Research & Papers
Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’
Matei Zaharia, Databricks co-founder, has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. He is working...
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Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence
Atlassian has launched visual AI tools and integrated third-party AI agents into Confluence, enabling users to create...
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Uber Expands AWS Partnership to Build AI Capabilities
Uber is expanding its partnership with AWS to leverage AI chips for improving real-time operations and accelerating AI...
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Ethics & Regulation
Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages
ProPublica's unionized staff are striking for 24 hours over negotiations regarding AI protections, job security, and...
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Coding Co-pilot
AI’s software development success and central management needs
OutSystems survey of 1,879 IT leaders shows AI has entered early production phase in enterprise software development,...
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Z.AI Introduces GLM-5.1: An Open-Weight 754B Agentic Model That Achieves SOTA on SWE-Bench Pro and Sustains 8-Hour Autonomous Execution
Z.AI has released GLM-5.1, a 754B open-weight model specifically designed for agentic engineering tasks. The model...
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I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee
Arcee, a 26-person U.S. startup, has developed a high-performing open source large language model that is gaining...
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Startups & Funding
VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups
VC firm Eclipse has secured a new $1.3B fund to invest in and build 'physical AI' startups. The firm plans to use the...
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C3 AI Launches C3 Code for Businesses Seeking Domain Expertise
C3 AI has launched C3 Code, an agentic coding platform designed for enterprises needing domain expertise in industries...
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Spotify’s Prompted Playlists can help you find new podcasts to listen to
Spotify expanded its Prompted Playlists feature to include podcasts, allowing Premium users to generate customized...
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Startups & Funding
Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
Firmus, an Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider, has reached a $5.5 billion valuation after raising $1.35 billion...
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Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon’s AI chips
Uber is expanding its AWS contract to leverage Amazon's custom AI chips for its ride-sharing platform operations. The...
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Ethics & Regulation
Suno and major music labels reportedly clash over AI music sharing
Suno, an AI music generation platform, is in licensing negotiations with Universal Music Group and Sony Music...
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Startups & Funding
Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory
Intel has partnered with Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip factory project in Austin, Texas to design and build a facility...
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Startups & Funding
Spanish Startup Xoople Lands $130M to Build Satellites for AI
Spanish startup Xoople has secured $130M in funding to develop satellites for AI applications. The company aims to...
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Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security
Thrive Logic and Asylon have partnered to introduce physical AI into enterprise perimeter security by combining...
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Startups & Funding
The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets
Family offices are increasingly bypassing traditional venture capital firms to invest directly in AI startups, shifting...
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Redefining Development in the Age of Agentic AI
A foundation is establishing essential tools to develop open and interoperable infrastructure for agentic AI...
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Boomi calls it “data activation” and says it’s the missing step in every AI deployment
Boomi argues that enterprise AI deployments in 2026 are failing not because of model limitations, but because training...
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