AI Stocks Slide as Investors Question Data Centre Financing
AI stocks fell again as hot inflation and debt worries hit CoreWeave and Oracle. See what triggered the selloff and why analysts question how AI is financed.
AI Misinformation and Hacking Fears Grow Before Alberta Vote
nalysts warn Albertans about AI fakes ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum, while scientists urge tighter AI containment. See the warnings and what the law covers.
Regina Council Orders Report on Bell AI Data Centre Impact
Regina council voted 5-4 for a report on Bell’s expanding AI data centre outside the city, but cannot approve or block it. See what Bell and residents say.
CNN Signs Multi-Year AI Content Partnership With Google
CNN will be paid for Google using its journalism in experimental AI features under a multi-year deal. See what is disclosed, and what CNN and Google left out.
Apple and Meta Team Up to Run Muse Spark Open on Macs
Meta says its 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open runs locally on M5 Ultra Mac Studios. See the hardware needed, Apple’s role and which claims are Meta’s own.
Zenzap Emerges From Stealth With $44M for AI Agent Workspace
Israeli startup Zenzap came out of stealth with $44M in total funding for a workplace where staff and AI agents work together. See the claims and caveats
OpenAI Says AI Helped Trace Hidden Office Listening Device
OpenAI says its AI models helped identify an employee accused of planting a listening device in its San Francisco office. See the charge and what is unproven.
NVIDIA Pitches AI-Defined Fabs With Chip Industry Partners
NVIDIA unveils cuPotential and says Synopsys, Cadence, Lam and others are speeding chip design with AI. See the claimed speedups and why they need context
Experts Split on Anthropic Warning of Self-Replicating AI
Anthropic says small AI models could self-replicate across smart devices within months. Experts are split on whether it is a real risk or vendor exaggeration.
Suki Raises $90M Series E to Expand Healthcare AI Platform
Suki raised $90 million in Series E funding to take its healthcare AI beyond documentation. See the investors, the growth figures and what was not disclosed
TD Expands Agentic AI to Mortgage Funding and Discharges
TD is extending agentic AI from mortgage pre-adjudication into funding and discharges, with staff reviewing output. See what it does and what TD has not shown.
Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Spread Like Worms
Anthropic researchers say small AI models may be months from copying themselves across cheap smart devices. See the test results, limits and suggested defences.
Quebec Author Admits Plagiarism, Denies AI Wrote His Novel
Thélyson Orélien admits plagiarism in earlier work but denies AI wrote his novel. See what the Goncourt removal and the AI-detector dispute do and do not prove.
Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy as Disney Bids $20 Million
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 and agreed to sell some assets to Disney for $20 million. See how the auction works and what happens to the app and its users.
UHN Team Uses AI to Build 3D Tumour Models for Surgery
Toronto researchers at UHN are using AI to turn 2D scans into 3D tumour models that help surgeons plan operations and show patients what a procedure involves.
Nadella Calls for an AI Emergency Brake Humans Control
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI models should be assumed compromised and contained, with an emergency brake that lets an authorized person pause them.
Canadian AI Firm Caseway Turns Away U.S. Government Work
Caseway CEO Al Vigier says the Canadian AI firm will skip U.S. government work and a San Francisco investor event, and will focus on Canada, Europe and Taiwan.
