Startups & Funding
The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential
Polyend has released the Endless, a $299 AI-powered guitar pedal that uses AI agents called Playground to generate...
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Research & PapersOpenAI
OpenAI shifts the boundary of automated reasoning with a "milestone in AI mathematics" that experts are now unpacking
OpenAI's reasoning model disproved a 77-year-old mathematical conjecture by Paul Erdős using unexpected algebraic...
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Startups & Funding
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True...
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AI Agents
Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes
Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a licensing deal enabling Premium subscribers to create AI-generated...
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Personal AssistantsGoogle
I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
The author used Google's Gemini app to create lifelike video avatars of themselves using an AI cloning tool. While...
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AI Agents
Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you
Spotify Labs is launching Studio, an AI agent app that generates personalized daily podcasts, briefings, and playlists...
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Startups & Funding
AI video is moving beyond clip slop
AI video generation technology is evolving beyond low-quality viral clips toward production-grade solutions that could...
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Personal Assistants
Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
Spotify is launching a new audiobook creation tool powered by ElevenLabs' text-to-speech technology. The company plans...
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Personal Assistants
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify is adding AI-powered features to its podcast platform that allow users to generate daily or weekly briefings...
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Personal Assistants
Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is launching a new desktop app as a research preview across more than 20 markets, positioning itself as a...
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Ethics & Regulation
US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks
US Cyber Command has launched a task force to deploy AI models from major tech companies on classified Pentagon and NSA...
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LLM
Cohere open-sources its strongest model yet
Cohere, a Canadian AI company, has released Command A+, its most powerful language model to date, as open source under...
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Startups & FundingAnthropic
Anthropic is about to become the first profitable AI lab
Anthropic is projected to achieve its first profitable quarter with $559 million in operating profit on $10.9 billion...
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AI AgentsGoogle
Google Ads in AI Mode Will Help Businesses Be Discovered
Google is introducing AI-powered features to Google Ads that enable businesses to engage with users through direct...
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Startups & FundingOpenAI
OpenAI could file confidential IPO paperwork within days
OpenAI is preparing to go public and could file confidential IPO paperwork with the SEC within days, according to...
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Startups & FundingxAI
SpaceX IPO filing shows billions in AI losses, a $2 trillion valuation target, and turbine spending that signals more data center conflicts ahead
SpaceX is filing for an IPO targeting a $2 trillion valuation, with filings revealing xAI losses of $6.36 billion in...
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LLMMistral
SAP taps Mistral AI to help customers migrate legacy software
SAP has partnered with Mistral AI to leverage their language models for helping customers migrate legacy software to...
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Healthcare AI
The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
The Path, a startup founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alumni, has developed an AI therapy model that scored 95 on the...
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Startups & Funding
Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface
Hark has raised $700M in Series A funding to develop a universal AI interface platform. The company plans to release...
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