ai Privacy Experts Warn Against Uploading Medical Scans to AI Chatbots Security advocates urge people to stop sharing sensitive medical images like X-rays and MRIs with AI chatbots. Uploading this data risks exposing private health information and potentially feeds it into AI training datasets without strict protections.
ai Swiss Chapel Installs AI Jesus Inside Confessional Booth A chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, places an AI avatar inside a confessional to dispense spiritual advice. The experiment draws mixed reactions from parishioners testing the 24/7 digital counselor.
google Justice Department Pushes Google to Sell Chrome Browser in Antitrust Remedy Federal prosecutors urge a judge to force Google to spin off its Chrome browser following a landmark antitrust win. The proposed penalties also target Google's AI initiatives and Android operating system.
factiverse Norwegian Startup Factiverse Uses AI to Combat Rising Online Disinformation Factiverse develops a B2B tool that provides live fact-checking for text, video, and audio to combat the rapid spread of AI-generated disinformation. The startup relies on curated data rather than standard large language models to verify claims in real time.
bluesky Bluesky Vows Not to Train AI on User Posts Amid X Policy Shift As X implements new terms allowing AI training on public posts, surging rival Bluesky explicitly promises it has no intention of using user content for generative AI models.
apple Apple Brings AI and Spatial Video Editing to Final Cut Pro 11 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 11, marking the first major version upgrade in 13 years with a strong focus on artificial intelligence. The update introduces AI-powered masking, automatic captioning, and new tools for editing spatial video.
stepful Stepful Secures $31.5M to Train Healthcare Workers via AI Stepful uses AI to train people for entry-level healthcare roles in just four months. The startup recently raised $31.5 million in Series B funding to expand its mission of solving the healthcare staffing shortage.
deepfakes Deepfake Disinformation Thrives in the Shadows, Missing the Mainstream A deepfake tracking nonprofit warns that while AI disinformation seems scarce to most Americans, millions of people encounter highly targeted fakes in private messaging apps.
anysphere Anysphere Reaches $2.5 Billion Valuation as Investors Battle Over Cursor Maker Top venture capital firms are engaged in an unsolicited bidding war for Anysphere, the creator of the popular AI coding assistant Cursor. The startup's rapid revenue growth drives offers that soar far above its $400 million valuation from just four months ago.
amazon Amazon Considers Multi-Billion Dollar Anthropic Investment With Chip Catch Amazon is in talks to invest billions more into AI startup Anthropic, but only if the company agrees to use Amazon's custom silicon for training. The deal comes as Anthropic faces massive expenses and seeks new funding at a $40 billion valuation.
perplexity Perplexity Wins AI Election Night While Rivals Stumble or Sit Out Perplexity provides accurate, real-time election results while competitors like Grok fail and ChatGPT refuses to answer. This success highlights both the startup's capabilities and its growing conflicts with traditional media publishers.
ai Grok Shares False Election Results While Other AI Chatbots Hold Back Most major AI chatbots refuse to answer questions about U.S. presidential election results, but Elon Musk's Grok spreads misinformation by falsely declaring winners in key states before counting finishes.
nvidia Nvidia Overtakes Apple as World's Most Valuable Company Nvidia surpasses Apple in market capitalization to claim the title of the world's largest company, driven by massive global demand for artificial intelligence hardware.
physical intelligence Physical Intelligence Secures $400M to Build Universal Robot Brain Physical Intelligence raises $400 million at a $2.4 billion valuation to develop a universal AI model that acts as a brain for any robot. The startup's pi-zero model enables machines to understand the physical world and complete complex, multi-step tasks through simple user instructions.
coatue Coatue Management Secures $1 Billion Fund for Artificial Intelligence Startups Coatue Management raises $1 billion from institutional investors to specifically target artificial intelligence companies. The hedge fund shifts its strategy after significantly slowing its overall startup investment pace since 2021.