Startups & Funding
AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans
NeoCognition, founded by an Ohio State University researcher, has secured $40M in seed funding to develop AI agents...
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AI Agents
Chinese Volkswagens to Feature AI Agents That Give Cars ‘Personality’
Volkswagen is integrating AI agents into Chinese vehicles to give cars personalized personalities as part of its...
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Ethics & Regulation
AI backlash is coming for elections
Americans express widespread concerns about AI, with over 60% of both Republicans and Democrats supporting government...
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LLMOpenAI
ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text
OpenAI's new Images 2.0 model demonstrates significant improvements in AI image generation capabilities, particularly...
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LLMOpenAI
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, an updated image generator with new thinking capabilities that can search the...
The Verge AI
LLMOpenAI
OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, an upgraded image generation model that demonstrates improved performance in...
Wired AI
LLMAnthropic
Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’
Sam Altman criticized Anthropic's new cybersecurity model Mythos, accusing the company of using fear-based marketing to...
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Coding Co-pilotAnthropic
Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox
Mozilla's Firefox team used Anthropic's AI tool to identify and fix 271 bugs in Firefox, demonstrating practical...
Wired AI
AI AgentsGoogle
Google launches Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents to automate complex research
Google DeepMind has launched Deep Research Max, an AI agent based on Gemini 3.1 Pro that autonomously conducts research...
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AI Agents
Hyundai, DeepX Partner to Develop AI Platform for Robotics
Hyundai and DeepX have partnered to develop an AI platform designed to serve as core infrastructure for next-generation...
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Personal AssistantsApple
Tim Cook's Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
Tim Cook's tenure as Apple CEO focused on building the services business, and incoming CEO John Ternus will need to...
Wired AI
Ethics & RegulationGoogle
Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection and removal feature to celebrities, allowing public figures to find and...
The Verge AI
Ethics & Regulation
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
Clarifai deleted 3 million photos that OkCupid provided for facial recognition AI training following an FTC settlement....
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Research & PapersGoogle
Google Introduces Simula: A Reasoning-First Framework for Generating Controllable, Scalable Synthetic Datasets Across Specialized AI Domains
Google introduces Simula, a reasoning-first framework designed to generate controllable and scalable synthetic datasets...
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Personal AssistantsOpenAI
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
Starbucks launched a new ChatGPT integration for ordering coffee through the ChatGPT app, but the user experience...
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Startups & Funding
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs
Latitude, the maker of AI Dungeon, has unveiled Voyage, an AI-native platform designed to enable gamers to create their...
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AI Agents
Neura Robotics, AWS Collaborate to Bring Physical AI to the Real World
Neura Robotics and AWS have partnered to develop physical AI solutions, focusing on addressing data gaps in robotics...
AI Business
Startups & Funding
Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit
Bond is a new social media platform that uses AI to help users reduce doomscrolling and encourage offline activities....
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Startups & FundingAnthropic
Anthropic Seals $100B Infrastructure Deal With Amazon
Anthropic has secured a $100 billion infrastructure deal with Amazon, representing a major compute agreement for the AI...
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