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AI & Tech

Escape Secures $18M to Automate Penetration Testing with AI

Escape secured $18 million in Series A funding to address the security risks of applications built by non-developers using AI-powered…

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AI & Tech

Can AI Assistants Ever Be Truly Secure?

The core vulnerability of AI assistants is prompt injection, where malicious commands hidden in processed data are indistinguishable from legitimate…

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AI & Tech

AI’s Biggest Fans Are Now Showing the First Signs of Burnout

AI tools are increasing workplace exhaustion by expanding workloads rather than creating leisure, shifting focus from productivity gains to their…

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Business

Stanford Students Launch $2M National Startup Accelerator

A $2 million national startup accelerator, Breakthrough Ventures, has been launched by Stanford students to provide funding and support specifically…

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AI & Tech

Ex-Stripe Exec Lachy Groom’s Startup Builds AI Robot Brains

Physical Intelligence is a well-funded startup pursuing general-purpose AI for robots through pure research, focusing on training versatile foundation models…

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AI & Tech

Tech Leaders and Students Predict AI’s Future

AI has rapidly transitioned from a speculative technology to a ubiquitous, fundamental tool for managing both everyday tasks and deeply…

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Artificial Intelligence

RadixArk Spins Out With $400M Valuation Amid AI Inference Boom

RadixArk, the commercial company behind the open-source AI inference tool SGLang, has raised funding at a valuation of approximately $400…

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AI & Tech

AI Hacking Skills Near Critical ‘Inflection Point’

AI is rapidly approaching an inflection point where its ability to discover software vulnerabilities could soon surpass traditional cybersecurity defenses,…

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Artificial Intelligence

LMArena Hits $1.7B Valuation Just Four Months After Launch

LMArena achieved a $1.7 billion valuation after a $150 million Series A round, reflecting intense market demand for independent AI…

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Artificial Intelligence

Unlock the Best Way to Optimize, According to Research

The simplex method, developed by George Dantzig in the 1940s, is a foundational optimization algorithm widely used in logistics and…

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Business

21-Year-Old Dropouts Raise $2M for Nonprofit Fintech Givefront

Givefront, a fintech startup founded by young college dropouts, has raised $2 million to build a financial platform exclusively for…

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AI & Tech

Google Bets on Data Center Expert to Lead AI Race

Google has elevated Amin Vahdat to a new executive role reporting directly to the CEO, signaling a massive strategic focus…

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AI & Tech

AI Godfather: CS Degrees Still Hold Their Value

Geoffrey Hinton argues a computer science degree's enduring value lies not in routine coding, which AI may automate, but in…

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BigTech Companies

Steve Jobs Designed the Mac Calculator in 10 Minutes

Chris Espinosa, a young programmer at Apple, faced repeated criticism from Steve Jobs over his calculator design for the original…

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AI & Tech

China’s Open-Source Triumph in AI: Kimi K2 Thinking Rewrites the Rules

The new AI frontier is open-source, and it's being driven from the East. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 Thinking, an affordable…

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Artificial Intelligence

YC Alum’s Viral Text-to-3D Tool Raises $4.1M for AI Copilot

Adam, a Y Combinator alum, raised $4.1 million in seed funding to develop its AI copilot for computer-aided design after…

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AI & Tech

Will AI Coding Tools Ever Achieve Full Autonomy?

AI coding tools enhance productivity by automating routine tasks but face significant barriers to full autonomy, such as struggles with…

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AI & Tech

A New Era of AI Optimization with GEPA

GEPA is a breakthrough AI optimization method that enhances large language models (LLMs) using natural language feedback instead of costly…

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Artificial Intelligence

Democrats Push AI as Key to Winning Future Elections

Democrats are adopting AI in political campaigns to support under-resourced candidates, with the NDTC launching a program to teach ethical…

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Artificial Intelligence

UC Berkeley Dropouts Raise $28M for AI Marketing Startup

A pair of UC Berkeley dropouts have secured $28 million in Series A funding for their AI-powered marketing automation platform,…

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