leading platform for product development and experimentation that provides tools to help companies run A/B tests, manages features flags, and analyzes real-time product data. “Vijaye and his team…
In early September 2025, Cloudflare reportedly mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, which peaked at an unprecedented 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). Signifying the accelerating scale and sophistication of cyberattacks today, this massive DDoS attack lasted just 35 seconds but generated a staggering 5.1 billion packets per second. What makes this attack particularly concerning is that it used legitimate cloud infrastructure as a major attack vector. In this case, Google Cloud was the passage. “The 11.5 Tbps attack was a UDP flood that mainly came from Google Cloud,” the company said in a post on X. The…
Exa Labs Inc., a San Francisco-based startup focused on building a specialized search engine for artificial intelligence (AI) models, has recently raised $85 million in a Series B funding round led by Benchmark Capital. Founded in 2021 by Will Bryk and Jeff Wang, the company launched its first AI search engine in November 2022, just two weeks before ChatGPT’s loud debut. Exa started with a vision to reinvent search. In what the startup called “stage one,” they built “a state-of-the-art search engine from scratch that is both the fastest and highest quality for AI applications.” While traditional search engines like…