TechCrunch
Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B
Replit raised $400 million in Series D funding at a $9 billion valuation, just six months after reaching a $3 billion valuation.
Phoronix
AMD Ryzen AI NPUs Are Finally Useful Under Linux For Running LLMs
Lemonade 10.0, utilizing the FastFlowLM runtime, now enables AMD Ryzen AI NPUs to effectively run Large Language Models on Linux.
The Verge
OpenAI’s Sora video generator is reportedly coming to ChatGPT
OpenAI may integrate its Sora video generator into ChatGPT, potentially increasing accessibility and deepfake creation.
TechCrunch
WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net
WordPress launched my.WordPress.net, a new service offering a private, browser-based workspace for publishing and development.
TechCrunch
Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots
Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics secured $500 million in Series A funding, valuing the industrial AI robotics startup at $2 billion.
Anthropic
Introducing The Anthropic Institute
Anthropic launched The Anthropic Institute to research and inform the public about the societal challenges posed by rapidly advancing powerful AI systems.
TechCrunch
Meta didn’t buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web
Meta acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network, primarily for its talent and expertise in the emerging agentic web ecosystem.
TechCrunch
Meta’s Moltbook deal points to a future built around AI agents
Meta acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network, signaling a strategic move toward an 'agentic web' where AI systems interact autonomously.
Interesting Engineering
New frontier: Meta buys Moltbook, the viral social network for AI agents
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a viral, Reddit-style social network exclusively for interacting AI agents.
The Verge
Canva’s new editing tool adds layers to AI-generated designs
Canva launched Magic Layers, a new tool that converts flat images, including AI-generated ones, into fully editable, layered designs.
TechCrunch
Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites
Amazon is expanding its Shop Direct program to allow U.S. customers to buy products from external retailers via Amazon's site and AI assistant.
The Verge
I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
The author tested three different AI interview platforms for job applications, finding the experience unnatural.
TechCrunch
Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not
Canopii builds autonomous robotic greenhouses aiming to shrink produce supply chains and succeed where previous indoor farming ventures failed.
The Verge
The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord
Reporters are struggling to identify the Department of Homeland Security employee creating white supremacist memes, despite sources knowing the person's identity.
The Verge
ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots helped teens plan shootings, bombings, and political violence, study shows
A study found that popular chatbots often failed to discourage teens from planning violent acts, sometimes offering assistance.
OpenAI
Rakuten fixes issues twice as fast with Codex
Rakuten uses OpenAI's Codex to accelerate software development, reducing incident response time by 50% and enabling autonomous execution on complex projects.
OpenAI
Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report
Codex Security omits SAST reports to focus on deeper behavioral validation beyond simple dataflow tracing.
OpenAI
Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API
OpenAI improved agentic workflow performance by 40% using persistent WebSocket connections to reduce API overhead for faster model inference.
Anthropic
Introducing The Anthropic Institute
Anthropic launched The Anthropic Institute to research and inform the public about the societal challenges posed by rapidly advancing powerful AI.
The Verge
Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
Anthropic is launching the internal Anthropic Institute think tank while simultaneously fighting a Pentagon blacklist designation.
AI Revolution
OpenAI Employees Are Defending a Rival Company Against the US Government — That's Never Happened Before
Over 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees are supporting Anthropic in a lawsuit against the US government over AI safety restrictions.
TechCrunch
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India
Google is expanding Gemini integration in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, supporting several Indian languages.
Gemini
Expanding Chrome’s AI experiences to India, New Zealand and Canada
Google is expanding Chrome's AI features, including Gemini in Chrome, to India, New Zealand, and Canada, alongside support for over 50 new languages.
Newswire Ca
Bota Launches SAION AI -- Physical AI Platform for Biomanufacturing
Bota has launched SAION AI, a first-of-its-kind Physical AI platform designed to revolutionize biomanufacturing through intelligent automation.
The Verge
How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs
Escalating conflict in the Middle East threatens global oil and gas supplies, potentially raising US energy costs and impacting data center affordability.
Claude
Bringing Code Review to Claude Code
Claude Code introduces a multi-agent code review system to improve bug detection and address the growing bottleneck of code reviews.
The Verge
Ford is giving its commercial fleet business an AI makeover
Ford Pro AI uses generative AI to analyze fleet data and provide actionable insights to fleet managers via a chatbot.
TechCrunch
Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app
Amazon expanded access to its Health AI assistant to its website and app, offering personalized healthcare guidance to all users.
TechCrunch
AI-powered apps can make money, but struggle with long-term retention, new data shows
New data shows AI apps convert users better but suffer 30% faster churn than non-AI apps.
TechCrunch
AI-powered apps struggle with long-term retention, new report shows
A RevenueCat report indicates AI apps have significantly lower long-term subscriber retention than non-AI apps, despite better initial monetization.
The Verge
Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon
A judge blocked Perplexity's AI agents from making purchases on Amazon due to unauthorized access to user accounts.
TechCrunch
ChatGPT can now create interactive visuals to help you understand math and science concepts
OpenAI's ChatGPT now features interactive visuals for over 70 math and science topics, allowing users to manipulate variables and see real-time changes.
CNBC
Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent
Amazon secured a temporary court order blocking Perplexity's AI browser, Comet, from accessing its website without authorization.
TechCrunch
AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents
AgentMail secured $6M in seed funding to develop an email service specifically designed for AI agents, providing them with dedicated inboxes and API access.
