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Tech Competition is Helping Americans. Here's How.
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Wednesday • July 9, 2025
OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome
Launch Intensifies OpenAI’s Competition with Google in AI Race
OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s, opens new tab market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web. It will give OpenAI more direct access to a cornerstone of Google’s success: user data.
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Wednesday • July 9, 2025
Perplexity just launched an AI web browser
Comet Uses Perplexity as its Default Search Engine and Comes with a Built-in AI Assistant
Perplexity, the startup behind the AI “answer” engine, has just launched its own web browser. The browser, called Comet, incorporates Perplexity’s AI search tools and assistant in a way that CEO Aravind Srinivas says “transforms entire browsing sessions into single, seamless interactions.”
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Tuesday • July 8, 2025
IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI
IBM Introduced Its New Power11 Chips on Tuesday, Marking Its First Major Update to Its “Power” Line of Chips Since 2020
International Business Machines on Tuesday announced a new line of data center chips and servers that it says will be more power-efficient than rivals and will simplify the process of rolling out artificial intelligence in business operations.
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Tuesday • July 1, 2025
Surge AI Reportedly Targeting $1 Billion in First-Ever Fundraise
Data Labeling Company Surge AI is Reportedly Planning a $1 Billion Funding Round
The firm has hired advisors for the capital raise, which would be the company’s first, Reuters reported Tuesday (July 1), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources said Surge, founded by former Google and Meta engineer Edwin Chen, is aiming for a valuation of more than $15 billion.
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Friday • June 27, 2025
Runway is going to let people generate video games with AI
After Making Inroads in Hollywood, Runway is Entering the Gaming Market
This week, I was granted access to a new interactive gaming experience that Runway plans to make available to everyone as soon as next week, according to CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela. The consumer-facing product is currently quite barebones, with a chat interface that supports only text and image generation, but Valenzuela says that generated video games are coming later this year.
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Sunday • June 22, 2025
Perplexity’s AI-powered browser opens up to select Windows users
The Company’s CEO Teased that a Windows Build for Comet is Ready for Beta Testers
Aravind Srinivas posted on X that the Windows build of Comet is ready and has sent out invites to early testers already. When Comet is released, the agentic browser will face competition from Opera Neon and similar offerings from Google and OpenAI.
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