Synthesia raises $200M at $4B valuation to build worker skills using AI avatars
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - London-based Synthesia Ltd., an artificial intelligence video avatar platform, today announced that it has raised $200 million in a late-stage funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4 billion. Founded in 2017, Synthesia offers a platform that gener…
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Your browser already runs hostile code. Could it sandbox AI agents too?
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Google's Paul Kinlan argues browsers' 30-year security model could sandbox AI agents without container overhead. Here's how Co-do proves the concept.
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Report reveals that OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cites Grokipedia
Jackson Chen / engadget - OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its "most advanced frontier model for professional work," but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered b…
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Agileday Raises €6.4M in Series A Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Agileday, a Helsinki, Finland-based developer of a people-centric operating platform for professional services, raised €6.4m in Series A funding. The round was led by Newion, with participation from Specialist VC, Vendep Capital, and Business Finland. The…
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vLLM Team Launches Startup Inferact, Raises $150M to Build AI Inference Engines
pandaily - The founding of Inferact and its massive $150 million seed round signal that AI inference infrastructure is quickly becoming a top priority for both builders and investors.
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Google Deepmind Hires Hume AI CEO and Engineers in Licensing Deal as Voice AI Race Heats Up
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google DeepMind has hired Hume AI CEO Alan Cowen and seven engineers through a licensing deal to integrate emotional intelligence into voice AI technology.The post Google Deepmind Hires Hume AI CEO and Engineers in Licensing Deal as Voice AI Race Heats Up…
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How Craig Federighi is Fixing Apple’s AI Strategy
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple is overhauling its AI strategy under Craig Federighi, with Siri set to become a full AI chatbot powered by Google Gemini.The post How Craig Federighi is Fixing Apple’s AI Strategy first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Healthcare AI startup OpenEvidence raises $250M at $12B valuation
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - OpenEvidence Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence software for physicians, today disclosed that it has raised $250 million in funding. Thrive Capital and DST Global led the investment. It values OpenEvidence at $12 billion, more than 10 t…
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Amazon (AMZN) Stock: New AI Assistant Takes On OpenAI in Healthcare Race
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Amazon launched Health AI for One Medical members, using large language models to answer health questions based on medical records, lab results, and medications The AI tool can manage medications and book appointments with One Medical providers throu…
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Meta Ships Superintelligence. Calls It 'Very Good.'
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Meta ships first superintelligence models, calls them "very good." OpenAI profiles users for adult mode. Anthropic CEO likens chip exports to nukes.
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Ukrainian-founded language learning edtech Preply hits $1.2B valuation with $150M Series D
Cate Lawrence / tech - Ukrainian-founded language learning marketplace Preply has raised $150 million Series D funding led by WestCap with support from Índico Capital Partners. This latest round brings Preply’s total fundin...
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Fracttal Raises $35M in Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Fracttal, a Madrid, Spain-based AI-powered maintenance management and physical asset software company, raised $35M in funding. The round was led by Riverwood Capital, with participation from existing investors, including Seaya Ventures. The company intend…
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Bolna nabs $6.3M from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Bolna said that 75% of its revenue is coming from self-serve customers.
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GeneralMind, AI Startup Secures €10.2 Million Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based GeneralMind, an AI startup developing its own “System of Action” an operational AI layer built on top of ERP systems has closed a €10.2 million ($12 million) equity financing round. The company completed this round less than six months after …
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Nvidia Contacted Anna's Archive To Secure Access To Millions of Pirated Books
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, sever…
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Tesla Completes AI5 Chip, Revives Dojo 3 with Intel Packaging Deal
techpowerup - Tesla has finalized the development of its AI5 automotive processor, allowing for production at TSMC and Samsung facilities. This advancement also revives the previously halted Dojo 3 supercomputer project. CEO Elon Musk announced that the AI5 chip will o…
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GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!
@gdb / x - GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!Neel Somani (@neelsomani)I've solved a second Erdos problem (#281) using only GPT 5.2 Pro - no prior solutions found.Terence Tao calls …
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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
Bradley Olson / wsj - Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.
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Black Forest Labs launches FLUX.2 klein AI models
Erin / testingcatalog - What's new? Black Forest Labs debuted FLUX.2 [Klein] 4B via Apache 2.0 and 9B via FLUX non commercial license with sub second inference on consumer GPUs;
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Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Two co-founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are heading back to OpenAI, alongside Sam Schoenholz, another former OpenAI staffer who had joined the startup.The post Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI appeared first on eWEEK.
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