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Snorkel AI hits $3.5B valuation on $350M raise
The data-as-a-service startup's revenue surged 18-fold in a year as AI labs race to secure high-quality training data.
Stanford Violated Its Own AI Policy by Race-Swapping Student Photo
University confirms it used generative AI to replace a Hispanic student with a fabricated Black woman in a dining hall advertisement, breaching institutional guidelines.
China Builds Massive Data Center Network in Rural Regions for AI
Inner Mongolia's potato fields now host infrastructure for ByteDance, Huawei, and DeepSeek as Beijing races toward 2030 AI dominance goals.
Meta's Muse AI agent books flights, claims credits autonomously
The iOS app handled an eight-hour delay end-to-end, securing $250 in compensation without human intervention—a glimpse of agentic AI in everyday use.
Democratic Governors Move to Regulate AI Amid Industry Concerns
State-level officials respond to mounting anxiety from tech workers and constituents over the pace of artificial intelligence development.
Major banks warn AI shopping agents pose fraud and scam risks
A consortium of global financial institutions has published principles calling for safeguards as AI assistants gain purchasing power.
Andreessen Horowitz Launches Tuition-Free AI Academy for 2027
The venture capital firm's one-year program targets high school graduates and early college students, with backing from OpenAI, Google, and Meta.
3D Imaging Becomes Critical as Chipmakers Shift to Vertical Stacking
As AI demand drives memory and logic chips upward, traditional 2D cross-sections leave defects hidden—and fabs scrambling.
Skild AI in talks with Samsung, LG, Hyundai on robot automation
The physical AI unicorn's co-founder says Korea's manufacturing strength and labor shortages create ideal conditions for deploying universal robot foundation models.
Qualcomm Launches 2nm AI Chip Amid Smartphone Market Contraction
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 targets premium Android devices as memory costs squeeze the broader mobile industry.
Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 5.5 Days After CEO Urged AI Slowdown
The new model arrives less than two weeks after Dario Amodei called for the industry to 'pace the frontier' on superintelligent systems.
AI Models Show 75% Agreement With Heart Teams on Complex CAD
Large language models aligned with multidisciplinary teams three-quarters of the time when given detailed clinical narratives, but far less with structured data alone.
Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens AI Fraud Platform
The subscription service used AI to analyze 12,000 compromised inboxes and automate business email compromise attacks at scale.
Meta's Muse App Signals Shift to Consumer AI Inference Demand
Analysts say the agentic AI assistant's rapid adoption could reshape hardware requirements and validate massive data center investments.
Ex-Google Safety Chief Warns AI Risks to Children Exceed Social Media
Tom Siegel joins Common Sense Media to develop accountability standards as chatbots reach millions of young users without adequate safeguards.
Kantata Launches Agent Studio for Custom AI in Services Firms
New platform lets professional services teams encode their delivery standards into AI agents without developers or code.
California's AI Executive Order Could Set National Standards
Gov. Newsom's directive for auditors, kill switches, and safety plans may become de facto federal policy through the California effect.
California Governor Orders AI Kill Switch Review in Two Months
Newsom's executive order tasks experts with drafting AI safety rules that could become the de facto national standard.
Deciphex CipherX Engine Translates AI Embeddings Into Pathology
The production system converts foundation model outputs into auditable tissue structures validated by subspecialist pathologists.
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to Brief UN Security Council on AI Safety
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei will address the council Wednesday as debate intensifies over advanced model risks and governance.
OpenAI and Anthropic Launch Cheaper AI Models Amid Price War
New releases from both labs prioritize affordability over frontier capabilities as companies scrutinize AI spending.
Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
Unauthenticated attackers can run arbitrary commands and steal API keys through a critical vulnerability in the open-source LLM routing platform.
Maryland to Pursue Digital Likeness Rights in AI Framework
Gov. Wes Moore's administration outlines worker protections, algorithmic regulation, and child safety measures as part of comprehensive AI policy.
AI Companies Shift Focus From Power to Price
Leading model providers are competing on cost efficiency as usage surges in response to lower prices.