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NewLimit Raises $130M to Advance AI-Driven Anti-Aging Therapies

NewLimit, a biotechnology startup focused on extending human healthspan by genetically reprogramming cells, has secured $130 million in a Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. The raise marks a significant milestone for the four-year-old company as it accelerates efforts to develop breakthrough anti-aging therapies powered by artificial intelligence and cellular biology. The round attracted new investors including Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Khosla Ventures, while previous backers such as Founders Fund, Dimension Capital, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, and Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison also recommitted to the vision. This latest infusion of capital follows a $40 million Series A round raised in 2022. Co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, former GV (Google Ventures) partner Blake Byers, and stem cell researcher Jacob Kimmel, NewLimit is working to develop treatments that could rejuvenate aged cells, potentially delaying or reversing the effects of...
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Apple Eyes AI Search Integration from OpenAI, Perplexity, Anthropic Amid Decline in Safari Queries

Apple is in discussions to integrate AI-powered search engines from OpenAI, Perplexity, and Anthropic into its Safari browser, according to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday. The development, revealed during a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust trial, underscores Apple’s increasing focus on artificial intelligence in response to evolving user behavior. Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, disclosed the company's AI plans while testifying in the ongoing lawsuit against Alphabet, Google's parent company. The case focuses on the multibillion-dollar deal—estimated at $20 billion annually—that makes Google the default search engine across Apple devices via Safari. During his testimony, Cue highlighted a pivotal shift: for the first time, the number of searches conducted via Safari declined last month. Cue attributed this drop to the growing popularity of AI-driven services that provide direct answers to user queries, reducing reliance on traditional keyword-b...
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Fidji Simo to Join OpenAI as CEO of Applications, Exiting Instacart Role

In a major shake-up in Silicon Valley’s leadership landscape, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is set to join OpenAI as the CEO of Applications, the artificial intelligence giant announced on Thursday. Simo, who has served on OpenAI’s board of directors for over a year, will transition out of her role at Instacart over the coming months and begin her new position full-time later this year. Simo’s new role at OpenAI will place her at the helm of the company’s Applications division—an area that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described as critical to the company’s efforts in delivering cutting-edge AI technology to the public. The Applications group includes ChatGPT and other consumer and enterprise products that translate OpenAI's research into real-world tools. Altman will continue as OpenAI’s CEO, overseeing broader domains including research, compute infrastructure, and applications. Simo will report directly to him. “Applications brings together a group of existing business and operational...
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Satya Nadella Says 30% of Microsoft Code Now Written by AI: What It Means for Coders

Artificial intelligence isn’t just a supporting tool anymore—it’s now actively writing significant portions of software. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently revealed that as much as 30% of Microsoft’s internal code is currently generated by AI, a figure that is only expected to grow in the near future. The comment, made during a conversation with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s LlamaCon AI developer event, is a striking indicator of how the nature of coding jobs may be evolving. “I’d say maybe 20%, 30% of the code that is inside of our repos today and some of our projects are probably all written by software,” Nadella said, referring to Microsoft’s use of AI in code generation. While Nadella didn’t explicitly discuss job losses or layoffs, the subtext was clear: the work traditionally done by human developers is increasingly being handled by AI systems. The transition from human-led to AI-assisted or AI-led coding isn’t theoretical—it’s happening now inside one of t...
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Google’s AMIE Learns to 'See' as Well as Talk: A Step Closer to Smarter AI Healthcare

Google is taking a major leap forward in healthcare AI with its latest development in AMIE (Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer). The innovation now enables the AI system not only to process language but also to interpret medical images—like skin rashes or ECG scans—bringing it a step closer to how real doctors assess and diagnose patients. Previously recognized for its strength in text-based health conversations, AMIE had shown promise in earlier research published in Nature . But, as anyone in the medical field knows, clinical reasoning depends heavily on visual cues and data—not just patient narratives. Medical professionals routinely rely on visual elements—be it dermatological images, heart monitoring outputs, or pathology reports—to inform diagnoses. Recognizing this, Google emphasized that common communication tools already integrate documents and images, yet AI models were missing this capability. The challenge Google posed was whether large language models (LLMs) c...
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AI at the Heart of Storytelling: Nvidia's Vision for the Future of Media and Entertainment

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a peripheral tool in media production—it has become a driving force in how stories are created, told, and delivered in real time. Speaking at the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 in Mumbai, Richard G. Kerris , Vice President at Nvidia, emphasized how AI is redefining the entire media and entertainment value chain. With a rapidly growing ecosystem of developers and next-generation tools, Nvidia is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in creative industries. Kerris’s core message to the industry was clear: AI is not here to replace artists—it’s here to enhance their creativity and speed up the storytelling process . “Whether it’s a movie, a TV show, or a game—it’s really about the story. These tools help you get to that point faster,” he said. At the center of this transformation are Nvidia’s developer-first initiatives, including RTX Kit, HoloScan for Media , and NIM (Nvidia Inference Microservices)...
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Huawei’s New AI Supernode Challenges Nvidia’s Chip Dominance

In a bold move that could reshape the global AI hardware race, Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled a powerful new computing system that reportedly surpasses Nvidia's top AI chip infrastructure in performance. The system, dubbed the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode , is being hailed as a major technological milestone—especially considering the export restrictions Huawei continues to face. A Chinese Contender to Nvidia’s Reign According to Chinese media reports cited by the South China Morning Post , the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode delivers 300 petaflops of computing power—outperforming the 180 petaflops achieved by Nvidia’s NVL72, which debuted in March 2024. Local outlets have described Huawei’s hardware as a “nuclear-level product,” a nod to its potentially game-changing capabilities. The CloudMatrix system aims to directly challenge Nvidia's longstanding dominance in AI acceleration hardware. Huawei first introduced the CloudMatrix framework in September 2024, targeting C...
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