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Thursday, April 16, 2026
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AI resurrects late Val Kilmer in unsettling trailer
The drama "As Deep as the Grave" uses generative AI to insert a digital version of Val Kilmer, who died in 2025, into a role he never filmed. The trailer, released with the consent of Kilmer’s estate, shows an uncanny, poorly rendered performance that many viewers find unsettling.
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By the numbers: Artemis raises $70M in combined seed and Series A round
🚀 Top AI Headlines
AI Bots - a New Risk and Opportunity for CIOs to Manage
Digital leaders are seeing an increasing amount of automated bots crawling their estates and driving up costs, as well as threats
Diginomica
AI Model Finds Hidden High-Performance Dielectric Materials by Learning the Underlying Physics
A physics-based AI model identifies new high-dielectric materials by modeling atomic behavior, enabling faster and more accurate materials discovery.
Nanowerk
Darkbloom – Private Inference on Idle Macs
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Stop Planning. Start Learning. That’s the AI Playbook That’s Actually Working.
AI adoption isn’t a project you plan and then execute, it’s a journey you learn by walking. Organizations that wait for a perfect strategy before...Read More The post Stop Planning. Start Learning. That’s the AI Playbook That’s Actually Working. appeared first on ISHIR | Custom AI Software Development Dallas Fort-Worth Texas. The post Stop Planning. Start Learning. That’s the AI Playbook That’s Actually Working. appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Security Boulevard
Regulators Confront AI-Driven Cyber Risk After Anthropic Warning
British regulators are moving quickly to assess the implications of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, after reports that the system has identified thousands of serious software vulnerabilities across... read more The post Regulators confront AI-driven cyber risk after Anthropic warning appeared first on Payments Industry Intelligence.
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💰 AI Fundraising
Parasail Raises $32M Series A for Its Pay-per-Token Inference Cloud
Parasail Inc., an AI infrastructure startup, announced a $32 million Series A round led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, with participation from Samsung Electronics’ startup investment arm. The funding will be used to enhance its AI Supercloud platform, expand its partner ecosystem, and boost go‑to‑market initiatives.
SolvaPay Raises $2.6M Pre‑seed Round Led by Redstone and MS&AD Ventures
Stockholm‑based AI payments platform SolvaPay closed a $2.6 million pre‑seed funding round to build AI‑native payment infrastructure for the emerging agentic commerce market. The round was led by Redstone and MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler and Greens Ventures. The capital will accelerate product development, expand the engineering team, and support early adoption among SaaS and API providers.
Wayve Raises $60M From AMD, Arm and Qualcomm Ventures
London-based autonomous vehicle startup Wayve announced a $60 million funding round from chipmakers AMD, Arm and Qualcomm Ventures. The investment will support Wayve's global expansion and development of its AI driver platform for robotaxi fleets, building on its $1.2 bn Series D raise earlier this year. The round values the company at $8.6 bn.
