Geordie raises $30M to bring security and governance to agentic AI

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 built China’s first 4nm driving chip, and it’s putting LiDAR on a $10,000 car
BYD has built China’s first 4nm driving chip, and it’s putting LiDAR on a $10,000 car

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’s Claude Opus 4.8 is its most honest AI model yet, and Mythos is coming in weeks
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 is its most honest AI model yet, and Mythos is coming in weeks

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…

AI Insurance Startup Corgi Doubles Valuation To $2.6 Billion In Weeks

Welcome to the frenzied world of AI, where a two-year-old startup founded by a 26-year-old can have a company-owned dog, run a 24-hour cafe and raise $106 million about a month after becoming a unicorn.

AI Coding Power Users Are Churning Out 46X More Code Than The Rest

The 10x engineer is dead. With AI, the most prolific engineers are churning out 46X more code than the rest, according to a new report from Cursor

Leaks reveal US authorities concerned about the rise of ‘anti-tech extremists’ as AI data center issues become increasingly contentious — critics say this could lead to surveillance, criminalization of peaceful opposition

A leaked report showed the various law enforcement agencies are warning about protests against data centers and AI, saying that these could lead to the rise of “anti-tech extremists” and lead to widespread violence and unr…

RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down

A new crop of AI labs are focused on recursive self-improvement — but the goal is proving elusive.

Morgan Stanley doubles its forecast: European banks could shed 20% of jobs on AI
Morgan Stanley doubles its forecast: European banks could shed 20% of jobs on AI

The May estimate is twice the bank’s January figure, and the workforce cuts are already happening at UBS, ABN Amro and HSBC. Morgan Stanley has doubled its forecast for AI-driven job losses across the European banking sector, estimating that as much as…

Wix is cutting 20% of its workforce as a strong shekel and AI competition squeeze the website builder from both sides
Wix is cutting 20% of its workforce as a strong shekel and AI competition squeeze the website builder from both sides

Wix is laying off approximately 1,000 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce, in the largest round of cuts in the company’s history. CEO and co-founder Avishai Abrahami announced the decision on 28 May in a message posted publicly on X and sent simult…

Meta is about to overtake Google as the world’s biggest advertising company
Meta is about to overtake Google as the world’s biggest advertising company

Meta is on track to dethrone Google as the world’s largest digital advertising business by the end of 2026, according to Emarketer. The market research firm projects Meta’s global net ad revenues will reach $243.46 billion this year, edging past Google…