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Gemini Adds New Interface for Managing Apps and Skills
Google’s AI assistant introduces a centralized hub for adding capabilities, changing how users configure their assistant experience.
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NVIDIA pledges $10B for European AI amid GTC Berlin protest
Jensen Huang announced a $10 billion commitment to Europe's AI sector while protesters challenged the company over chip usage in Russian drones.
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4-digit PIN or Face ID now locks ChatGPT chats for Free, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu users
OpenAI introduces a new privacy feature allowing users to secure sensitive conversations with a PIN or biometrics, available across most subscription plans.
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Supermicro forecasts $19.5bn quarterly revenue, far exceeding prior guidance
The AI server maker cites increased platform demand for the jump, while navigating ongoing regulatory probes into exports.
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Homebase AI Assistant limits access for 150,000 small business customers
Homebase launches an AI tool for scheduling and payroll, but initial availability is restricted to a limited number of businesses.
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Otter.ai Secures $320M in Non-Dilutive Capital From General Catalyst
The note-taking platform announced a major funding injection from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, adding to its prior capital raise.
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Google AI Extends Fusion Math Solutions in Hours
Gemini 4 Argon helped researchers create new magnetic field configurations, providing additional reference cases for testing simulation software.
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NYC bans AI in schools, mandates real estate disclosure as city fills federal void
New York City leadership argues that public officials must reject the narrative that artificial intelligence adoption is unavoidable and demand local accountability.
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Cloudflare Preview Model Cuts Extraction Costs 49 Percent Without Output Tokens
Cloudflare released a preview extraction model that processes messy text and images faster and cheaper than standard large language models, offering managed service providers a new option for structured data tasks.
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Meta’s 14-agent AI split cuts hallucinations in data pipelines
Meta engineers found that splitting one AI agent into 14 specialists reduced errors. The thin orchestrator pattern isolates context to improve reliability.
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New Agentic Fuzzer Finds High or Critical Bugs in 45% of Open Source Projects
Bright Security’s STAR Fuzzer uses AI to write harnesses and find memory-safety flaws in code without running the application.
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6 Auditors Get Rare Anthropic Access for Veto-Free Safety Reports
Six external evaluators receive deep access to Anthropic’s internal tools, marking a first in the AI industry for independent safety audits.
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Axonius AI Workforce Fixes Asset Deviations With Human Approval for Sensitive Actions
New Axonius feature deploys virtual workers to fix assets while keeping sensitive actions under human control for organizations.
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Tenable Integrates Microsoft Entra Agent ID for AI Identity Visibility
Tenable One Cloud Exposure now catalogs Microsoft Entra Agent IDs, helping organizations track autonomous AI agents that traditional IAM tools often miss.
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Anthropic's five-member trust holds sway without equity ownership
A Wall Street Journal report details how Anthropic's opaque Long-Term Benefit Trust controls major company decisions despite trustees holding no shares.
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2x Rack Performance: Signal65 Verifies Arm CPU Beats AMD EPYC 9755 in Agentic AI
New benchmarks suggest Arm's data center chip delivers twice the per-rack performance of AMD's flagship in agentic AI workloads, verified by Signal65.
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81% of US tasks AI and robots can do, but they cost less than humans for just 0.3%
New research indicates that while AI and robotics could technically perform the vast majority of American work tasks, they are currently cheaper than human labor for only a tiny fraction of those roles.
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Intel D-Series GPU boasts 480GB memory, 1.3 PFLOPS FP8 for trillion-parameter AI clusters
The new D-series accelerator offers record capacity for large models, prioritizing efficiency over raw gaming speed for enterprise workloads.
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Anthropic AI Bill Requires 50 Deaths or $1B Damage for Govt Halt
Anthropic’s proposed legislation restricts government intervention in AI releases to scenarios involving catastrophic loss of life or massive financial damage.
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Rivian CEO Scaringe Shifts Focus To AI, Robotics And Tech Licensing
RJ Scaringe expands Rivian beyond EV manufacturing into a broader technology supplier role with new robotics and AI ventures.
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$1,620 Cost: 4 AI Agents Wrote 2,783 Programs to Slay Minecraft Dragon in 27 Hours
Google DeepMind agents defeated the Ender Dragon without human help, writing thousands of programs and exchanging hundreds of messages during the session.
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9% junior hires: Anthropic's AI agent surge sparks 'cognitive commons' shortage fears
An internal study reveals a sharp decline in entry-level technical roles at the AI firm, raising long-term concerns about the future supply of experienced specialists.
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Microsoft Retiring Copilot Studio Teams App in Major Change
Microsoft flags the removal of the Copilot Studio Teams app as a major change, requiring admins to redirect support documentation to the web portal before full removal.
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OpenAI Office Compromised: MSPs Assess Physical Security Risks
A report details an intrusion at OpenAI offices, prompting managed service providers to evaluate physical access controls for technology clients.