Apple introduces MapKit for Automotive, enabling direct Apple Maps integration into Ford's next-gen electric vehicles, starting with a midsize truck in 2027. This enhances navigation, EV routing, and feeds data to Ford's BlueCruise driver assistance system.
Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, has emerged from stealth with $180 million in Series A funding, valuing it at $1.2 billion. The Palo Alto-based company is building an AI-native endpoint security platform to address new threats posed by AI tools.
Meta's developer tools for its new AI model, Muse Spark, are facing delays, with no concrete schedule set for release. This postponement raises concerns about Meta's monetization plans for the closed-source model, which aims to compete with leading AI models.
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] More than four million users now access OpenAI’s coding assistant Codex weekly, a recent uptake of one million users in two weeks proving just how quickly the competitive gap in developer tools is widening. Recognising this urgency, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has brought Codex and the latest artificial intelligence (AI) models to Amazon Bedrock. For CIOs and CTOs, this means capturing the fruits of agentic AI within...
SpaceX has secured an option to acquire AI code-generation startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year, or pay $10 billion for a new partnership. The deal would give xAI, which merged with SpaceX in February, a stronger foothold in the competitive AI coding market where it has lagged rivals. SpaceX highlighted that combining Cursor's product with its Colossus supercomputer in Memphis would enable building 'the world's most useful models.' The announcement precedes SpaceX's anticipated public debut with a valuation near $1.75 trillion and a $75 billion fundraise that could become the largest IPO in history.
