AI Startup Raises $13M to Combat Deepfakes
Toronto‑San Francisco startup Resemble AI announced a $13 million Series round, bringing its total capital to $25 million. The funding, led by investors such as Google’s AI Futures Fund and Okta Ventures, will accelerate global expansion and further development of its deepfake detection suite. Resemble’s flagship Detect‑3B Omni model claims 98 % accuracy across more than 40 languages, while its Intelligence platform adds contextual analysis. The company warns deepfake‑driven fraud has already cost businesses $1.56 billion this year, projected to rise sharply.
Meet ‘Fuzozo,’ the AI Emotional Companion Debuting at CES 2026
The AI emotional companion Fuzozo, resembling a Star Trek Tribble, debuted at CES 2026 backed by Tuya Smart’s cloud platform and Robopoet’s robotics expertise. Fuzozo recognizes owners, purrs, moves, and stays connected via cellular or Wi‑Fi, positioning it as a next‑generation personal...
Neocloud Providers Look to Network AI Data Centers
Neocloud providers such as CoreWeave, Nebius and Lambda are scaling GPU‑as‑a‑service offerings, prompting analysts to forecast a trillion‑dollar wave of capital expenditures for AI data‑center infrastructure. The rapid expansion demands high‑capacity optical networking to interconnect dispersed training and inference clusters,...
AWS’s Legacy Will Be in AI Success
Amazon Web Services is accelerating its shift from chatbots to agentic AI, positioning the technology as a multi‑billion‑dollar platform layer. AWS has created a dedicated agentic AI group and launched Bedrock AgentCore to let enterprises build, deploy, and monitor autonomous...
Your LG TV May Get an Unremovable Microsoft Copilot App in Its Next Update, and Yes, Users Are Annoyed
LG’s latest webOS firmware automatically installs a Microsoft Copilot app on compatible TVs, and the software cannot be uninstalled. The move has sparked backlash on social platforms, with users likening it to forced bloatware and expressing privacy worries about microphone...
Hottest Deals In Tech Push Crunchbase Unicorn Board Toward $7T In Value
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board is on track to hit $7 trillion in collective value, adding $1.6 trillion this year – the second‑largest annual surge on record. OpenAI now leads the list at a $500 billion valuation, followed closely by ByteDance and SpaceX. The...
IRobot Has Been Saved From Oblivion by a Mysterious Chinese Robo-Vac Giant – Here's What that Means
iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be acquired by Chinese manufacturer Picea Robotics, which already produced Roombas for the brand. The bankruptcy stems from intense competition and high U.S. tariffs, but Picea assures customers that product support, supply...
How to Spot AI Christmas Cards This Year — and Which Chatbot Is Best at Writing Them
Royal Mail research predicts eight million Britons will use AI to write Christmas cards this year. To test the feasibility, TechRadar contributor Becca asked five leading chatbots – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok – to draft a heartfelt note...
The RAM Crisis Will See Smartphone Specs Go Backwards in 2026, Experts Warn – Here's Why
Rising RAM prices, driven by AI data‑center demand, are prompting analysts to warn that smartphone memory capacities could regress by 2026. TrendForce predicts high‑end models will stall at 12 GB instead of moving to 16 GB, while mid‑range and low‑end devices may...
AI Might Not Be Coming for Lawyers’ Jobs Anytime Soon
Law firms are rapidly integrating generative AI tools for document review and contract drafting, but the technology still falls short on complex legal reasoning. Recent benchmarks reveal large language models scoring under 40% on difficult legal tasks and frequently hallucinating...
How to Transform AI From a Tool Into a Partner
The article outlines a roadmap for evolving AI from a simple automation tool to a strategic partner. In Stage 1, AI performs narrow, repetitive tasks while humans retain full decision authority, exemplified by document classifiers and chatbots. Stage 2 introduces AI‑driven analysis...
Dreame's New Matrix10 Ultra Takes Robovac Smarts to the Next Level
Dreame unveiled the Matrix10 Ultra, a high‑end robot vacuum‑mop that upgrades navigation, obstacle avoidance and cleaning versatility. It combines a 30,000 Pa suction motor, 4.2 cm step‑climbing, AI‑driven recognition of over 240 objects and a unique three‑set mop‑pad system that swaps and...
