Elastics secures $2M pre-seed to build AI agents for prediction markets

Warsaw-based startup Elastics has raised$2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to develop itsAI-powered infrastructure for quantitative trading. The round was led by Frst,with particip…

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literacy, helping give rise to the Reformation and, eventually, representative government. The telegraph made it possible to administer vast nations like the US, accelerating the growth of the modern bureaucratic state. Broadcast media created shared national audiences,…

Online ads are snitching more about your private life than you bargained for, finds research

New research shows that the ads you see online carry enough information for AI to reconstruct a detailed personal profile, without you clicking anything or sharing any data.

Trump administration considers mandatory pre-release vetting of AI models — Anthropic’s Mythos cited as catalyst for policy reversal

The Trump administration is said to be discussing an executive order that would establish a government review process for new AI models before they’re released to the public.

Denmark built Europe’s cleanest grid. AI data centres are overloading it.
Denmark built Europe’s cleanest grid. AI data centres are overloading it.

  Denmark generates more than 80 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources. Its wind farms, both onshore and offshore, have made the country a global model for clean energy transition. Its grid operator, Energinet, has spent decades building t…

Every government has an AI strategy. Dubai just gave its private sector a deadline.
Every government has an AI strategy. Dubai just gave its private sector a deadline.

Every major government now has an AI strategy. Most involve pilot programmes, task forces, and multi-year roadmaps that promise transformation without specifying a deadline. Dubai has taken a different approach. On Sunday, Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bi…

AI is now an F1 sponsor, a strategist, and a tech director. The race weekend has changed.
AI is now an F1 sponsor, a strategist, and a tech director. The race weekend has changed.

Eight AI partnerships signed in six months. Williams runs Claude. McLaren runs Gemini. Red Bull runs Oracle. The 2026 regulation overhaul has turned the paddock into one of the largest live commercial AI deployments in sport. The teams in the Formula O…

OpenAI is going Hollywood with ‘Critterz,’ and its Cannes-bound film used AI across its production

Critterz is being positioned as the first mainstream AI-assisted animated family film, arriving at Cannes amid a growing Hollywood debate over artificial intelligence.

Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging that the millions he spent to…

Nvidia’s exposure to Asian supply chains for components hits 90% of its production costs — marked increase from 65% could intensify as physical AI adds even more exposure

Asian suppliers now represent roughly 90% of Nvidia’s production costs, up from about 65% a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.