Exclusive: AWS CEO Matt Garman declares a new era: Agents are the new cloud

Everything new in the December Android 16 update: Emoji kitchen, AI notifications, parental controls

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The rollout of the new Android 16 features, which are first coming to Pixel devices, marks a new chapter in how Android updates work, as the company is shifting from a single yearly update to more frequent releases.

Google Begins Rolling Out Android 16 QPR2, Starting with Pixel

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Google announces second Android 16 release of 2025 is heading to Pixels

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Android’s new ‘Call Reason’ flags important calls before you even pick up

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Android 16 updates include AI-powered notification summaries and built-in parental controls

3 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Android 16 Update Gets More Personal With AI Tools, New Accessibility Features

3 months / cnet / Nelson Aguilar

Google is getting ready to launch AI-powered notification summaries on more Android devices

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Android 16’s latest update ushers in a more frequent release schedule

3 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Android 16 adds AI notification summaries, new customization options, and more

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Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Mistral unveils its Mistral 3 lineup, including a frontier model and efficient small models designed for offline, customizable enterprise use—aiming to prove small, fine-tuned AI can beat closed-source giants.

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General Announcements (2)
Global Race for AI Dominance (3)
Open‑Source & Deployment Versatility (4)
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General Announcements

Introducing Mistral 3

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Mistral 3 family of models released

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Global Race for AI Dominance

France’s Mistral Debuts New Models to Keep Pace in AI Race

3 months / bloomberg / Benoit Berthelot

French AI lab Mistral releases new AI models as it looks to keep pace with OpenAI and Google

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Mistral unveils new models in race to gain edge in ‘open’ AI

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Open‑Source & Deployment Versatility

Mistral Unveils Next-Generation Models for NVIDIA Platforms

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

French AI shop Mistral rolls out full suite of Apache-licensed models

3 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Mistral pushes into robotics, open-sources flagship models

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These New AI Models Are Built to Work Anywhere in Many Languages

3 months / cnet / Jon Reed

Technical Specs and Benchmarks

Mistral Releases New Family of AI Models, Promoting Performance-to-Cost Ratio

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Introducing Mistral 3

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Paris-based Mistral releases Large 3, a major new open-source AI model

Mistral 3 Family Released (10 Models): Large 3 hits 1418 Elo, Ministral 3 (3B/8B/14B) beats Qwen-VL. Full Benchmarks & Specs.

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Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models

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Mistral unveils its Mistral 3 lineup, including a frontier model and efficient small models designed for offline, customizable enterprise use—aiming to prove small, fine-tuned AI can beat closed-source giants.

Amazon to use Nvidia tech in AI chips, roll out new servers

Amazon (AMZN) Stock: AWS Takes On Nvidia With Game-Changing AI Servers

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR AWS will integrate Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion technology into its future Trainium4 AI chip with no release date announced Amazon launched new Trainium3 servers on December 2, 2025, offering four times more computing power and 40% less energy use than pre…

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Nvidia Partnership & Integration

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Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’

3 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Amazon To Use Nvidia Tech In AI Chips, Roll Out New Servers

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Amazon announces new AI chips, closer Nvidia ties — but it's cloud capacity that matters most

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Amazon to use Nvidia tech in AI chips, roll out new servers

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Amazon (AMZN) Stock: AWS Takes On Nvidia With Game-Changing AI Servers

3 months / parameter / Trader Edge

AWS brings sovereign AI on-prem with new AI Factories alongside Trainium3 and Nvidia GB300 launches

3 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Amazon primed to fuse Nvidia's NVLink into 4th-gen Trainium accelerators

3 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Nvidia and AWS expand partnership with specialized AI hardware and software

3 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Amazon’s Custom Chips Pose Another Threat to Nvidia

3 months / wsj / Robbie Whelan

Trainium Chip Innovations

Amazon launches Trainium3

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Amazon unveils new AI chip in battle against Nvidia

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AWS Releases Trainium3 ASIC to Ease Reliance on NVIDIA Hardware

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AWS Unveils 3nm Trainium3 AI Chips and Pivots to Support Nvidia NVLink

Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases a Nvidia-friendly roadmap

3 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Amazon’s AI Resurgence: AWS & Anthropic’s Multi-Gigawatt Trainium Expansion

6 months / semianalysis / Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros

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AWS has been building its own AI chips – and systems – for years now. It just released its third version, known as Trainium3 with some impressive specs.

Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.

Audio language model startup Gradium raises $70M to create more realistic voice AI systems

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Audio artificial intelligence startup Gradium is launching today after closing on an impressive $70 million seed funding round, just three months after it was founded. The startup is backed by investors that include FirstMark Capital and Eurazeo, which le…

#ai #startups #vc #innovation #ml #voice #investment #technology

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs voice AI startup Gradium in $70m seed round

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Audio language model startup Gradium raises $70M to create more realistic voice AI systems

3 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Gradium Gets $70 Million to Turn Voice Into AI’s Universal Interface

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Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed

3 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

OpenAI’s Altman Declares ‘Code Red’ to Improve ChatGPT as Google Threatens AI Lead

Berber Jin / wsj - Sam Altman told employees they must focus on the company’s chatbot experience, to the exclusion of other priorities including advertising.

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Code Red Rally: Boosting ChatGPT Amid Fierce Rivalry (20)
User Impact: Global ChatGPT Outages Report (2)

Code Red Rally: Boosting ChatGPT Amid Fierce Rivalry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly declares ‘code red’ after rivals launch new LLMs

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares 'code red' to improve ChatGPT amid rising competition

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OpenAI’s ‘Code Red’ Crisis Memo Teases New Model and Ads in ChatGPT

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

OpenAI’s Altman Urges ‘Code Red’ ChatGPT Push, Information Says

3 months / bloomberg / Lynn Doan

OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ Because of Google Gemini 3, Pulse Assistant Delayed

Report: OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ Alert in Face of Increasing Google Gemini Threat

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

OpenAI is under pressure as Google, Anthropic gain ground

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OpenAI Suspends ChatGPT Ad Plans Following Code Red Declaration

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OpenAI declares ChatGPT 'code red' over stiff competition: Report

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OpenAI Delays Some Products Amid Competition From Google and Anthropic

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI's 'Code Red' Reveals a Company Fighting on the Wrong Front

3 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

OpenAI declares ‘Code Red’ as Google’s Gemini AI outpaces ChatGPT in industry benchmarks, report claims — Sam Altman sets all hands to the pump on flagship LLM, parks other projects

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Code Red At OpenAI: ChatGPT Improvements Coming Soon After Gemini 3 Scare

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OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race

3 months / theverge / Robert Hart

Altman memo: new OpenAI model coming next week, outperforming Gemini 3

ChatGPT Revamp Takes Center Stage as OpenAI Halts Ad Plans

3 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

OpenAI’s Sam Altman declares ‘code red’ after rivals make advances

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OpenAI plans to improve ChatGPT and delay initiatives, such as advertising, The Information reports

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OpenAI’s Altman Declares ‘Code Red’ to Improve ChatGPT as Google Threatens AI Lead

3 months / wsj / Berber Jin

Breaking: OpenAI declares 'code red' to respond to threats to ChatGPT and improve metrics, will delay ads and other initiatives

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User Impact: Global ChatGPT Outages Report

ChatGPT outage: OpenAI's chatbot is down for some users

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ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations dissapeared for users

3 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Retail operations automation startup Duvo raises $15M

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Automation startup Duvo says it’s ready to provide retail and e-commerce teams with an artificial intelligence agent workforce that handles their day-to-day operations after raising $15 million in seed funding. Today’s round was led by Index Ventures and …

#ai #startups #vc #automation #ecommerce #ml #aiethics #investment #business #technology

Duvo Raises $15M in Seed Funding

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Duvo Secures $15M To Power Retail With AI Workforce

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Retail operations automation startup Duvo raises $15M

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Duvo raises $15M to give retailers AI staff that cuts manual work by 40%

3 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Rohlik founder’s Duvo nabs $15M from Index Ventures for no-code retail AI

3 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Apple's AI Chief Is Stepping Down And A Microsoft Executive Is Filling His Place

bgr - Apple announced that the company's AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position and being replaced by Microsoft's Amar Subramanya.