Bolmo’s Architecture Unlocks Efficient Byte‑level LM Training without Sacrificing Quality
The Allen Institute for AI unveiled Bolmo, a family of open‑source byte‑level language models (7B and 1B) built by "bytefying" its Olmo 3 architecture. By operating directly on raw UTF‑8 bytes, Bolmo eliminates the need for tokenizers, improving robustness to misspellings,...
Why Agentic AI Needs a New Category of Customer Data
Twilio argues that the data infrastructure behind most enterprises was built for batch‑oriented marketing, not the millisecond‑level, context‑rich interactions demanded by agentic AI. Conversational AI needs a new category of customer data—real‑time conversational memory that captures tone, intent, and sentiment...
Grok Got Crucial Facts Wrong About Bondi Beach Shooting
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok circulated multiple inaccuracies about the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Australia. The AI misidentified the civilian hero, Ahmed al Ahmed, as an Israeli hostage and even fabricated a different rescuer named Edward Crabtree. It also injected irrelevant...
Grok Is Spreading Misinformation About the Bondi Beach Shooting
xAI’s Grok chatbot has been spreading false information about the Bondi Beach shooting, repeatedly misidentifying hero Ahmed al Ahmed and sharing fabricated stories. The misinformation includes a fake article naming a non‑existent IT professional, misattributed images, and unrelated video clips,...
Amazon Kindle’s New In-App AI Feature Lets Users Ask Questions on Books: Report
Amazon is testing a new AI feature called “Ask This Book” on its Kindle iOS app. The tool lets readers highlight any passage and ask questions, receiving AI‑generated answers without leaving the page. It is currently enabled for thousands of...
Cursor Launches Visual Editor, an AI Agent Tool that Extends Vibe-Coding to Web App Design
Cursor introduced Visual Editor, an AI‑agent‑driven visual UI builder that lets developers and designers edit web apps through drag‑and‑drop and natural‑language prompts. The tool lives inside the Cursor Browser, merging code, design panels, and a chat interface in a single...
AI Data Center Boom Could Be Bad News for Other Infrastructure Projects
AI‑driven data‑center construction is surging, with private spending reaching an annualized $41 billion—roughly equal to state and local governments' transportation outlays. Governments have sold a record $600 billion in debt to fund infrastructure, but the data‑center boom is siphoning labor and capital....
New US Border Checks Could Involve Scanning Your Last Five Years of Social Media History– Here's What You Need to...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed a rule requiring all visitors to have their social‑media activity from the past five years screened before entry. The proposal also mandates submission of email addresses, phone numbers, family member details, a photo,...
What Is Agentic AI and Why Banks Are Betting on It for Frontline Sales
Agentic AI, an autonomous decision‑making technology, is being deployed across frontline banking to automate sales workflows and enhance lead quality. Early adopters reported revenue per relationship manager rising between 3% and 15% while client‑service costs fell 20%‑40% within months. The...
Did AMD Just Launch the Fastest Silent Video Cards Ever? Passively Cooled 32GB DDR6 Radeon AI Pro R9700S Debuts with...
AMD unveiled the Radeon AI PRO R9700S, a passively cooled workstation GPU that delivers 47.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 32 GB of GDDR6 memory. The card retains the Navi 48 RDNA4 architecture with 64 compute units and a 2,920 MHz boost clock, while drawing...
Amazon Pulls Error-Filled 'Fallout' AI Video Recaps From Prime Video
Amazon rolled out AI‑generated video recaps on Prime Video to help viewers catch up on series before new seasons. The first Fallout recap contained glaring mistakes, including a 120‑year timeline error and a mischaracterized protagonist motivation. After gaming and tech...
This Zotac Mini PC Has the Most Powerful GPU Ever Bundled in a PC of This Size — 16GB GeForce...
