A London-based AI lab, founded by DeepMind, Microsoft and White House former staff, has come out of stealth, emerging with a $50m raise and a pledge to try to “write the playbook for AI-native science…
Microsoft has uncovered a GPU-focused cryptojacking campaign that used SEO poisoning and, in some cases, AI chatbot software recommendations to spread malware disguised as popular PC utilities like HWMonitor and CrystalDis…
Developers of agentic AI have been making some big claims. The promise has been of autonomous systems that can do everything, from booking our flights and keeping an eye on competitors in real time to handling entire procurement cycles , all without ne…
A new collaborative study by UC Riverside researchers finds that as more people turn to AI for answers, the internet is losing the emotional depth and human reasoning that made it worth browsing in the first place.
SpaceX is targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion in its initial public offering, down from the $2 trillion-plus it was aiming for as recently as April, according to Bloomberg. The target was adjusted after consultations with advisers and inves…
Nvidia has committed at least $6.5 billion to photonics companies since the beginning of March, making it the largest single investor in the technology that many in the industry believe will replace copper wiring as the backbone of AI data centres. The…
Asana has acquired Stack AI, a no-code platform for building AI agents that operate across enterprise systems like Salesforce, Slack, and Google Workspace. The deal, reported at $75 million, was announced on 28 May after market close, timed to coincide…
Geordie AI, a security and governance platform for AIagents, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. The round also included participation from Crosspoint Capital,…
BYD has unveiled the Xuanji A3, which it calls China’s first automotive-grade 4-nanometre chip for self-driving vehicles. CEO Wang Chuanfu announced the chip at an event at BYD’s Shenzhen headquarters on 28 May, saying it delivers the lowest power cons…
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgrade to its flagship AI model that the company says is more honest, more reliable in agentic tasks, and better at catching its own mistakes. The model is available immediately at the same price as its prede…