Tech trade of 2026 falters as chip stocks decline and software sales drop

The popularity of Spotify Wrapped has kicked off a wide range of year-in-review features, on apps from YouTube to Uber - and now, the lookback trend has come to AI. Anthropic on Thursday announced a "reflect" feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to see an analysis of their usage data over the past month, three months, six months, or year. Anthropic bills the reflection dashboard as a way to "see your patterns and shape them," the company wrote in a blog post. It begins with a summary of an individual's key topics brought up with Claude, as well as types of tasks they delegate and their usage patterns, including peak usage times. … Read the full story at The Verge.

The post Crypto VC Giant Paradigm Raises $1.2B, Plans to Bet Beyond Crypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key highlights: Paradigm is expanding its focus beyond crypto with a $1.2 billion funding The investment aims to help startups focusing on AI, robotics, and other new technologies The VC firm has reiterated its commitment to crypto and blockchain Paradigm, a leading crypto-focused venture capital firm, is now expanding beyond digital assets. The platform has reportedly raised a staggering $1.2 billion fund to invest in emerging technologies. Even though the company’s core vision is rooted in crypto, it eyes backing startups in other areas, including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and more. The latest development underscores Paradigm’s broader vision of diversifying its investment strategy. While maintaining a strong commitment to the crypto ecosystem, the platform envisions supporting the next generation of startups that drive innovation across other sectors. Paradig

The post Fed blames AI boom for rising inflation appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. As crypto traders brace for zero Federal funds rate cuts in 2026, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) Meeting Minutes for June, released on July 8, show the Fed is wary of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) boom regarding rising inflation. According to the latest Fed’s FOMC report, the first under Chair Kevin Warsh, the ongoing AI stocks boom has contributed to rising inflation. The Fed’s FOMC, analyzed by Finbold on July 9, shows the Fed under Chair Warsh is concerned about the AI buildout. Furthermore, the Fed noted that the notable investments in AI stocks, amid the conflict in the Middle East, has impacted asset prices. As such, the Fed is titled hawkish in the near term, with some members signaling a potential Federal rate hike in 2026. However, the Fed commended the memorandum between the United States and Iran, noting that it has lowered inflation amid rising risks of an AI stock market cras

The AI industry's aggressive expansion into new domains could reshape tech economics, challenge existing giants, and impact global markets. The post xAI, Meta, and Anthropic are invading each other’s turf in a massive AI land grab appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Micron's stock surge highlights the transformative impact of AI and blockchain on traditional finance, with potential risks from market cyclicality. The post Micron stock surges nearly 200% in 2026 as AI memory demand meets tokenized trading on Ethereum and Solana appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

New York's AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city's AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley's permission.

Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on Github by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.

Gopher can’t play the piano for you, but it can bury it in the mix. | Image: Image Line Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It's the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But in the new release, Gopher can actually execute actions on your behalf. I was able to ask Gopher to lay down a four-on-the-floor kick, with snares on the backbeat, then add a gated reverb on the snare for that '80s pomp, and it executed the instructions flawlessly. Gopher does have some limitations. It can't create and draw automation for you. It can't insert notes or … Read the full story at The Verge.