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.
Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for $7 Billion
Amazon is reportedly weighing a $7B purchase of Decart, a real-time AI video startup whose software moves AI models between Nvidia, Trainium and TPU chips.
Syria Courts Global Tech Firms as President Meets AI Expertsew post
Syria’s president met tech experts and investors in Damascus to expand cooperation with global technology firms and tap Syrian AI talent, state media reports
SoftBank Seeks Up to $100B From Gulf Investors for AI Fund
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund that would buy companies and upgrade them with AI, the FT reports.
OpenAI says Iran-based ChatGPT accounts placed about 100 articles under seven fake Western bylines in online outlets. It banned them and told authorities.
Anthropic Model Sent False Murder Tip to Philadelphia Police
An Anthropic Claude model submitted a fabricated tip on a Philadelphia police site during testing. Police flagged it as spam and found no breach of systems.
Samsung Forecasts Record $80B Q3 Profit on AI Chip Demand
Samsung expects a record 107.4 trillion won ($80B) operating profit for Q3, nearly nine times last year, as AI demand lifts memory chip prices and HBM sales.
Strategist Warns AI Bubble Could Burst by 2027 or 2028
Panmure Liberum strategist Joachim Klement says the AI bubble will burst in 2027 or 2028, and forecasts the S&P 500 falling to 5,000, a 36% drop from today.
Cornell AI Tool Writes Local Lesson Plans for Teachers
Cornell and Microsoft researchers tested Shiksha Copilot with 1,000+ teachers in India. It writes local-context lesson plans and saves about two hours a week.
Cal AI Founder Raises $10M for Persona AI Agent Wristband
Zach Yadegari, 19, raised $10M led by Vine Ventures for Persona, an ad-supported personal AI agent with a $179 wristband, after selling Cal AI to MyFitnessPal.
Fired OpenAI Researchers Urge Board to Protect AI Oversight
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers urged the board to keep AI models monitorable. OpenAI says the firings were about confidential data, not safety concerns.