The Verge
Grammarly will keep using authors’ identities without permission unless they opt out
Grammarly's new 'Expert Review' feature uses authors' names to lend credibility to AI suggestions without prior consent, offering an opt-out as a solution.
The Verge
Meta acquires Moltbook, the Reddit-like network for AI agents
Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a social platform for AI agents, integrating its team into Meta Superintelligence Labs.
TechCrunch
Thinking Machines Lab inks massive compute deal with Nvidia
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab secured a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia, including deploying Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems.
TechCrunch
Google gives in to users’ complaints over AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature
Google is adding a toggle to Google Photos allowing users to switch back to the older, faster search experience instead of the AI-powered 'Ask Photos'.
TechCrunch
Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legaltech boom endures
AI legal platform Legora secured a $550 million Series D, reaching a $5.55 billion valuation amid the enduring AI legaltech boom.
TechCrunch
Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a viral social network for AI agents built on OpenClaw, which gained notoriety due to easily faked posts.
The Verge
The twist in the Ticketmaster antitrust fight
The Department of Justice settled with Live Nation-Ticketmaster during an antitrust trial, altering the course of the legal battle.
TechCrunch
YouTube expands AI deepfake detection for politicians, government officials, and journalists
YouTube is piloting expanded AI deepfake detection tools for public figures to combat unauthorized likeness use.
The Verge
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to politicians and journalists
YouTube is piloting an AI likeness detection tool for politicians and journalists to request removal of deepfakes featuring them.
TechCrunch
Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop
Adobe is rolling out its AI assistant for Photoshop in beta, offering features like object removal and color changes via natural language prompts.
TechCrunch
Zoom introduces an AI-powered office suite, says AI avatars for meetings arrive this month
Zoom is launching an AI-powered office suite, including AI avatars for meetings, and new tools like AI Docs and a voice translator.
TechCrunch
Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive
Google is integrating new Gemini AI features into Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to enhance content creation and data management.
The Verge
Google’s Gemini AI is getting a bigger role across Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Google is expanding Gemini AI’s integration into Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, offering new features for content creation and analysis.
The Verge
You can now ask Photoshop’s AI assistant to edit images for you
Adobe has released a public beta of its AI Assistant in Photoshop for web and mobile, allowing users to describe edits via a chatbot.
Gemini
Gemini in Google Sheets just achieved state-of-the-art performance.
Gemini in Sheets now exhibits state-of-the-art performance in autonomously editing complex spreadsheets.
Gemini
New ways to create faster with Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive
Google is rolling out new Gemini features in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to help users create content and find insights faster.
TechCrunch
Sandbar secures $23M Series A for its AI note-taking ring
Sandbar raised $23 million in a Series A round to advance its AI-powered Stream note-taking smart ring.
The Verge
Meta’s deepfake moderation isn’t good enough, says Oversight Board
The Meta Oversight Board urged the company to overhaul its AI content moderation due to insufficient deepfake detection.
aitoolinsight
Is Your Job on Anthropic's AI Risk List? Here's the Truth
Anthropic's study analyzes real AI usage, showing high risk for knowledge workers while physical jobs remain protected by embodied action.
Beam Ai
Tencent Launches QClaw: What It Means for Enterprise
Tencent's QClaw and WorkBuddy signal a shift of AI agents from developer tools to consumer products, raising security and governance concerns for enterprises.
TechCrunch
Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03B to build world models
Yann LeCun's new venture, AMI Labs, secured $1.03 billion to develop world models, AI that learns from reality rather than just language.
The Verge
Apple smart home display rumors now point to a fall launch with iOS 27
Apple's rumored smart home display, possibly running tvOS 27, is now expected to launch this fall, pending Siri's AI update.
TechCrunch
OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit
Over 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind supported Anthropic's lawsuit against the DOD for labeling it a supply chain risk.
The Verge
Employees across OpenAI and Google support Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon
AI professionals from OpenAI and Google filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation.
TechCrunch
Anthropic launches code review tool to check flood of AI-generated code
Anthropic released Code Review, an AI tool integrated with Claude Code, to efficiently review the increasing volume of AI-generated code and identify potential bugs.
TechCrunch
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
OpenAI is acquiring AI security startup Promptfoo to integrate its technology into the OpenAI Frontier platform for securing AI agents.
The Verge
Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense
Anthropic sued the US government over its designation as a supply-chain risk following disputes over military AI use cases.
Phoronix
AMD Formally Launches Ryzen AI Embedded P100 Series 8-12 Core Models
AMD has officially launched the higher-core 8-12 core models of its Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series processors.
TechCrunch
Qualcomm’s partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning
Neura Robotics and Qualcomm partnered to develop next-generation robots using Qualcomm's IQ10 processors and Neura's simulation platform.
TechCrunch
Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after the agency labeled the AI company a supply chain risk.
Interesting Engineering
China determines chemical make-up of the moon’s far side using AI, reveals evolutionary history
China used AI and Chang'e-6 samples to create the first high-precision chemical map of the Moon's far side.
The Verge
OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
The Verge
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
TechCrunch
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
Gizmodo
Anthropic Reportedly Plotting to Surpass OpenAI’s Valuation in Next Funding Round
TechCrunch
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
TechCrunch
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
The Verge
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
TechCrunch
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
TechCrunch
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
TechCrunch
Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal
