News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Models Spot Deepfake Images, but People Catch Fake Videos
Researchers compared humans and AI in spotting synthetic media, finding AI excels at detecting deepfake images while humans outperform machines on deepfake videos. In tests, AI models achieved up to 97% accuracy on static faces, whereas participants identified only about 50% of fakes. Conversely, humans correctly judged 63% of video forgeries, with algorithms hovering near chance. The study of 2,200 image raters and 1,900 video viewers suggests a complementary role for humans and AI in future deepfake defenses.
By Science News AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Penguin Solutions Announces CEO Transition
Penguin Solutions announced that President and CEO Mark Adams will retire after a five‑year tenure, remaining as an advisor for nine months. The board appointed technology veteran Kash Shaikh as the new President and CEO, effective February 2, 2026. Shaikh...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Behind the Headlines Episode 32: AI’s Power, NVIDIA & Lilly, Revolution Medicine
In the latest Behind the Headlines episode, NVIDIA and Eli Lilly announced a $1 billion, five‑year AI co‑innovation lab aimed at fusing wet‑lab experiments with continuous‑learning computational models. Panelists highlighted AI’s growing role in lowering drug‑development costs and accelerating clinical‑trial timelines, moving...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Feb 3, 2026
Kong Introduces MCP Registry in Kong Konnect
Kong Inc. announced the Kong MCP Registry, an enterprise directory within the Kong Konnect Catalog that registers, discovers, and governs Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and AI‑native tools. The registry extends Kong’s API Catalog, linking MCP servers to underlying APIs...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
The Year of the AI Agents? More Outages? Here’s What Lies Ahead for IT Teams in 2026
The 2025 wave of high‑profile outages highlighted an over‑reliance on a few hyperscalers and exposed lingering legacy technical debt. In 2026, AI agents are poised to take over routine monitoring and remediation, enabling self‑healing infrastructure. Organizations will adopt chaos‑engineering drills...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 3, 2026
Aya Data Closes $900K Seed Round to Scale AI Products for African Markets
Aya Data secured a $900,000 seed round led by 54Collective, bringing its total financing to $1.15 million. The funding will accelerate AyaGrow, an AI‑driven precision‑agriculture platform, and AyaSpeech, a speech‑to‑speech system for African languages. Founded in 2021, the company already supplies...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
Samsung Shipping Fast and Small PCIe Gen5 Bus 4TB Mini-Gumstick Drive
Samsung has begun shipping a 4 TB PM9E1 M.2 2242 SSD that targets space‑constrained AI workstations such as Nvidia DGX Spark. The drive uses Samsung’s 236‑layer Gen 8 V‑NAND, dual‑sided DRAM, and a 5 nm Presto controller, delivering up to 2 million random read IOPS, 2.64 million...
By Blocks & Files
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI as the Key to Overcoming Retail’s Next Challenge: Achieving Operational Excellence
UK retailers are confronting shrinking footfall, rising costs and a leaner workforce, with roughly 97,000 jobs cut this year. Artificial intelligence offers a way to streamline back‑office processes and free staff for higher‑value, customer‑facing activities. AI can automate routine admin...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 3, 2026
DockerDash Exposes AI Supply Chain Weakness In Docker's Ask Gordon
A critical security flaw named DockerDash was disclosed in Docker's Ask Gordon AI assistant, allowing unverified Docker image metadata to become executable instructions. The vulnerability, identified by Noma Labs, enables remote code execution in cloud and CLI environments and data...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Feb 3, 2026
Orion Security Raises $32M in Series A Funding
Orion Security, a New York‑based AI‑driven contextual data protection firm, announced a $32 million Series A round. The financing was led by Norwest and included strategic participation from IBM alongside existing backers such as PICO Venture Partners and Lama Partners. The new...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 3, 2026
NASA Space to Soil Challenge
NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office has opened the Space‑to‑Soil Challenge, inviting teams to design SmallSat missions that embed adaptive sensing and onboard AI. The competition emphasizes real‑time interpretation of land‑surface data to support regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, and broader land‑resilience...
By NASA News (Breaking)
News•Feb 3, 2026
Pasito Raises $21M in Series A Funding
Pasito, a New York‑based AI‑native workspace for group health and life insurers, closed a $21 million Series A round. Insight Partners led the financing, with participation from Y Combinator and insurance‑focused MTech Capital. The capital will fund product scaling, talent acquisition, and go‑to‑market...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 3, 2026
Waud Capital Partners Appoints Prithvi Raj as Chief AI and Data Officer
Waud Capital Partners announced the creation of a Chief AI and Data Officer position, appointing Prithvi Raj to lead artificial‑intelligence and data initiatives across the firm and its portfolio. Raj arrives from Newmark, where he oversaw enterprise‑wide AI strategy, and...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Umanitek Launches Guardian Agent to Tackle AI Hallucinations, Deepfakes and Identity Abuse
Umanitek AG unveiled Guardian Agent, a decentralized AI identity protection platform that combats large language model hallucinations, deepfakes, impersonation, and IP infringement. The service monitors hundreds of millions of accounts, delivering real‑time risk scores and generating verifiable evidence packs to...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Feb 3, 2026
From Credentials to Cloud Admin in 8 Minutes: AI Supercharges AWS Attack Chain
Threat actors used a publicly exposed AWS credential to launch an AI‑assisted attack that achieved full administrative control in under eight minutes. Large language models generated malicious Lambda code, enabling rapid privilege escalation, lateral movement across 19 principals, and costly...
By CSO Online
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Classifies Thyroid Cancer Vs. Goiter Using Lab Data
Researchers at BMC Endocrine Disorders developed a machine‑learning system that classifies papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and multinodular goiter (MNG) using pre‑operative laboratory and cytology data. After extensive preprocessing and cross‑validation, models such as Random Forest, SVM, and K‑Nearest Neighbors were...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 3, 2026
Avaap Named Snowflake Premier Partner
Avaap announced its elevation to Snowflake Premier Partner, underscoring its deep expertise in cloud data platforms and AI‑ready analytics. The designation grants early access to Snowflake’s roadmap, advanced training, and joint go‑to‑market initiatives. Avaap leverages this status alongside its Workday...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Codex Meets AICC: Game-Changing API and AI Token Boost
OpenAI’s Codex, a cloud‑based coding agent, is now being paired with AICC’s unified API platform to create a more flexible AI development stack. By routing Codex‑driven workflows through AICC, developers can tap over 300 models, slash token expenses by up...
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Boosts Drug Discovery and Commercialization Efficiency
A new study by researchers Pipada, Bikkina, and Joshi demonstrates that artificial intelligence can dramatically streamline pharmaceutical drug discovery and commercialization. The analysis shows AI‑driven platforms can halve development timelines and cut R&D expenditures by roughly a third while boosting...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 3, 2026
Opsera Launches New Advanced Reasoning AI and Autonomous Remediation Agents for Agentic DevOps
Opsera unveiled advanced reasoning AI and autonomous remediation agents that extend its Agentic DevOps platform. The new capabilities provide deep contextual awareness, plain‑English query insights, and policy‑as‑code governance across more than 150 integrated tools. By automatically identifying root causes and...
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
PhaseV Launches AI-Powered Enrollment Lab
PhaseV introduced its AI‑powered Enrollment Lab at the 17th SCOPE Summit, adding a new layer to the ClinOps platform. The solution leverages real‑world electronic health record data to quantify patient‑level competition and eligibility before protocol lock. By modeling enrollment dynamics...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Breg and PatientIQ Announce Marketplace Partnership
Breg and PatientIQ have partnered to embed Breg’s cold‑therapy devices into PatientIQ’s EHR‑integrated digital care pathways, allowing orthopedic providers to prescribe the therapy at optimal moments before and after surgery. The collaboration automates patient outreach, tracks engagement, and alerts staff...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Peak XV Says Internal Disagreement Led to Partner Exits as It Doubles Down on AI
Peak XV Partners, a leading India‑Southeast Asia venture firm, announced the departure of three senior partners—Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal and Tejeshwi Sharma—after an internal disagreement. The trio plans to launch a new VC fund, while Peak XV promoted Abhishek Mohan...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed
News•Feb 3, 2026
OpenClaw Is a Major Leap Forward for AI—And a Cybersecurity Nightmare
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered roughly 1,000 unprotected gateways to OpenClaw, an open‑source proactive AI agent accessed through WhatsApp and Telegram. The exposed endpoints let anyone read or write files, hijack connected accounts, and exploit a plugin‑ranking system that a white‑hat hacker...
By Fast Company AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Xeris Revolutionizes AI Agentic Cybersecurity With Patent Pending Super AI Agent Technology
Xeris unveiled a patent‑pending Super AI Agent platform designed to secure autonomous AI agents, multi‑cloud pipelines (MCP) and self‑evolving AI systems in enterprises. The technology acts as an autonomous supervisory AI that continuously observes, understands, and enforces policies on other...
