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Alation confirms cyberattack, withholds customer impact
Enterprise data intelligence company Alation confirmed a cyberattack days after customers experienced 'degraded availability,' but declined to disclose the attack's nature, root cause, or which custom
125M Transformer Autocompletes Piano at 108 Notes/Sec On-Device
A solo developer trained a 125M-parameter transformer that autocompletes piano performances at ~108 notes/sec on an iPhone 15 after 14 experiments over nearly a year, with MIDI representation design,
Cat Litter Box Now Has Motion-Activated 'On Air' Sign
A Verge writer's partner wired a motion-activated 'On Air' neon sign above the cats' litter box using a spare sensor from their water fountain, so every bathroom visit is now broadcast in glowing neon
Muon Space raises $250M Series C with Google backing
Satellite startup Muon Space, which is building a spacecraft platform for orbital data centers and AI computing, closed a $250 million Series C round with participation from Google's parent Alphabet.
Binance launches Agent OS, puts AI trading limits on users
Binance launched Agent OS, letting AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude Code analyze markets and execute trades on behalf of the exchange's 300 million registered users, with guardrails built around user
Data Center Backlash Reshapes Midterms
A surge of grassroots opposition to AI data centers is disrupting the midterm elections, forcing candidates to rethink their positions amid breaking bipartisan support for tech infrastructure projects
From Rs 9 workshops to 5 Million learners skilled for six-figure jobs: Inside Be10x’s growth playbook
Be10x, founded by IIT Kharagpur alumni, is pivoting from Rs 9 workshops into certifications, AI workflow tools, and career programs after scaling to 5 million learners trained for six-figure jobs as d
Callosum Raises $100M Seed for AI Task-Routing Software
London-based startup Callosum raised a $100M seed round from Atomico, the UK Sovereign AI Fund, and others for its software that routes AI tasks to the most suitable models and chips.
ChatGPT Outage Blocks Logins and Codex
OpenAI confirmed ChatGPT was down with users unable to log in or create new accounts, an outage that also affected the web interface and Codex before being resolved.
Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’
Stripe confirmed its $7.5 billion acquisition of AI model router OpenRouter, nearly six times the startup's $1.3 billion May valuation, as the payments company pushes into AI token expense management.
OpenAI's Private Safety Processing takes on Anthropic
OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, an automated system that flags AI misuse across multiple conversations while retaining none of a customer's data — a direct counter to Anthropic's 30-da
SpaceX Tried to Buy Cognition, CEO Says Not for Sale
Bloomberg reported SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition to close the gap with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, but Cognition CEO Scott Wu publicly denied the talks, calling the story
Data Centers Face Rising Backlash Threatening AI Growth
Data centers have become the focal point of a growing AI backlash, with celebrities, politicians, and protesters pushing to slow their expansion as America's public opposition rises sharply.
Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands that OpenAI "will be a public company in 2027", or sooner if "our business continues to inflect" (CNBC)
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at a Wednesday all-hands that the company will go public by 2027, with the IPO potentially arriving sooner if the business 'continues to inflect,' giving staff th
AI Backlash Hits Balance Sheets as CEOs Concede
AI's public image is deteriorating despite rapid adoption — polls show rising distrust, data centers face local pushback, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei admits the backlash is a 'crisis of trust' rooted
Fractile in Talks for $600M Raise at $6.5B Valuation
AI chip startup Fractile is negotiating a ~$600M funding round at a $6.5B pre-money valuation while securing an initial ~$250M supply deal with Anthropic for tailored AI silicon.
Google Offers College Students Free Year of Gemini AI Pro
Google is offering college students a free one-year subscription to its AI Pro plan, bundling the promotion with new Gemini-powered study tools across Search and a dedicated student hub.
Google Rolls Out AI Study Tools Across Search, Gemini
Google rolled out a suite of AI study tools across Search and Gemini — including 3D simulations, custom practice quizzes, a Lens homework helper, and a dedicated student hub — as it battles OpenAI and
Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program
OpenAI revoked access to its Trusted Access for Cyber program for multiple security researchers, blaming a technical error and asking them to reapply for verification.
OpenAI Halts Frontier RL Training to Tighten AI Safety
OpenAI paused reinforcement learning training for two weeks and held back its largest planned frontier RL run while overhauling monitoring, alignment, and security to prevent models from exhibiting un
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