Smart Glasses Are Back, Privacy Issues Included
After the failure of Google Glass, smart glasses are re‑emerging, led by the Ray‑Ban Meta collaboration that blends fashion with AI‑enabled camera and microphone. Harvard students showed the device’s video can be fed into facial‑recognition systems to identify strangers, while Meta’s updated privacy policy stores voice recordings in the cloud for up to a year. Public backlash is growing as users record people without consent, and the LED recording indicator can be disabled. In workplaces, biometric data captured by the glasses triggers strict GDPR, BIPA, and CCPA obligations for employers.
Apollo Appoints New CEO to Scale Next Phase of Growth
Apollo.io announced Matt Curl as its new chief executive officer, succeeding founder Tim Zheng who will remain chairman. Curl, who has served as COO and advisor since 2019, helped drive the company’s recent operational improvements and margin expansion. Apollo now...
U.S. Robotics at Strategic Inflection Point, AUVSI-Backed Partnership for Robotics Competitiveness White Paper Warns
A new white paper from AUVSI’s Partnership for Robotics Competitiveness warns that the United States is at a drone‑sector‑style inflection point for robotics and physical AI. It argues that delayed, fragmented policy could let Chinese state‑backed firms dominate critical supply...
Qontext Closes $2.7M Pre-Seed Round to Develop a Context Layer for AI
Berlin‑based Qontext announced a $2.7 million pre‑seed round led by HV Capital, backed by AI‑infrastructure veterans. The startup builds an independent context layer that supplies AI systems with up‑to‑date, enterprise‑wide data. Its platform targets fragmented customer, product, and policy information that...
Cyberhaven Introduces Unified AI and Data Security Platform
Cyberhaven launched a unified AI‑driven Data Security Posture Management platform that integrates DSPM, DLP, insider risk management and AI security across endpoints, SaaS, cloud and on‑prem environments. The solution leverages comprehensive data lineage and agentic AI to provide continuous visibility,...
Neura Robotics and Drees & Sommer Launch Strategic Partnership for Robotics-Ready Buildings
Neura Robotics and Drees & Sommer have formed a strategic partnership to develop robotics‑ready buildings, beginning with automated sanitary facilities. The collaboration blends Neura's cognitive robotics and AI with Drees & Sommer's expertise in planning, sensor technology, digital twins, and...
Glossy Beauty Podcast: Why Creators Are Building Systems — Not Chasing Virality — on TikTok Shop
TikTok’s U.S. operation was sold for roughly $14 billion to a consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, underscoring the platform’s strategic value. Recent data shows TikTok Shop moved about $19 billion of goods globally in Q3 2024, rivaling legacy marketplaces. Brands...
Measuring AI Use Becomes a Business Requirement
A Larridin survey reveals a 16‑point visibility gap between executives and directors on AI usage, highlighting pervasive shadow AI and fragmented governance. Large enterprises run an average of 23 AI tools, yet only 38 percent maintain a comprehensive inventory, leaving many...
NVIDIA AI Release VibeTensor: An AI Generated Deep Learning Runtime Built End to End by Coding Agents Programmatically
NVIDIA has unveiled VibeTensor, an open‑source, CUDA‑first deep‑learning runtime generated largely by large language model‑driven coding agents. The stack provides a PyTorch‑style eager API with Python and experimental Node.js frontends, a C++20 core, reverse‑mode autograd, a stream‑ordered caching allocator, and...
Tribunal Partially Overturns Ruling on Bunnings Privacy Breach
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) partially overturned the Australian Information Commissioner’s finding that Bunnings breached privacy law with its facial‑recognition trial. While the tribunal accepted Bunnings’ reasonable belief that the technology was necessary to combat retail crime, it cleared the...
SMART and NUS Pioneer Neural Blueprint for Human-Like Intelligence in Soft Robots
SMART, NUS and MIT researchers unveiled a neuron‑inspired AI controller that lets soft robotic arms learn a full suite of motions once and instantly adapt to new conditions without retraining. The system combines offline‑trained structural synapses with online‑updating plastic synapses...
AI Foundation Model Aims to Make Stem Cell Therapies More Predictable
Harvard Medical School researchers have spun out Cellular Intelligence to create a foundation model that predicts stem‑cell behavior and scales production. The company leverages massive high‑throughput capsule experiments to train a machine‑learning system on developmental biology data. By uncovering the...
