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- Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence - Google has been bolstering its AI offerings as it takes on OpenAI, and is now going directly at Apple.
- Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI - Meta began laying off employees in its Reality Labs division focused on virtual reality and shut down several VR studios as it pushes resources towards AI.
- Meta names former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president, vice chair - Powell McCormick will serve as a member of Meta's management team and will help guide its strategy and execution, the company said.
- Behind Anthropic's stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI - Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.
- Amazon plans first big-box retail store in Chicago suburb - Amazon has submitted plans for a large-format store near Chicago that would be larger than a Walmart Supercenter.
- OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.
- Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster - Meta said it secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are all working on nuclear power technologies.
- AMD's Lisa Su says AI isn't replacing people, but is changing who they hire - AMD CEO Lisa Su said AI has not slowed the pace of hiring at the company.
- Memory chip giants spark global semiconductor rally as shortages stoke price hikes - Memory giants Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung have led a rally in semiconductor stocks this year.
- Elon Musk's Starlink offers free internet access in Venezuela following U.S. airstrikes and Maduro’s arrest - SpaceX's Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to the people of Venezuela through Feb. 3, amid the fallout of a U.S. military operation in the country.