Zotac unveiled the ZBOX MAGNUS EN275060TC, a 2.65‑liter mini PC that houses a full‑desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB of VRAM. The system uses a hybrid PCIe x8 5.0 + x8 5.0 architecture that powers the GPU without an external connector. Benchmarks show the RTX 5060 Ti delivering...
How to Design a Fully Local Agentic Storytelling Pipeline Using Griptape Workflows, Hugging Face Models, and Modular Creative Task Orchestration
The article walks through building a fully local, API‑free storytelling system using Griptape and a TinyLlama model from Hugging Face. It demonstrates an agent equipped with a calculator tool, hierarchical world‑generation and character tasks, and a final story‑writing task governed by...
Scientists Built an AI Co-Pilot for Prosthetic Bionic Hands
Researchers at the University of Utah have created an AI‑powered co‑pilot for bionic hands that autonomously adjusts grip force and finger positioning. By outfitting a commercial prosthetic with silicone‑wrapped pressure and proximity sensors, the system learned to recognize objects and...
Salesforce Says Per-User Pricing Will Be New AI Norm
Salesforce announced it will return to per‑user, seat‑based pricing for its AI suite after experimenting with usage‑based models. CEO Marc Benioff says the company can justify three‑to‑four‑fold price hikes because AI tools can deliver up to ten times more value....
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Why AI Errors Are Inevitable and What that Means for Healthcare
AI systems inevitably produce errors because of inherent data and model limitations, a fact highlighted by everyday mishaps from misheard voice assistants to hallucinating chatbots. The article warns that extending AI into high‑stakes domains like healthcare—exemplified by a 2025 U.S....
The Future of Creativity with AI, Art and Media
Artists once viewed artificial intelligence as a disruptive threat, but many are now integrating AI tools into their workflows. Generative models enable rapid prototyping, style transfer, and entirely new visual languages. Major platforms have embedded AI capabilities, allowing creators to...
Workbooks Integrates AI, Promises Empowered Sales Teams
Workbooks has integrated artificial intelligence into its CRM platform, introducing tools such as automatic meeting transcription, sales coaching, data hygiene, and prospect research. The company cites that only 16% of UK firms currently embed AI in their CRM, positioning early...
How Trump Is Blocking U.S. States From Regulating Artificial Intelligence
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directs the Attorney General to form a task force aimed at blocking state‑level artificial intelligence regulations. The order also orders the Commerce Department to identify “problematic” rules and threatens to withhold federal...
The Hidden Risk of One-Size-Fits-All AI Advice
Researchers at Saarland and Durham Universities expose a blind spot in AI safety: generic advice that passes standard tests can be unsafe for vulnerable users. Their study shows safety scores for high‑vulnerability profiles drop two points on a seven‑point scale...
GenAI Is Pushing Digital Transformation Into A No-Blueprint Phase
The episode explains how generative AI has shifted digital transformation from a predictable, blueprint‑driven era to a "no‑blueprint" phase where enterprises must co‑create new models with service providers. It highlights three key findings: providers are racing to develop AI‑centric blueprints...
OpenAI Just Released Its New GPT-5.2 Model. Here’s What You Need to Know
OpenAI launched GPT-5.2, an incremental upgrade to its GPT-5.1 model. The new version delivers faster inference, higher efficiency, and stronger performance on coding, math, and long-duration agentic tasks. Benchmark results show modest gains across industry standards, though the architecture remains...
Investors Still Doubling Down on AI in Taiwan Despite 'Bubble' Fears
Investors in Taiwan continue to pour money into AI despite bubble warnings. The Taiwan Weighted Index is projected to reach 30,000 points by 2026 after a 22% gain this year, while TSMC stock has risen 39% year‑to‑date and 187% over...
The Download: Expanded Carrier Screening, and How Southeast Asia Plans to Get to Space
The article highlights three divergent trends shaping technology and geopolitics. Expanded carrier screening is rapidly scaling, with panels now covering up to 2,000 genes, sparking a competitive “arms race” among labs. In Southeast Asia, governments and private firms are accelerating...