The World's First 'Biomimetic AI Robot' Just Strolled in From the Uncanny Valley —and Yes, It's Super-Creepy
Chinese startup Droidup unveiled Moya, a humanoid robot it dubs the world’s first fully biomimetic AI robot. The machine features warm, skin‑like polymer that maintains a human‑like temperature and a Walker 3 skeleton that claims 92 % walking accuracy. Moya’s camera‑eyes and...
Walmart Shopper Reportedly Buys Nvidia RTX 5080 at Almost Half-Price — Clearance Aisle Could Be a Way to Beat GPU...
Walmart’s clearance aisle is offering deep discounts on Nvidia GPUs, with a Reddit user reporting a PNY GeForce RTX 5080 purchased for $562—almost half its $999 MSRP. Similar markdowns include RTX 5070 cards at $439, roughly a one‑third price cut. The reductions...
How to Build Efficient Agentic Reasoning Systems by Dynamically Pruning Multiple Chain-of-Thought Paths Without Losing Accuracy
The tutorial introduces an agentic chain‑of‑thought pruning framework that generates multiple reasoning paths in parallel and dynamically discards them using consensus signals and early‑stop criteria. By leveraging self‑consistency, lightweight graph‑based agreement, and progressive sampling, the system reduces token consumption while...
Google AI Overviews Bug Removes Links & Citations
Google has acknowledged a bug in its AI Overviews feature that omits citation links from certain responses. The issue was first highlighted by SEO researcher Lily Ray, and Google’s VP of Search Engineering, Rajan Patel, confirmed the problem and said...
Google Parent Alphabet Predicts a Sharp Surge in 2026 Capital Spending on AI
Alphabet announced a capital‑expenditure target of $175‑$185 billion for 2026, far surpassing analysts’ $115.26 billion estimate. The guidance sent the stock down more than 6% in after‑hours trading. Google Cloud reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $17.7 billion, a 48% year‑over‑year increase that beat expectations....
The Knot Unveils ChatGPT App for Wedding Planning
The Knot launched its first ChatGPT app, integrating its wedding planning platform with OpenAI’s conversational AI. The app draws on the company’s vendor marketplace and over 14.6 million reviews to deliver personalized, visual‑first vendor recommendations, review summaries, and smart rankings. Couples...
Amazon to Begin Testing AI Tools for Film and TV Production Next Month
Amazon MGM Studios' AI Studio is moving from internal trials to a closed‑beta program in March, inviting select industry partners to test its proprietary AI tools for film and TV production. The tools aim to improve character consistency, streamline pre‑...
Google Maps Adds Gemini To A Major Feature In New Test
Google is testing a Gemini‑powered upgrade to the "Suggest an edit" feature in Google Maps, allowing users to submit location changes via natural‑language chat. Gemini can ask follow‑up questions to verify details before automatically submitting edits, streamlining the crowdsourced data...
Klarna Joins Google's AI Protocol; Payoneer Expands Footprint
Klarna has joined Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), enabling its buy‑now/pay‑later service to operate within Google’s AI‑driven shopping ecosystem. The protocol, now backed by major card brands and PayPal, seeks to standardise agentic AI interactions for safer, more transparent commerce....
Show HN: Morph – Videos of AI Testing Your PR, Embedded in GitHub
Glance is an AI‑powered testing tool that reads a pull‑request diff and automatically determines which UI interactions to exercise. It runs the tests in managed or developer‑provided browsers and captures video recordings, screenshots, console errors, and network logs. All artifacts...
Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Search Advocate John Mueller publicly dismissed the practice of serving raw Markdown files to AI crawlers, calling it a “stupid idea.” Developers experimenting with Next.js middleware claim the approach can slash token usage by up to 95 % for LLMs...
AT&T Turns to Autonomous AI Agents to Slash Fraud and Customer Wait Times
AT&T is rolling out autonomous AI agents to combat spam and fraud calls while streamlining internal processes. The network‑integrated digital receptionist, ActiveArmor, engages unknown callers in real time, disconnecting suspicious interactions or taking messages. Internally, the company’s partnership with Microsoft...
