Trending News: Meta has revenue sharing agreements with Llama AI model hosts, filing revealsValve removes video game demo suspected of being malwareAnthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbotWayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on InstagramMicrosoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training dataInside the Google-Wiz acquisition and the deal’s biggest winners1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025GTC felt more bullish than ever, but Nvidia’s challenges are piling upApple faces lawsuit over Apple Intelligence delaysA high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-offAI’s answers on China differ depending on the language, analysis findsApple puts Vision Pro exec in charge of Siri in exec shaekupPerplexity is reportedly in talks to raise up to $1B at an $18B valuationNvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AIOpenAI upgrades its transcription and voice-generating AI modelsAnthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbotAirbyte launches new connectors to help companies better leverage their dataSolar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centersTime is ticking! 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Vote for the TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker you want to seeMeta AI is finally coming to the EU, but with limitationsMake waves in 2025: Exhibit at TechCrunch eventsPruna AI open sources its AI model optimization frameworkChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinationsSoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash dealClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENANvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup GretelOpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades agoX users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformationOpenAI’s o1-pro is the company’s most expensive AI model yetGroup co-led by Fei-Fei Li suggests that AI safety laws should anticipate future risksAWS generative AI exec leaves to launch startupxAI launches an API for generating imagesAnalytics company Dataminr secures $85M to fund growth‘Every software company is an AI company now,’ says AngelList CEO Avlok KohliGM, Gatik, Torc team up with Nvidia to accelerate self-drivingHugging Face’s new iOS app taps AI to describe what you’re looking atTera AI comes out of stealth with $7.8M to provide visual navigation for robotsResearchers say they’ve discovered a new method of ‘scaling up’ AI, but there’s reason to be skepticalThe AI leaders bringing the AGI debate down to EarthLet your voice be heard! 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Sat. Mar 22nd, 2025

SoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash deal

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SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 billion all-cash deal as a strategic move to broaden its investment in AI infrastructure. Ampere will be operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank after the deal, which is expected to […]

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