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Al Gore Says AI Safety Warnings, Not Data Center Emissions, Are the Real Concern
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AUTOMATION
AMC Robotics Secures Up to $50M Equity Facility to Fund Robot Manufacturing Plant
AMC Robotics announced it has entered into a $50 million standby equity purchase agreement to help fund construction and commissioning…
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Lean models start beating the giants on cost per task
Stablecoin rails quietly become bank infrastructure
Solo founders land real institutional funding
Inference gets cheaper every quarter, not slower
Autonomous agents close support tickets without a human
Core banking goes API-first, one branch at a time
Synthetic data starts outpacing real data in training runs
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AUTOMATION
Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff
The Adecco Group is rolling out Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries following a pilot in…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
New method enables AI for safety-critical situations | MIT News
MIT researchers have developed a new technique that helps generative artificial intelligence models find solutions to high-stakes problems.…
FINTECH
Measure by measure, studying society accurately | MIT News
As it happens, Egami’s interests range widely. Years ago, before the current artificial intelligence craze, he started studying…
STARTUPS
Apple Watch Series 12 Review: Finally, a Readiness Score (2026)
Apple is also making the watch easier to navigate with one hand, adding a single-tap gesture to Apple’s…
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Superpose Secures $2.2M for AI-Powered Photo Posing App
Superpose, an iOS camera app founded by former TikTok employees Melody Chu and Jing Liu, has raised $2.2 million in funding…
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Huawei Moves Up Launch of Next-Generation Ascend 960DT AI Chip to Early 2027
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Kidz AI Secures $1.9M to Expand Educational Robotics Platform
STARTUPS
Gartner outlines four AI tiers in warehouse automation
AUTOMATION
A new chapter for MIT Reads | MIT News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
FINTECH
An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking Gang
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Read past the headline number
A rate cut or a funding round means little without the base it’s measured against. Check the comparison period before you react.
Follow the compute, not the hype
Model announcements move fast; the compute and data behind them move slower. That’s usually where the real signal sits.
Automation ships in stages
Most “fully autonomous” launches run as a human-reviewed pilot for months before the claim is actually true.
New rails still need old guardrails
Stablecoins and instant payments inherit the fraud and compliance risk of the systems they replace, not the other way round.
Runway math beats valuation math
A markup means little if it buys fewer months than the round before it. Ask about runway before you ask about the multiple.
Defaults shape default behaviour
Most people never touch a tool’s default settings. If you’re building one, that default is the product you’re actually shipping.
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ChatGPT pioneer launches Jev model for programmatic logic
FINTECH
Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’
STARTUPS
New AI technique could make minimally invasive surgeries safer and more precise | MIT News
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Synapse Analytics Raises $13M Series A to Expand AI Decisioning Infrastructure for Financial Institutions
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