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Executive Shakeup Signals Apple AI Overhaul (7)
Siri Setback Spurs Urgent Leadership Change (3)
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Executive Shakeup Signals Apple AI Overhaul

The man who ran Google’s Gemini now takes over Apple AI

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Amar Subramanya Named Apple’s New Artificial Intelligence Chief

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Apple names former Microsoft, Google executive to replace current AI chief

3 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down

3 months / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

Apple's AI Chief Is Stepping Down And A Microsoft Executive Is Filling His Place

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Apple replaces head of AI with executive poached from Microsoft

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Apple is making a big shakeup as it looks for an edge in AI

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Siri Setback Spurs Urgent Leadership Change

Apple Has Announced the Retirement and Apparent Replacement of the Guy Formerly in Charge of Siri

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Apple Revamps AI Leadership Amid Siri Delays

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Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure

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The move is being characterized as a shake-up, but was seemingly inevitable in retrospect.

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John Giannandrea is Leaving Apple

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Widely blamed for the problems Apple had adding AI to Siri, AI executive John Giannandrea is leaving the company.The post John Giannandrea is Leaving Apple appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Executive Shakeup: New AI Leadership Amid Siri Struggles (17)
Legacy Commentary: Reflecting on AI Leadership’s Impact (2)
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Executive Shakeup: New AI Leadership Amid Siri Struggles

Apple's head of AI resigns after Siri problems

Apple appoints new vice president of AI as John Giannandrea steps down

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Apple AI Chief John Giannandrea Retiring After Siri Delays

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Apple hires Google veteran as its new vice president of AI

3 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Apple Replaces AI Chief John Giannandrea with Former Google Exec Amid Siri Crisis

Apple AI Chief John Giannandrea Stepping Down, Top Microsoft Exec Hired as Replacement

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John Giannandrea is Leaving Apple

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Mark Gurman: ‘John Giannandrea Is Leaving the Company’

3 months / x / John Gruber

Apple’s AI Chief Steps Down Amid Struggles with Intelligence Platform

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Apple AI chief stepping down, company says

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Apple AI chief steps down amid Siri struggles

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Head of AI and ML John Giannandrea is retiring from Apple

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Apple's artificial intelligence chief is stepping down, company says

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Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure

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Apple’s AI Boss Is Retiring and a Former Microsoft Exec Is Taking Over

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Apple Artificial Intelligence Head to Leave After AI Struggles

3 months / bloomberg / Nick Turner

Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure

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Legacy Commentary: Reflecting on AI Leadership’s Impact

Yesterday, 20 mins in: "Who is in charge of AI? Right now it’s been John Giannandrea... it sort of feels like the writings on the wall there. That he will probably not be there for very much longer." Didn't expect "very much longer" to be a few hours...

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Apple owes its greatest strength in AI to Giannandrea

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Hmmm, the new AI guy at Apple spent 16 YEARS at Google, then four MONTHS at Microsoft, and now off to Cupertino?

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Apple has announced that senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, John Giannandrea, is retiring and being replaced by Amar Subramanya, formerly a Microsoft AI executive.

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DeepSeek ‘Integrates Thinking’ Into New AI Models

PYMNTS / pymnts - DeepSeek has debuted two new versions of an experimental artificial intelligence (AI) model. “DeepSeek-V3.2 is our first model to integrate thinking directly into tool-use, and also supports tool-use in both thinking and non-thinking modes,” the Chinese s…

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Competitive AI Challenge

China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

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DeepSeek Takes Aim at GPT-5

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DeepSeek Releases New Reasoning Models to Take On ChatGPT and Gemini

3 months / cnet / Imad Khan

OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.

