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Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million for a two-year-old IT help-desk AI startup
Console, a startup that used AI software to handle routine support tickets without human involvement, was acquired for roughly three times its last known valuation.
AI models get mushroom ID dangerously wrong. Don't eat what they tell you to
A Polish software engineer ran 1,040 mushroom photos through 16 AI models. Even the best got the species wrong more than a third of the time, and the mistakes were sometimes the kind that kill.
Big Tech Is Buying Up Robot Startups. Here's What That Means for the Industry
Three major acquisitions in five months have reshaped who controls the future of robotics. A controller maker that bridges traditional and AI-driven robots explains what comes next.
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash Thinks Harder, But That Extra Effort Will Cost You More
Same price per token as its predecessor, but Google warns the new model uses more tokens to get better results. Here is what developers and everyday subscribers need to know.
A Russian Maths Startup Found a Way for AI Models to Share Intelligence Without Swapping Words
Mostik, a small team of mathematicians, built a technique that lets two AI systems pool their abilities at a fraction of the usual cost. Think of it as a shortcut that makes a cheap, compact model punch well above its weight.
The robot that learned to scoop: why food is the toughest test for physical AI
Chef Robotics has served 118 million portions in real kitchens and used that experience to build what it calls the world's largest dataset for robots handling soft, unpredictable materials. Now it wants to take those lessons far beyond food.
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third new AI model in six weeks
A standard version for coding and everyday tasks, plus a security-focused variant, both priced at half the regular rate until the end of 2025.
Lawsuit demands Trump administration reveal its secret AI safety review process
A nonprofit has sued four federal agencies to force them to disclose how the government vets powerful AI models before they go public, and who is involved in writing the rules.
Amazon's Alexa Can Now Tell You If That Suspicious Text or Call Really Came From Amazon
A new scam-detection tool lets shoppers ask Alexa for Shopping to check whether a message, text, or phone call is genuine before they act on it.
How a UK Construction Firm Got 11,000 Employees to Actually Use AI
Kier Group skipped the webinars and ran peer group prompt-a-thons instead. The result: 40 percent of staff now use Microsoft Copilot daily, and one dyslexic site manager says it changed his working life.
We are 'dangerously close' to a dead internet, says one AI-detection startup
AI-written job applications, fake product reviews, and fabricated insurance claims are flooding the web. A new wave of startups says it can tell what is real. The evidence is still thin.
OpenAI's Next Big Model Hides Its Thinking. Safety Researchers Are Alarmed.
Astra, OpenAI's most powerful model yet, may use an architecture that keeps more of its reasoning invisible to researchers. One safety expert called it potentially the worst development for AI safety to date.
The Trump Administration Just Took OpenAI's Side in the New York Times Copyright Case
Federal lawyers filed court papers arguing that training AI on news articles counts as fair use. The move could shape who pays, and who profits, if AI keeps feeding on published work.
Reliance Jio opens its cloud PC service to all Indian internet users
JioPC lets people run a virtual computer through any internet connection, no new hardware required. At roughly $11 for two months, it targets the millions of Indians whose ageing machines can't run modern AI software.
AI startup Wonderful hits $5 billion valuation after raising $550 million in six months
The Israeli-Dutch company more than doubled its value since its last funding round. Its secret weapon: teams of engineers who move into clients' offices and wire up AI tools by hand.
Google opens Fairwind Program: Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber writes and tests security patches on its own
The Fairwind Program hands governments, hospitals and infrastructure operators an AI agent that finds software flaws and ships a verified fix in minutes.
Two AI Bots Walked Into a Job Interview. Neither Was Human.
A frustrated job seeker let ChatGPT take his AI recruiter calls. What happened next says a lot about where hiring is heading.
Robot Brains Get a Skill Library: New AI Lets Machines Break Big Tasks Into Reusable Steps
A research system called REFACTOR-VLA teaches robot AI to organise its actions into named, repeatable skills, rather than making everything up on the fly. The result: robots that handle longer, more complex tasks and are far easier for humans to understand.
MrBeast Signs Multi-Year Google Deal to Feature Gemini and Fitbit in His Videos
The world's most-subscribed YouTuber will use Google's AI assistant to survive extreme climates on screen, kicking off a partnership that spans several upcoming videos and a wider ad campaign.
AI Is Doing the Grunt Work That Used to Turn Beginners Into Experts
When AI handles the entry-level jobs, junior workers get less practice at the skills that take years to build. Aviation and nuclear engineering figured out this problem decades ago. Here is what they learned.
Uber Drivers Sue Over AI Pay Algorithm They Call 'Soulless' and 'Scary'
A cross-border legal claim from UK, Dutch and European drivers argues that Uber's automated pay system breaks data protection law and quietly chips away at their earnings.