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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AI Agents
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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Personal Assistants
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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LLMGoogle
Google's AI Overviews are correct nine out of ten times, study finds
A study found that Google's AI Overviews provide accurate responses 90% of the time, despite Google's disclaimer that...
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Ethics & RegulationAnthropic
Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
Anthropic is leading Project Glasswing, a collaboration with Apple, Google, and 45+ other organizations to advance AI...
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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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LLMAnthropic
Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative
Anthropic has unveiled a preview of its new AI model called Mythos, which will be deployed with a select group of...
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LLMAnthropic
Anthropic is launching a new AI model for cybersecurity
Anthropic is launching Claude Mythos Preview, a new AI model developed through a cybersecurity partnership with major...
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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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LLMMicrosoft
Microsoft's Bing team open-sources "Harrier" embedding model
Microsoft's Bing team has open-sourced Harrier, an embedding model that achieves top performance on the multilingual...
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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 & FundingAnthropic
Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand
Anthropic has expanded its compute infrastructure deal with Google and Broadcom as the company's run-rate revenue has...
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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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Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI
Google is rolling out new AI features to Google Maps that allow users to contribute local knowledge more easily. Gemini...
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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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AI Agents
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 & FundingAnthropic
Anthropic Forges Chip Deals to Accelerate Claude’s Growth
Anthropic has secured chip deals with vendors to support Claude's expansion, with agreements contingent on the vendors'...
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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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