#ai #vc #software #saas #enterprise #openai #investment #business #acquisitions #technology

Partnership with Thrive Holdings, to bring our technology into their businesses — which today is focused on accounting and IT services industries:

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OpenAI just made another circular deal

3 months / theverge / Elissa Welle

OpenAI money-go-round sees it invest in company that invested in OpenAI

3 months / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

OpenAI Launches Partnerships With Thrive and Accenture

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OpenAI buys stake in Thrive Holdings to push AI into accounting, IT services

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www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/o... adding complexity

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OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal

3 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

OpenAI takes stake in Thrive Holdings to help accelerate enterprise AI adoption

3 months / cnbc

OpenAI Pivots to “Service-as-Software” with Equity Stake in Thrive Holdings

Whisper Thunder: None other than Runway Gen-4.5,Outperforms Google Veo 3

New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Runway has released Gen-4.5, a new AI video model that has claimed the top spot on independent benchmarks, outperforming Google's Veo 3 and OpenAI's Sora 2 Pro.The post New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2 appeared fi…

#ai #ml #aiethics #genai #deeptech #creativity #media #technology #contentmoderation #animation

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New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2

Runway says its new text-to-video AI generator has ‘unprecedented’ accuracy

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Runway’s Gen-4.5 edges past Google and OpenAI in text-to-video benchmark

Introducing Gen-4.5 | Runway (previously known as Whisper Thunder aka David)

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Wayve doubles down on data with Quality Match acquisition

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Wayve, the London-based autonomous driving software unicorn, has acquired data quality assurance startup Quality Match as it pursues data accuracy as a cornerstone of its strategy. Based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Quality Match specialises in interpre…

#ai #bigdata #robotics #datascience #ml #selfdriving #aiethics #acquisitions #automotive #algorithm

Wayve doubles down on data with Quality Match acquisition

3 months / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Wayve Acquires Quality Match In Germany

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Wayve acquires German startup Quality Match

3 months / tech / John Reynolds

Europe’s hottest AI image startup Black Forest Labs bags $300M from a16z, NVIDIA and Salesforce Ventures

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The AI image generation market grapples with models that falter on complex prompts, produce inconsistent anatomy or text,…

#ai #startups #vc #ml #nvidia #aiethics #business #technology

Black Forest Labs Raises $300M at $3.25B Valuation

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Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation

3 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Black Forest Labs Hits $3.25B Valuation, Pivots to ‘Visual Intelligence’ with Series B

Black Forest Labs secures $300 million to accelerate its vision for advanced image models

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Black Forest Labs Raises $300M in Series B Funding

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Black Forest Labs Raises $300M Series B At $3.25B Valuation

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Used by Adobe, Canva and Meta, Germany’s Black Forest Labs lands €258 million to scale its visual-AI platform

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Europe’s hottest AI image startup Black Forest Labs bags $300M from a16z, NVIDIA and Salesforce Ventures

3 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Black Forest Labs secures $300M Series B at $3.25B valuation

3 months / tech / Cate Lawrence

German AI startup Black Forest Labs raises $300m Series B

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Microsoft Warns: Windows 11 Agentic Features May Hallucinate

techpowerup - A few days ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 is undergoing an agentic overhaul. The company indirectly warned that security vulnerabilities may be exposed, and today they issued an updated notice. "As these capabilities are introduced, AI models st…

#ai #cybersecurity #software #windows #microsoft #aiethics #genai #security #technology #operatingsystems

Windows 11 needs an XP SP2 moment, says ex-Microsoft engineer

3 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Microsoft Warns: Windows 11 Agentic Features May Hallucinate

3 months / techpowerup

Microsoft admits AI agents can hallucinate and fall for attacks, but they’re still coming to Windows 11

3 months / reddit / /u/rkhunter_

NY Becomes First State to Target AI-Driven Personalized Pricing

PYMNTS / pymnts - New York has become the first state to take action against so-called “personalized pricing.” As The New York Times reported Saturday (Nov. 29), a law enacted with the state’s budget requires retailers to notify customers about the use of the practice — al…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #government #us #pricing #privacy #law #algorithm #regulation

New York targets algorithmic pricing with first-in-the-US disclosure law