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
Alaffia Health Raises $55M to Expand Agentic AI for Health Plan Claims Operations
Alaffia Health announced a $55 million Series B round to scale its agentic AI platform for health‑plan claims operations. The startup, founded in 2020, blends clinician expertise with AI analysis to improve payment integrity, cut review cycles from weeks to days, and...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Feb 3, 2026
Best AI-Assisted PDF Tools of 2026: Top Tools for Extracting Answers and Insights From PDFs Using Conversational AI
AI‑assisted PDF tools are reshaping how professionals extract insight from dense documents by allowing natural‑language queries, summaries, and clause extraction. Adobe Acrobat leads for broad, everyday use by embedding conversational AI into a mature editing suite, while ChatPDF targets researchers...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 3, 2026
Onil Gunawardana’s 5Ps of Product Explains What Must Come Before AI Automation
Onil Gunawardana warns that AI automation alone cannot solve product strategy gaps. His 5Ps of Product framework—Problem, Persona, Product, Platform, Promotion—requires teams to define problem and user before automating. Without this foundation, speed can magnify misalignment and obscure product purpose....
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
Senior Staff Departing OpenAI as Firm Prioritizes ChatGPT Development
OpenAI is refocusing its R&D budget on ChatGPT, sidelining longer‑term projects. The shift has prompted the exit of senior staff including VP of research Jerry Tworek, policy researcher Andrea Vallone, and economist Tom Cunningham. Executives say foundational research remains a...
By Ars Technica AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
New FET Micro-Qualifications in Artificial Intelligence to Address Critical Skills Gaps Launched by Minister Lawless
Minister James Lawless launched a new suite of Further Education and Training (FET) micro‑qualifications in Artificial Intelligence, developed with Microsoft Ireland under SOLAS’s Skills to Advance initiative. The programmes deliver 50‑hour, subsidised courses covering machine learning basics, ethical AI, data...
By Irish Tech News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Download: Tines Voice of Security 2026 Report
Tines has released its Voice of Security 2026 report, based on a survey of more than 1,800 security leaders and practitioners worldwide. The study reveals that while AI adoption is accelerating across security teams, manual work, rising workloads and burnout remain...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 3, 2026
MPATH® Health Earns DiMe Seal for Quality and Trust in Digital Health
mPATH® Health announced that its cancer‑screening platform has earned the Digital Medicine Society’s DiMe Seal, a mark of quality and trust for digital health software. The seal evaluates products on evidence, usability, privacy, security and equity, confirming that mPATH meets...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Resident Evil Requiem Runs so Smoothly on Nintendo Switch 2 that I Blasphemed in a Room Full of My Peers
Capcom’s latest survival‑horror title, Resident Evil Requiem, launched simultaneously on Nintendo’s Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on 27 February 2026. In docked mode, the Switch 2 delivered smooth frame rates and responsive controls, thanks to extensive RE Engine optimization, though texture quality...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 3, 2026
ShareVault Achieves ISO 42001 Certification, Setting a New Global Standard for Responsible AI in Virtual Data Rooms
ShareVault announced it has earned ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the first international standard for responsible AI management systems. The certification covers all AI‑powered capabilities in its virtual data room platform, including OCR, AI redaction, document chat, and automated translation, and validates...
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
Geekplus Powers Live Warehouse Robotics for Immersive, Shoppable Fashion Runway
Geekplus is sponsoring the world’s first AI‑driven, immersive shoppable runway hosted by THG Studios and Topshop on Feb. 26, 2026 in Manchester. The event blends a fashion catwalk with a live Fulfilment Zone where Geekplus’ autonomous P‑series mobile robots perform real‑time picking...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Critical Concern For CEOs, New Survey Reveals
The 2026 CEO Institute Survey of 798 senior leaders in Australia and New Zealand shows CEOs remain "vigilantly optimistic" despite inflation, weak demand and geopolitical instability. Inflation is the top concern, while technology disruption—particularly AI and cyber‑risk—ranks third. Around 22% of...
