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New York becomes first US state to impose a data center moratorium
Governor Hochul signs an executive order pausing permits for hyperscale data centers, citing AI‑driven power demands and environmental concerns.
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Former OpenAI CTO releases frontier AI model "Inkling"
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab unveils a 975‑billion‑parameter open‑weights model, the largest American LLM to date, offering developers a highly permissive Apache‑licensed alternative to proprietary systems.
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Top AI tools such as OpenClaw and Github Copilot can be hijacked to create new massive botnets
Researchers show how popular AI assistants can be subverted to launch large‑scale botnets, a new vulnerability dubbed HalluSquatting.
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Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf is advising Innovation Labs to create a DNS‑based identity system for AI agents, aiming to enable autonomous agents to operate across the open web.
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Thinking Machines Lab raises $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation
Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines, secured a $2 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Nvidia, Cisco, and others.
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Chai Discovery raises $400M for AI drug discovery as big pharma bets on machine learning over blockchain
The AI‑driven biotech startup secured $400 million, with backers including OpenAI, Pfizer and Eli Lilly, to accelerate antibody design.
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Exclusive: Instalily AI raises $60M for AI forward‑deployed engineers
Instalily AI secured $60 million Series B to support its AI‑forward‑deployed engineer product, targeting enterprise systems and data‑model maintenance.
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PolicyStreet tops up Series C to US$26 million with additional US$5 million from BlueOrchard as it doubles down on embedded insurance across Asia
Southeast Asia’s leading insurtech, PolicyStreet, secured an additional $5 million in its Series C round, bringing total funding to $26 million to expand its embedded insurance ecosystem.
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Hostie raises $12 million to expand its virtual concierge for restaurants
San Francisco‑based AI startup Hostie secured $12 million in Series A funding to grow its AI‑powered virtual concierge that handles calls, texts and reservations for restaurants.
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SambaNova Raises $1 B for AI Inference Chips
SambaNova Systems raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation to expand its inference hardware and on‑premise deployments.
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Lyzr Secures $100M After Using Its Own AI Agent to Handle Fundraising Outreach
The AI‑agent platform Lyzr raised $100 million in Series B funding by automating investor outreach, generating $400 million in interest and demonstrating the power of self‑servicing AI.
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If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
Google’s recent privacy update now stores more user media to improve AI models, and the article explains how users can opt out of this data collection.
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xAI is now officially known as SpaceXAI
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has been rebranded as SpaceXAI following its merger with SpaceX, unveiling a new logo and brand identity.
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US lifts export restrictions on Anthropic’s advanced AI models
The U.S. government has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, allowing global availability after a brief suspension.
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OpenAI launches GPT‑5.6, the most powerful model yet
OpenAI unveiled GPT‑5.6, a new family of models that promise higher performance and lower cost per token, marking a significant leap in AI capability.
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OpenAI launches GPT‑5.6 family with new coding and agent capabilities
OpenAI unveiled the GPT‑5.6 models, offering three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—alongside a new ultra setting that boosts performance for demanding AI tasks.
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SpaceXAI launches new model, Grok 4.5
SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.5, its newest agentic‑coding model that outperforms competitors on engineering benchmarks and is priced aggressively for enterprise use.
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Introducing Grok 4.5
SpaceXAI unveiled Grok 4.5, a new mixture‑of‑experts LLM trained on trillions of real‑world coding tokens. It targets complex software‑engineering, autonomous‑agent workflows and broader enterprise knowledge tasks, priced at $2 / M input and $6 / M output tokens.
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C4N, now GA: Delivering cloud’s highest per vCPU network and block storage I/O for x86 workloads
Google Cloud announced the general availability of C4N instances, a network‑ and storage‑optimized VM family that delivers up to 400 Gbps of network bandwidth and 25 GiB/s of block‑storage throughput for demanding workloads.
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Tesla launches startup challenge to scale Giga Berlin battery cells
Tesla is opening its Gigafactory Berlin to outside startups through a new “Cell Giga Challenge,” inviting them to pilot technologies inside its live battery cell production line.
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Microsoft joins AI cost‑cutting trend by relying more on its own models
Microsoft is shifting from OpenAI and Anthropic models to its own in‑house AI, aiming to reduce costs across Office 365 applications.
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Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs, including 3,200 in Xbox division
Microsoft announced a 2.1% workforce reduction, with 3,200 Xbox staff and 1,600 more to leave in FY2027, as it scales back its gaming unit.
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Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
Google’s massive AI data‑center expansion has pushed its electricity consumption up by more than a third compared with the previous year, raising questions about the sustainability of large‑scale AI deployments.
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Nvidia launches revenue‑sharing AI cloud financing
Nvidia introduces a financing model that lets AI cloud providers buy its infrastructure and share revenue from the services built on it, expanding access to large‑scale AI compute for startups and enterprises.