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Source.ag raises $17.5M to advance AI for controlled environment agriculture

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Source.ag develops an AI software platform for controlled environment agriculture that helps growers automate crop management and increase output.

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FireDrone raises €161K to advance heat-resistant drones

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Swiss startup FireDrone is developing heat-resistant drones with thermal insulation to improve safety in emergency response and industrial inspections.

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AI Flywheel Ignites Market Melt-Up: A Deep Dive into Capital Flows and Emerging Opportunities

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The current market environment is witnessing the emergence of an “AI flywheel” that is starting to operate in a meaningful way, propelling significant capital expenditure and driving a broader market “melt-up.” This powerful dynamic, characterized by decreasing compute costs fueling new AI applications, which in turn attract more capital and further reduce compute expenses, is […]

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The Bot Authentication Registry: Taming AI’s Web Takeover

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Cloudflare's new bot authentication registry and anonymous credentials are set to provide website operators with unprecedented, privacy-preserving control over the surging tide of AI agent traffic.

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The Essential AI Stack: Beyond the Hype of Large Language Models

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Building truly impactful artificial intelligence systems extends far beyond merely choosing a large language model. It demands a sophisticated understanding and deliberate construction of a multi-layered technology stack, as illuminated by Lauren McHugh Olende, Program Director at IBM, in her recent presentation on “What Is an AI Stack?” Her insights reveal that the efficacy, cost, […]

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Leveling the Playing Field: 7 Essential AI Tools for Small Law Firms

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For years, the narrative in the legal industry has been one of scale. Large firms could leverage massive teams for document review, dedicate countless hours to legal research, and absorb significant overhead costs. However, the rise of artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewriting this narrative. AI is no longer a luxury reserved for the legal elite; […]

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Mimic robotics funding hits $16M to bet on hands, not humanoids

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Mimic is betting that the future of automation lies not in full humanoid robots, but in AI-powered dexterous hands attached to existing industrial arms.

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GitLaw raises $3M to advance AI contract automation

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GitLaw raised $3 million to launch its AI agent, a platform designed to help businesses automate the drafting, review, and management of legal contracts.

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octonomy raises $20M to advance agentic AI for service workflows

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AI company octonomy raises $20 million to scale its agentic AI platform, which provides "digital coworkers" to automate complex technical support workflows.

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Unmasking AI’s Human Engine: Prolific’s Solution to the “Dirty Secret”

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Artificial intelligence, for all its dazzling computational power and algorithmic sophistication, harbors a “dirty secret”: it remains profoundly reliant on human intelligence. This pivotal, yet often unacknowledged, dependency forms the bedrock of AI’s capabilities, driving its training, refinement, and validation. Phelim Bradley, CEO and Co-founder of Prolific, recently unpacked this reality in a conversation with […]

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OpenAI’s gpt-oss-safeguard hands you the moderation keys

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gpt-oss-safeguard is an open-source AI that lets developers write their own safety rules instead of relying on a pre-trained black box.

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Anthropic’s Introspection Paper Hints at AI Self-Awareness

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Matthew Berman, in his recent video, delved into Anthropic’s groundbreaking paper, “Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models,” authored by Jack Lindsey. The research presents a compelling argument that large language models (LLMs) might be evolving beyond mere sophisticated pattern-matching engines, exhibiting behaviors that challenge conventional understandings of AI capabilities and raising profound questions about […]

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Gemma AI Defamation Furor Exposes Tech Policy Gaps in Congress: Senator Marsha Blackburn Demands Answers from Google

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The escalating tension between Big Tech and conservative lawmakers has taken a personal turn with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) accusing Google’s large language model, Gemma, of fabricating “defamatory and patently false” criminal allegations against her. This incident, propelled by a sharply-worded letter from Blackburn to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on October 30, 2025, now […]

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Sphinx AI: Reshaping Data Science with Agentic Co-pilots for Real-World Problems

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The chasm between cutting-edge AI tools and the practical needs of data professionals has long been a frustrating reality, particularly for those grappling with complex, unstructured data. Rohan Kodialam, Co-founder of Sphinx, illuminated this divide in a recent interview, explaining how current AI solutions, while adept at tasks like copywriting or software engineering, often fall […]

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DevOps Accelerates AI and Data Pipelines with Precision

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The precision and reliability essential for artificial intelligence and data engineering demand an operational framework that minimizes error and maximizes efficiency. Adrian Lee, a Product Manager at IBM, presented a compelling analogy, likening the data engineering workflow to a Michelin-starred restaurant kitchen, to illustrate how DevOps principles, particularly Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD), […]

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Cluely Alternatives: The AI Copilot Wars Get Real

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The emergence of Pluely, a free and private open-source tool, fundamentally challenges the venture-backed, cloud-first model popularized by AI assistants like Cluely.

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AI’s New Frontier: Unlocking Scientific Discovery Beyond Automation

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“What’s interesting is *how* is the model doing this? Like what signals has it found in the data that enable this capability? Like what does it know that we don’t?” This fundamental question, posed by Dr. Jessica Rumbelow, CEO of Leap Labs, encapsulates the profound shift occurring in the application of artificial intelligence, moving beyond […]

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The blueprint for secure AI agent payments is here

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A new collaboration between Cloudflare, Visa, and Mastercard aims to solve the biggest hurdle for AI-driven commerce: trusting a bot with your credit card.

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Sublime Series C: $150M to fight email threats with AI agents

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Sublime is betting that the only way to fight AI-powered attackers is with autonomous AI agents that can think and adapt on their own.

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Technology in NYC Mayor Elections: AI and Spyware Battleground

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The 2025 NYC mayoral election is a proving ground for the battle between technology as a tool for democratic empowerment versus a weapon of deception.

