Spotify rolls out AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.K. and other markets After initially testing its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature in New Zealand and recently launching in the U.S. and Canada, Spotify announced on Monday that it’s rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden. Prompted Playlists allows users to create custom playlists by...

In response to this call for action against Kimmel, King stated that comedians should be allowed to express themselves freely without fear of backlash. He believes that humor is an important part of society and that it helps people discuss and cope with various issues. King's defense highlights the importance of protecting free speech, especially in the world of entertainment.

An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple  Shortly after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced AWS’s groundbreaking $50 billion investment deal with OpenAI, Amazon invited me on a private tour of the chip development lab at the heart of the deal, at (mostly*) its own expense.  Industry experts are watching Amazon’s Trainium chip, created...

BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun BMW i Ventures has launched a new $300 million fund with a timely thesis: AI will reshape how the automotive industry operates. And the independent venture arm of BMW AG wants to be in the driver’s seat. The fund, announced on Wednesday, will invest in early-stage through Series B startups in North America and Europe that are...

Some Middle East flights resume, but thousands of travelers are still stranded by war FlyDubai planes are parked at Dubai International Airport on Monday. Many airlines, including several in the Persian Gulf — including those based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Doha...