AWS Prototyping Team Delivered a Tutorial for MassRobotics Residents
The AWS Prototyping Team delivered a hands‑on tutorial to MassRobotics residents and Physical AI Working Group participants, outlining its mission and showcasing AWS tools for building physical AI systems. The session highlighted a natural‑language interface that lets users command the...
What A16z Is Actually Funding (and What It’s Ignoring) when It Comes to AI Infra
Andreessen Horowitz raised $15 billion, earmarking $1.7 billion for its AI infrastructure team. The infra group backs a range of startups—from chip designers to voice‑AI platforms like ElevenLabs and multimodal marketplaces such as Fal. Led by partner Jennifer Li, the team continues a...
Google Introduces Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash for Active Image Understanding
Google unveiled Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash, turning image understanding into an active, multi‑step process. The model now formulates a plan, executes Python code to manipulate images, and re‑examines the results before answering. Code execution delivers a reported 5‑10% quality lift...
Grainger Expands AI in Sales, Marketing, and KeepStock Tools
Grainger announced a 2026 AI expansion across its sales, marketing, and inventory services. The company will embed artificial intelligence into its SellerInsights platform to deliver prescriptive selling recommendations, new customer contacts, and coaching insights. Machine‑learning models will also optimize marketing...
Mandelson’s Links with US Tech Firm Palantir Must Be Fully Exposed, Campaigners Warn
Former Labour minister Peter Mandelson’s ties to US data‑analytics firm Palantir are under intense scrutiny after campaigners demanded full disclosure of his role in securing UK government contracts. Palantir, valued at $300 bn, holds more than £500 m in UK deals, including...
Former Workplace From Facebook Engineers Launch AI Startup Slashwork to Banish Teamwork Slop
Former Facebook Workplace engineers have launched Slashwork, an AI‑first enterprise collaboration platform, announcing a $3.5 million seed round led by 20VC. The team, which includes ex‑Workplace leaders and investors such as former Slack CTO Cal Henderson and Intercom co‑founder Des Traynor,...
Build a 2D Space Shooter with Phaser and Claude Code
Peter Yang’s tutorial shows how to build a retro 2D space shooter using the Phaser framework together with Claude Code, an AI coding assistant. The five‑step workflow starts with project setup via Cursor, leverages free pixel‑art assets, and uses Claude’s...
Equifax Says AI Tools Help Drive New Product Innovation to Record High
Equifax reported that AI tools and its cloud platform powered a record‑high Vitality Index in 2025, with 90% of employees using AI and 1,900 developers leveraging AI coding assistants. The firm added 40 AI patents, bringing its total to over...
Resolve AI
Resolve AI has launched a multi‑agent system that operates across code, infrastructure, and telemetry to automatically triage alerts and investigate incidents. Unlike traditional tools that merely correlate signals, the platform conducts structured investigations that emulate expert production engineers. It transforms...
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is expanding AI-driven interaction through two core offerings: the Agents Platform, which lets businesses deploy scalable voice and chat agents, and the Creative Platform, which generates speech, music, images, and video in over 70 languages. Both platforms are built...
Cerebras Systems Raises $1 Billion Series H
Cerebras Systems closed a $1 billion Series H financing round, valuing the company at roughly $23 billion post‑money. The round was led by Tiger Global and included investors such as Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD and Coatue. Proceeds will accelerate production of the Wafer Scale...
Cerebras Closes $1 Billion Funding Round at $23 Billion Valuation After Landing OpenAI Deal
Cerebras Systems announced a financing round exceeding $1 billion, lifting its valuation to roughly $23 billion. The round was led by Tiger Global and featured investors such as Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD, and Coatue. The capital infusion follows a newly disclosed multi‑year, $10 billion...
TUM Unveils EU’s 1st 7nm AI Chip with Local Processing and RISC-V Architecture
Technical University of Munich unveiled the EU’s first 7‑nanometer AI chip, a neuromorphic processor built on an open‑source RISC‑V architecture. Designed by Prof. Hussam Amrouch, the chip processes data locally, promising higher privacy and security than cloud‑centric solutions. Production will shift...
YouTube Expands Auto-Dubbing to All Creators
YouTube is rolling out its auto‑dubbing feature to all creators, expanding language support from eight to twenty‑seven. The tool automatically translates videos and lets creators review scripts before publishing. New “Expressive Speech” AI adds emotional nuance in eight languages, and...
