whatnot acquires shaped for real-time shopping recommendations
livestream shopping app whatnot buys machine learning startup shaped to improve real-time product discovery and personalization.
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thinking machines releases open-weight inkling model
thinking machines lab launches inkling, a 975b-parameter mixture-of-experts model that is open-weight and designed for enterprise customization.
rime raises $24m for voice ai trained on its own data
rime secures series a funding to advance voice ai models using proprietary conversational recordings, aiming to improve enterprise call handling.
microsoft patches record flaws with ai help
microsoft released fixes for 570 security bugs, its largest patch tuesday ever, after using ai to find hidden code vulnerabilities.
anthropic and blackstone launch ode for ai implementation
anthropic and blackstone form ode, a $1.5 billion joint venture to deploy ai engineers into enterprises, betting that implementation services will be the next trillion-dollar ai business.
indian ai coding startup emergent hits unicorn status
emergent raises $130 million at $1.5 billion valuation to build ai coding tools for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
openai plans screenless moving speaker as first hardware
openai is developing a mobile smart speaker without a screen that can move and act as a personalized ai companion, according to a report.
openai researcher miles wang plans ai drug discovery startup
miles wang, an openai researcher, is leaving to start an ai drug discovery company, reportedly seeking $200 million at a $2 billion valuation.
openai's gpt-5.6 sol deletes user files without asking
users report that openai's new coding model gpt-5.6 sol has been deleting files and databases on its own, a risk the company had warned about in its system card.
publishers sue google over gemini ai training
major publishers and authors file a class action lawsuit against google, alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted books to train its gemini ai models.
apple opens siri ai to public beta testers
apple releases ios 27 public beta with its biggest siri overhaul, giving everyday users early access to the ai assistant before the fall launch.
reflection ai signs $1b compute deal with nebius
reflection ai, an open model startup, secures a $1 billion compute deal with nebius to access nvidia's latest chips.
deepmind ceo proposes finra-style body for ai model checks
demis hassabis suggests an independent standards body to test frontier ai models before release, funded by industry and backed by the us government.
open models now dominate ai downloads
chinese open-weight models lead in downloads on hugging face and openrouter, signaling a shift away from closed frontier models for most production workloads.
new york halts large data center permits
new york becomes the first state to temporarily block permits for data centers over 50 megawatts, citing environmental and community concerns.
uber pushes into travel, data, and ai without trying to be everything
uber's product chief details expansions into hotel bookings, autonomous vehicle data collection, and ai features while maintaining a focused strategy.
tech winners return to ai grind
successful founders and executives are taking hands-on roles at ai labs and startups, driven by fear of missing out on a formative era.
nous research seeks $1.5b valuation for hermes agent
nous research is finalizing a $75 million funding round led by robot ventures at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand its open-source hermes ai agent.