Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
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Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week

Meta announced that its business AI tools now facilitate 10 million conversations per week, with over 8 billion...

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Anthropic reviewing investor offers that would value the company at over $900 billion
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Anthropic reviewing investor offers that would value the company at over $900 billion

Anthropic is reviewing investor offers for a new funding round that would value the AI company at over $900 billion....

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Softbank plans IPO for new AI and robotics company valued at up to $100 billion
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Softbank plans IPO for new AI and robotics company valued at up to $100 billion

SoftBank is planning to launch a new AI and robotics company called Roze and take it public in the United States. The...

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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

Meta reported a loss of 20 million users in the latest quarter, attributing the decline to internet disruptions in Iran...

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A guide to APIs, MCPs, and MCP Gateways
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A guide to APIs, MCPs, and MCP Gateways

This article explains the differences between APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as mechanisms for system...

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OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
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OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only

OpenAI is launching GPT-5.5-Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model restricted to vetted "cyber defenders" and trusted...

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Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns
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Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns

Since 2024, approximately 207 AI-focused companies have achieved unicorn status (valuations of $1 billion or more),...

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The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
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The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

Gen Z, despite being among the biggest adopters of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, shows significant cultural backlash...

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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn
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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn

Three Arizona women sued a group of men for allegedly using their photos without consent to create AI-generated...

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AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps
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AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps

Australia's financial regulator (APRA) has warned that financial institutions have poor governance and assurance...

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Big Tech just proved AI infrastructure spending works. Then it raised the bill anyway
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Big Tech just proved AI infrastructure spending works. Then it raised the bill anyway

Big Tech companies (Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon) collectively committed between $630-650 billion in AI...

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Reid Hoffman Thinks Doctors Should Ask AI for a Second Opinion
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Reid Hoffman Thinks Doctors Should Ask AI for a Second Opinion

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn cofounder and now an AI drug discovery startup founder, advocates for doctors to use AI chatbots...

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IBM Releases Two Granite Speech 4.1 2B Models: Autoregressive ASR with Translation and Non-Autoregressive Editing for Fast Inference
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IBM Releases Two Granite Speech 4.1 2B Models: Autoregressive ASR with Translation and Non-Autoregressive Editing for Fast Inference

IBM has released two versions of the Granite Speech 4.1 2B model for automatic speech recognition (ASR), featuring both...

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Cursor Introduces a TypeScript SDK for Building Programmatic Coding Agents With Sandboxed Cloud VMs, Subagents, Hooks, and Token-Based Pricing
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Cursor Introduces a TypeScript SDK for Building Programmatic Coding Agents With Sandboxed Cloud VMs, Subagents, Hooks, and Token-Based Pricing

Cursor has launched a TypeScript SDK that enables developers to build and deploy programmatic coding agents with...

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Making the case for curiosity-driven science
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Making the case for curiosity-driven science

President Sally Kornbluth spoke in front of a packed crowd about growing challenges to the U.S. research ecosystem as...

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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

SoftBank is launching a new robotics company focused on building data centers using AI and robotics technology. The...

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Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
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Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B

Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI assistant, has received multiple pre-emptive investment offers at valuations between...

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On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
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On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets

Elon Musk testified for the second day in his legal attempt to dismantle OpenAI, with his own tweets being used as...

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Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
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Meta is still burning money on AR/VR

Meta is spending billions on its Reality Labs division for AR/VR development while also significantly increasing AI...

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