BoldVoice Raises $21M Series A to Give a Billion Non-Native English Speakers Their Own AI Voice Coach
BoldVoice announced a $21 million Series A round led by Matrix, with participation from Flybridge, Xfund, Corazon Capital, Alumni Ventures, Umami Capital and Y Combinator. The AI‑powered voice‑coaching platform has surpassed five million downloads and generated $10 million in annual recurring revenue. Its proprietary speech...
Chinese AI Video Model Kling 3.0 Takes Another Step Toward Usable Creative Assets
Kling, a Chinese AI firm, launched Kling 3.0, an all‑in‑one multimodal creative engine for video and image generation. The model delivers 15‑second video clips with improved character consistency, multi‑shot recording, and 4K image output with cinematic visuals. Audio capabilities now include...
ElevenLabs Closes $500M at $11B Valuation to Expand Voice AI Into Multimodal Agents
ElevenLabs announced a $500 million financing round led by Sequoia Capital, lifting its valuation to $11 billion—more than triple the level a year earlier. The round also brought Sequoia partner Andrew Reed onto the board and saw existing investors such as Andreessen...
OpenScholar AI Model Achieves Human-Level Accuracy in Synthesizing and Citing Scientific Research
OpenScholar, a new AI model from the University of Washington and the Allen Institute for AI, leverages a 45‑million‑paper corpus and retrieval‑augmented generation to synthesize scientific literature with human‑level accuracy. In benchmark testing on ScholarQABench, it outperformed GPT‑4o and Meta...
AI Tool Promises to Pinpoint Which Men Over 60 with Prostate Cancer Need Follow-Up
Researchers at Norway’s NTNU unveiled PROVIZ, an AI‑driven tool that analyzes prostate MRI scans to identify lesions needing biopsy in men over 60. Early testing at St Olavs Hospital showed the system can flag suspicious areas with higher sensitivity, potentially reducing...
Roblox’s 4D Creation Feature Is Now Available in Open Beta
Roblox has opened beta testing for its 4D creation feature, extending AI‑generated assets beyond static 3D models to include interactive behavior. The rollout follows the successful Cube 3D tool, which has produced over 1.8 million objects since March. Two initial schemas—Car‑5 and...
'A Bet for the Future of Cybersecurity' – Nord Security Hits 400 Patents as Race for Solutions Against Next-Gen Threats...
Nord Security announced it now holds over 400 patents worldwide, a four‑fold increase since 2023, underscoring a rapid escalation in its R&D efforts. The bulk of the filings target VPN protocols, advanced identity management, machine‑learning threat detection, and quantum‑resistant cryptography....
Embedded Payments Give SaaS a Lifeline as AI Reshapes Workflows
AI-driven agentic systems are unsettling traditional SaaS subscription models, prompting a sharp sell‑off that saw software indexes tumble over 14% and marquee names like Thomson Reuters and Salesforce plunge double‑digit percentages. Investors fear that conversational AI could bypass entire application...
EnFi Secures $15m Series A to Scale AI Credit Workforce
EnFi, an AI-native platform that supplies virtual agents for commercial lending, announced a $15 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $22.5 million. The round was led by FINTOP with participation from Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Boston...
KSAT Rolls Out AI Driven Maritime Monitoring Platform
KSAT has launched the Vake Powered By KSAT platform, an AI‑driven maritime monitoring service that fuses optical, radio‑frequency and radar data from 15 satellite providers. The system detects, identifies and tracks dark vessels from space, delivering insights through a single...
Microsoft's Copilot Chatbot Is Running Into Problems
Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot, the centerpiece of its AI‑first strategy, is encountering significant hurdles. Users and former staff cite confusing branding and poor interoperability with other Microsoft tools. Adoption among enterprise customers remains modest and is slipping relative to rivals like...
Cracking the Rules of Gene Regulation with Experimental Elegance and AI
Scientists at the Netherlands Cancer Institute unveiled PARM, a lightweight deep‑learning model that accurately predicts gene‑regulatory activity across cell types. By coupling millions of high‑precision experimental measurements with AI, the team decoded the DNA “on‑off” language that governs gene expression....