Chatbot-Powered Toys Rebuked for Discussing Sexual, Dangerous Topics with Kids
A Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) test revealed that AI‑powered toys, including Alilo’s Smart AI Bunny and FoloToy’s Kumma, can discuss sexual topics and give unsafe instructions to children. Both devices use OpenAI’s GPT‑4o mini model, despite OpenAI’s policy prohibiting...
AI Chatbots Are Now Integrated 'Into the Full Texture of Human Life,' Microsoft Study Claims
Microsoft’s December 2025 report, analyzing 37.5 million de‑identified Copilot conversations, shows AI chatbots have become woven into daily routines. Desktop usage clusters around the 8 a.m.–5 p.m. workday, while mobile interactions occur at all hours and focus on personal topics. Health and fitness dominate...
Ai2's New Olmo 3.1 Extends Reinforcement Learning Training for Stronger Reasoning Benchmarks
The Allen Institute for AI unveiled Olmo 3.1, an upgraded 32‑billion‑parameter family that extends the original Olmo 3 models through an additional 21‑day reinforcement‑learning run on 224 GPUs. The Think 32B variant shows 5‑plus point gains on the AIME math benchmark and strong...
Enterprises Overwhelmed by, and Attracted to, AI Technology
OpenAI’s rapid rollout of GPT‑5.2, just weeks after GPT‑5.1, highlights a widening gap between AI model releases and enterprise adoption. Companies at the AI summit reported feeling overwhelmed by the flood of agentic AI tools from vendors like Microsoft, AWS,...
1X Struck a Deal to Send Its ‘Home’ Humanoids to Factories and Warehouses
Robotics firm 1X announced a strategic partnership with EQT to ship up to 10,000 Neo consumer‑grade humanoid robots to more than 300 EQT portfolio companies between 2026 and 2030. The Neo, originally marketed for home use at a $20,000 price...
New York’s New Law Forces Advertisers to Say when They’re Using AI Avatars
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation requiring advertisers to clearly disclose the use of AI‑generated avatars in commercial spots. The law also mandates consent from heirs or executors before a deceased person’s likeness can be used for profit. Violations...
MIT Researchers Use AI to 'Speak' Objects Into Existence
MIT researchers have created a speech‑to‑reality system that turns spoken requests into physical objects by combining large‑language models, 3D generative AI, and robotic assembly of modular cubes. The platform generates a mesh, partitions it into buildable components, and directs a...
CopilotKit v1.50 Brings AG-UI Agents Directly Into Your App With the New useAgent Hook
CopilotKit v1.50 rebuilds its frontend on the Agent User Interaction (AG‑UI) protocol and ships a new React hook, useAgent, that turns agent‑to‑UI communication into a single typed event stream. The hook subscribes to messages, streaming tokens, tool calls and shared state,...
Disney Hits Google with Cease-and-Desist Claiming ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement
Disney sent a cease‑and‑desist letter to Google, alleging massive copyright infringement by the company’s Gemini AI service, which it says reproduces and distributes protected characters at scale. The letter claims the AI‑generated images are branded with the Gemini logo, falsely...
The Disney-OpenAI Tie-Up Has Huge Implications for Intellectual Property
Disney and OpenAI announced a three‑year partnership that will let ChatGPT and Sora users generate images and videos featuring more than 200 Disney characters, starting in early 2026. The agreement includes a joint steering committee to oversee how Disney’s intellectual...
Internet Reacts To 'Architects Of AI' Being Named 'Time's' 2025 Person Of The Year
Time magazine named the “architects of AI”—a group of top AI CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Fei‑Fei Li—as its 2025 Person of the Year. The announcement sparked a...
Runway Releases Its First World Model, Adds Native Audio to Latest Video Model
Runway unveiled its first world model, GWM‑1, which predicts video frames pixel‑by‑pixel to simulate physics and real‑world dynamics. The release includes three specialized versions—GWM‑Worlds for interactive scenes, GWM‑Robotics for synthetic training data, and GWM‑Avatars for lifelike human simulations. In parallel,...
Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Licenses 200 Characters for AI Video App Sora
Disney announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and a three‑year licensing deal for the Sora AI video generator. The agreement lets Sora users create short clips featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT will...