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AMD has acquired the startup cofounded by Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford AI researcher often called the 'godmother of AI', in a deal reported at $8.2 billion, according to Fortune. The move marks one of AMD's largest acquisitions as chipmakers race to secure position in the fast-growing artificial intelligence market. Li, renowned for her pioneering work in computer vision and ImageNet, cofounded the company, and the deal is drawing wide attention across the tech and investment worlds.

Anthropic, the OpenAI rival behind the Claude chatbot, has filed an IPO prospectus, according to a Reuters exclusive. The filing lays out a sweeping long-term vision for artificial intelligence alongside rapidly rising spending on computing and operations, underscoring the enormous costs of competing at the frontier of AI development as the company prepares to go public.

Apple is reportedly exploring new designs for its Vision Pro headset, including a version that would move processing power into a separate external device, often called a compute puck, worn or carried separately rather than built into the headset itself. Details beyond the initial report remain thin, with no confirmation from Apple on timing or what other design changes are under consideration.

A new explainer outlines how computer vision technology works, covering image recognition, object detection and segmentation. It also highlights the role of data annotation services, noting that businesses building AI models need large volumes of accurately labelled training data to achieve reliable results. The piece is aimed at companies looking to scale their computer vision projects.