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Drones Hit Yandex Data Center in Russia's Sasovo
Drones struck a Yandex-owned data center in the Russian town of Sasovo on Thursday, confirmed by the company — the first major attack on a Russian data hub since the Ukraine war began.
Vesta raises $30M for AI mortgage agents
Vesta's lender customers aren't just using its AI agents to originate mortgages — they're investing in them. The startup raised $30M led by Conversion Capital, with Pennymac, New American Funding, Cit
Asos warns customers about full extent of data breach after BBC contacted by hackers
Asos has warned customers that a data breach exposed far more information than the retailer initially disclosed — including search histories and full contact details of potentially millions of users.
Bipartisan Bill Imposes New Data Center Power Costs
Bipartisan legislation unveiled last week would force data centers to shoulder new costs and restrictions while accelerating the energy infrastructure needed to power the AI boom, in what lawmakers fr
Humanoid robot hype outpaces reality, researchers warn
A new analysis challenges the bold claims from Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Marc Andreessen that humanoid robots are imminent, finding that leading robotics researchers believe current AI techniques a
OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers
A sign error in a single arithmetic geometry paper has forced the withdrawal of three mathematics manuscripts, alongside revisions to 14 others and citation updates across 13 more in a sweeping correc
OpenAI withdraws three mathematical results
Dan Roberts updated a GitHub mathematics repository with 6 new Lean formalizations and 19 modifications while withdrawing three manuscripts on algebraic geometry topics including K3 surfaces and the r
Nvidia's last-minute OpenRouter offer declined
Nvidia made a last-minute acquisition offer for three-year-old startup OpenRouter in July, but the startup declined to wait and moved ahead with a separate deal already in motion.
Anthropic's OpenRouter Share Fell From 75% to Roughly Even
OpenRouter data shows Anthropic's share of combined business AI spending with OpenAI collapsed from 75% in January to roughly even by September, a rapid shift as both companies prepare for IPOs.
AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn
Samsung Electronics forecasts a nine-fold year-on-year surge in quarterly operating profit to $80bn, driven by surging demand for memory chips powering AI data centers, marking its fourth consecutive
First Nvidia RTX Spark Laptops Arrive From $2,599 to $6,999.99
The first Nvidia RTX Spark-powered laptops from Dell, Lenovo, MSI, HP, Asus, and Microsoft arrive this month with prices from $2,599 to $6,999.99, directly targeting high-end MacBook Pro buyers.
Mecka AI raises $60M Series B led by Sequoia
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots, raised a $60 million Series B led by Sequoia with participation from Nvidia, M12, and others.
Mecka AI Nabs $60M From Sequoia for Robot Training Data
Robot data startup Mecka AI raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia, with Nvidia and Microsoft's M12 fund joining, to scale its business collecting human motion data for training humanoid r
OpenAI Splits GPT-6 Into Sol and Luna by Tier
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT's new GPT-6 model runs on GPT-6 Sol for paid tiers and GPT-6 Luna for free tiers, with its Intelligent UI feature rolling out globally to paid users starting today.
Study: ChatGPT teen safeguards an 'unacceptable risk'
Common Sense Media released research the same day OpenAI defended its teen safety features, finding that ChatGPT's parental alerts frequently failed during testing of self-harm and suicide conversatio
Meta and Microsoft take steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI
Meta and Microsoft are taking steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI, according to a widely-shared report that drew heavy engagement on Hacker News.
Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event
Microsoft confirmed its Surface Laptop Ultra — the first laptop powered by Nvidia's new RTX Spark Arm chip — will launch October 16 starting at $2,599, alongside a $5,999 developer mini PC and new 'Hy
Common Sense: ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk'
Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens an "unacceptable risk," finding the product still uses engagement-cue language during mental health crises and rarely redirects teens when the chatbot relati
Man Sentenced to Prison for Bot Streams of AI Songs
A North Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for generating millions in fraudulent music royalties using bot streams and AI-generated songs, marking the first federal prosecution of its k
Dev Uses AI to Clone Adobe Apps as Free Open-Source
An unnamed developer used AI tools to build free, open-source clones of Adobe's Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom, with major tech outlets framing the project as a possible turning point for software
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