By AiThority
News•Feb 3, 2026
Momentus Technologies Announces AI-Powered Platform Enhancements for Venue and Event Operations
Momentus Technologies unveiled three AI‑driven upgrades—Ask Mo, Momentus Analytics, and Smart Imports—to streamline venue and event operations. The tools aim to cut manual effort, accelerate insight delivery, and improve data accuracy across the event lifecycle. The enhancements arrive after a...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 3, 2026
SunRobi Becomes First Certified Operator of Cosmic Robotics’ Autonomous Solar Installation Systems
SunRobi, Sunstall’s robotic‑assisted construction arm, became the first certified operator of Cosmic Robotics’ autonomous module‑installation system, Cosmic‑1A, after multiple live utility‑scale deployments across the United States. The certification confirms SunRobi’s ability to embed the robot into end‑to‑end EPC workflows, delivering...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
Google: Search Algorithms, Spam Detections & Policies Don't Fundamentally Change With AI Search
Google’s John Mueller told the SEO community that the rise of AI‑driven search does not fundamentally alter the core ranking algorithms, spam‑detection systems, or policy framework that have long governed Google Search. He emphasized that while the web is constantly...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 3, 2026
Bing Multi-Turn Search Rolls Out Worldwide
Microsoft has launched its multi‑turn search feature in Bing for users worldwide, extending a capability first tested in the United States last year. The new interface appears as a floating box at the bottom of the results page, allowing users...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 3, 2026
Sony Patents AI-Generated Podcasts with PlayStation Characters because 'Video Game Platforms Currently Lack the Ability to Provide Unique and Targeted...
Sony has secured a patent for AI‑generated podcasts hosted by PlayStation characters, using synthetic voices to deliver personalized gaming news and updates. The technology can tailor content to a player’s recent sessions, exclude unwanted topics, and even include jokes aimed...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 3, 2026
How to Structure Pages for AEO and Answer Engines: A Quick-Start Guide
Consumers now pose questions directly to answer engines like ChatGPT, forcing marketers to move beyond traditional SEO and adopt Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). The guide explains how to structure pages—using explicit H1s, early TL;DR sections, question‑based headings, concise lists, and...
By HubSpot Marketing Blog
News•Feb 3, 2026
A16z Speedrun-Backed OpenSesame Opens New Doors with Rebrand to General Magic
Toronto‑based OpenSesame, an a16z Speedrun alum, has rebranded as General Magic to specialize in agentic AI texting agents for insurers. The startup secured a large, undisclosed insurance client and claims its platform can reduce call volumes by 30% and save...
By BetaKit (Canada)
News•Feb 3, 2026
Gartner: AI and Datacentre Spending Ramps Up
Gartner projects global IT spending to rise 10.8% to $6.2 trillion by 2026, with datacentre equipment spending surging 32% and software up nearly 15%. AI investment will total $2.52 trillion, a 44% year‑over‑year jump, driven largely by hyperscale cloud providers expanding AI‑optimized...
By Computer Weekly – Latest IT news
News•Feb 3, 2026
Ronnie Sheth, CEO, SENEN Group: Why Now Is the Time for Enterprise AI to ‘Get Practical’
Ronnie Sheth, CEO of SENEN Group, warns that enterprises are rushing into AI without first securing data quality, a mistake that Gartner estimates costs firms an average $12.9 million per year. SENEN, which enjoys a 99.99% client repeat rate, focuses on...
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Training Design for Text-to-Image Models: Lessons From Ablations
The PRX Part 2 post documents a systematic series of ablations on training a 1.2 B‑parameter text‑to‑image diffusion model. Adding representation alignment (REPA) with frozen vision teachers lowered FID by up to three points, while latent‑space alignment (REPA‑E) and the Flux2‑AE tokenizer halved...
By Hugging Face
News•Feb 3, 2026
Neuroscale AI and Carahsoft Partner to Modernize Federal Hiring With Secure, AI-Driven Talent Management Solutions
Neuroscale AI has partnered with Carahsoft Technology Corp. to distribute its AI‑driven talent management platforms—ARBI, Athena and Aurora—through SEWP V and ITES‑SW2 contracts to U.S. federal agencies. The collaboration aligns with Executive Order 14170 and the OPM Merit‑Based Hiring Plan,...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Framework Links Gravitational Waves and Radio Afterglows
A consortium led by Argonne National Laboratory has unveiled RADAR, an AI‑driven framework that fuses gravitational‑wave alerts with radio afterglow observations. By running on supercomputing facilities, RADAR analyzes data in situ, respects proprietary restrictions, and automates notice parsing with large...
By SpaceDaily
News•Feb 3, 2026
Base44’s Super Bowl Debut Is As Simple As Its App Building Platform
Base44, an AI‑powered no‑code app builder, debuted a Super Bowl commercial just a year after its launch. The platform, part of the emerging "vibe coding" movement, lets users create live apps from simple text prompts without programming. In June, website...
By Adweek AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Raising $6.1M in Seed Funding, Airrived Says Agentic AI’s Breakthrough Moment Has Arrived
AI startup Airrived announced a $6.1 million seed round led by Cannage Capital, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures and other investors. The company introduced Agentic OS, an operating layer that makes agentic AI a native capability for enterprise workflows, allowing...
By SiliconANGLE