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Kimi Linear promises to beat full attention with less memory

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Kimi Linear's hybrid architecture claims to outperform full attention, but its real-world impact hinges on the open-source community's ability to adopt its complex design.

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Python SDK and AI Agents Redefine Data Pipeline Automation

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The future of data integration is not merely about human engineers writing code; it encompasses AI systems and autonomous agents actively participating in the data workflow. This profound shift was meticulously detailed by John Wen, Product Manager at IBM, in a recent presentation where he illuminated the transformative potential of Python SDKs in conjunction with […]

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Vercel’s Pragmatic Blueprint for the AI Engineering Era

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“Agents are very exciting, and you can actually build them,” declared Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, encapsulating the company’s ethos in the rapidly evolving AI engineering landscape. This statement, delivered during his conversation with Swyx, Editor of Latent Space, following Vercel’s Ship AI 2025 event, underscores a foundational shift from abstract hype to tangible, deployable […]

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Salesforce AI Security: Countering Smart Threats in the Enterprise

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As AI amplifies cyber threats, robust Salesforce AI security demands proactive admin strategies, including MFA, least privilege, and leveraging AI-powered defense tools.

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Wall Street’s AI Reckoning: Monetization Separates Hyperscaler Winners from Losers

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“Wall Street is starting to pick its AI winners,” declared MacKenzie Sigalos of CNBC Business News, setting the stage for a stark commentary on the latest earnings reports from the tech giants. In a segment on CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime,” Sigalos, speaking with anchor John, dissected why some hyperscalers are being rewarded for their AI […]

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AI Capex Cycle Shifts to Scrutiny, Not Stagnation

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The current wave of Artificial Intelligence investment, while seemingly boundless, is entering a new phase of scrutiny, according to Gene Munster, Managing Partner at Deepwater Asset Management. His recent analysis, presented on CNBC’s ‘Fast Money,’ underscored that while the AI capital expenditure cycle still has “a few years left,” investors are increasingly disinclined to “write […]

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AI Spend Mania Signals Caution for Tech Investors

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The current surge in AI spending, while indicative of technological advancement, is increasingly resembling a “speculative mania” driven by abundant central bank liquidity rather than organic demand from the real economy. This provocative insight comes from Bob Elliott, CEO and CIO of Unlimited, who recently joined CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime” to discuss the roaring tech […]

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Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales on AI’s Factual Blind Spot

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The proliferation of artificial intelligence, particularly large language models, introduces a profound challenge to the very notion of verifiable truth, a concern eloquently articulated by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. He contends that current AI models frequently “hallucinate, don’t cite their work and act as if that’s not a problem,” a fundamental flaw that undermines their […]

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Asia’s Data Center Boom: More Than Just Land and Power

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The insatiable demand for Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the global technological landscape, and Asia’s data centers find themselves at the epicenter of this transformative shift. At the Bloomberg Business Summit at ASEAN in Kuala Lumpur, Bloomberg’s Ram Anand moderated a panel featuring Prashant Murthy, Managing Director, Capital & Strategy, AirTrunk; Rebecca Ng, Deputy Group Chief […]

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Opera Neon Hit by AI Browser Prompt Injection Flaw

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An AI browser prompt injection flaw in Opera Neon allowed attackers to extract sensitive user data through hidden HTML, exposing a critical security challenge for agentic browsers.

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The Digital Afterlife: AI’s Disruption of Death and Legacy

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The ancient human yearning for immortality is rapidly colliding with the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, redefining not just what it means to live, but what it means to be dead. In a recent WIRED “Incognito Mode” segment, host Andrew Couts delved into the burgeoning “death tech” industry, exploring the fantastical promises of cryogenics alongside […]

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Amazon’s AI Investments Drive AWS Re-acceleration and Retail Innovation

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Amazon’s strategic, multi-billion dollar investment in artificial intelligence, particularly in its underlying compute infrastructure, is demonstrably paying dividends, propelling a significant re-acceleration in AWS revenue growth and fostering innovation across its vast retail empire. This was the central theme articulated by Ronald Josey, Citi’s Senior Internet Analyst, in a recent interview on CNBC’s ‘The Exchange’ […]

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AI Drives Digital Ad Spend Through Precision and Measurable Return

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“If someone came to you and said, ‘Hey, let’s play a game, you give me a dollar and I’ll give you three dollars back,’ when would you stop playing that game?” This potent analogy, offered by MNTN CEO Mark Douglas, encapsulates the fundamental shift driving the current digital advertising boom: artificial intelligence is making ad […]

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AI Team Wellness: A Strategic Imperative for SMBs

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AI is transforming team wellness, offering small and medium-sized businesses a strategic advantage in boosting productivity and retaining top talent through personalized care.

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Amazon’s AI Vision Captivates Investors Amidst Hyperscaler Spending Spree

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In the high-stakes arena of artificial intelligence, where colossal capital expenditure is the new norm, Amazon has successfully distinguished its strategic vision, earning a significant vote of confidence from investors. While the broader market grapples with the sheer scale of investment required for AI infrastructure, Amazon’s approach has been met with enthusiasm, validating its long-term […]

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Meta’s AI Spending: A Metaverse Echo Raising Investor Eyebrows

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“Significant AI investments despite unknown revenue mirrors the ’21, ’22 Metaverse spending.” This stark observation, highlighted by Jason Helfstein, Oppenheimer’s Head of Internet Research, encapsulates the core concern driving his firm’s recent downgrade of Meta Platforms. The market, it seems, is experiencing a sense of déjà vu, wary of another massive capital expenditure cycle with […]

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AI Scale Testing: Ensuring AI Apps Perform Under Pressure

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Effective AI scale testing is crucial for deploying high-quality, secure AI applications, requiring a disciplined approach from hotspot identification to realistic workload modeling and data analysis.

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