What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display that doesn’t even look digital. Digital frames have always been so popular […]
Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is […]
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.
The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees
Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what’s next is less clear.
The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t
There’s a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega round
Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush” marches on.
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.