Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is bringing stablecoin payments directly into artificial intelligence infrastructure through a new partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, signaling a major step toward autonomous AI agents capable of transacting online without human involvement.

OpenAI launched three new realtime voice AI models for live reasoning, translation, and transcription. The tools are designed to power smarter voice assistants for customer service, travel, meetings, and multilingual conversations.

Elon Musk appears to be setting aside his long-running criticism of Anthropic as the AI race increasingly shifts from model development to the battle for computing power.

Bank of America warned that huge IPOs from SpaceX and Anthropic could pressure major tech stocks as investors shift money into the new listings. Anthropic also signed a compute deal with SpaceX to expand Claude’s AI capacity using more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs.

A researcher says Google Chrome can quietly download a 4GB Gemini Nano AI file to users’ devices without clear permission. If deleted, it may be reinstalled unless the feature is turned off in Chrome settings.

Five major publishers and an author have sued Meta, accusing the company of using millions of pirated books and articles to train its Llama AI without permission. Meta denies the claims and says using such material can be fair use, as the case adds to growing legal battles over AI training.

Coinbase is cutting more than 14% of its workforce in a sweeping restructuring that signals a deeper shift: AI is no longer just a productivity tool but it’s replacing entire teams.

Global tech giant Google Cloud and the Solana Foundation have unveiled Pay.sh, a new blockchain-based payment system that allows AI agents to independently access APIs and pay for services using stablecoins on Solana, removing the need for traditional accounts, subscriptions, or manual billing systems.

Nasdaq-listed K Wave Media is effectively walking away from its Bitcoin strategy, redirecting up to $485 million previously earmarked for its crypto treasury into artificial intelligence infrastructure.

X's head of Product Nikita Bier has just revealed that crypto is the topic most likely to be muted by X users, as fewer and fewer users want to see crypto-related news on their "For You" page.