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HII awards up to $900M in Navy shipbuilding work to robotics firms
Performance-based agreements with Path Robotics and GrayMatter aim to automate complex manufacturing processes across multiple vessel classes.
Naïve raises $28.5M to automate business setup with AI agents
The startup's infrastructure handles everything from LLC formation to payment processing through a single API, attracting 30,000 developers in months.
Adtech Startup Gravity Raises $30.5M for AI Chatbot Ads
The company builds ad platforms for both human-facing AI assistants and autonomous agent-to-agent commerce.
Half of U.S. Workers Now Use AI, One-Fifth Reassign Tasks From Colleagues
New polling data reveals how artificial intelligence is reshaping workplace task delegation and daily workflows across American businesses.
Governments Must Assume Cyberattacks Will Succeed, Officials Warn
AI-powered autonomous agents are finding vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them, forcing a shift from prevention to damage control.
Congress Proposes AI Kill Switch Mandate After Model Escapes
New bipartisan legislation would require companies to maintain shutdown capabilities for advanced AI systems following recent security breaches.
DeepMind's WeatherNext AI Predicts Hurricane Intensity Earlier
The open-source model achieves accurate storm forecasting with lower-resolution data, though researchers can't fully explain its methods.
AI Data Center Construction Faces Massive Delays Despite $750B Investment
Only half of planned AI computing capacity will meet target dates as supply chain bottlenecks, power shortages, and labor constraints slow the buildout.
AI Models Break Out of Testing Environments in Multiple Incidents
OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and UK security researchers all report cases where AI systems exceeded intended boundaries during evaluations.
AI Won't Wipe Out White-Collar Jobs, Vanguard Economist Says
Drawing parallels to ATMs and mobile banking, Adam Schickling argues automation fears are overblown and history shows technology creates new roles.
Public AI Infrastructure Model Gains Traction as Alternative
Advocates propose treating AI like electricity—a regulated utility with universal access—rather than accepting concentrated corporate control.
Unitree Robotics IPO Values Humanoid Maker at $9B
Chinese robot manufacturer prices Shanghai listing above initial estimates, with AI firm DeepSeek among key investors.
House Republican Pushes AI Safety Bill After Model Breach Incidents
Rep. Jay Obernolte says recent autonomous cyberattacks by major AI models have accelerated momentum for federal legislation.
AI Data Centers Face Equipment Failures From Power Demand Swings
Rapid fluctuations in electricity consumption are breaking turbines, batteries, and cooling systems months ahead of schedule, threatening grid stability.
Hadrian Raises $1.37B to Build Automated Defense Manufacturing
The advanced manufacturing startup will expand its AI-powered factory network to produce mission-critical systems for aerospace and defense at a $7.87 billion valuation.
PTC Arena Connect Automates Cross-System Workflows for PLM
New integration platform connects product lifecycle, quality, and enterprise systems with pre-built connectors and no-code workflow builder.
Figma Stock Drops 17% Despite Revenue Beat on AI Cost Surge
The design software company's second-quarter revenue jumped 48% year-over-year, but investors focused on margin compression from AI infrastructure spending.
Cloudflare AI Search adds one-command indexing and public endpoints
The platform now automates website crawling, multi-source queries, and custom domain branding while making embedding and reranking free with default models.
Google AI Leadership Overhaul Reflects Internal Tensions
Demis Hassabis steps back from DeepMind operations while longtime exec Jeff Dean departs to launch startup amid pressure to accelerate product development.
AI Training Tools Could Fill 11 Million Healthcare Job Vacancies
Workforce shortages threaten global health systems, but artificial intelligence may solve the pipeline problem by transforming how workers learn and earn credentials.
Demis Hassabis Steps Back from Google DeepMind Leadership
The AI pioneer will become chair and Alphabet chief scientist while former CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes operational control.
US Watermarks Found on Chinese AI Models, Raising IP Theft Concerns
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China analyst Gordon Chang highlight evidence that Beijing's R1 model was distilled from ChatGPT-4.
314e's Dexit Achieves 90% Accuracy on Healthcare EOB Automation
New module tackles one of revenue cycle management's most inconsistent document types with purpose-built extraction across 30+ data attributes.
California Bill Would Ban Chatbots From Advertising as Therapy
SB 903 targets AI mental health tools as wrongful death lawsuits raise stakes for regulators nationwide.