Venture builder Improbable backs AI business messaging app with $10M

Improbable,the UK tech company that has pivoted to venture building, has brought its thirdproduct out of stealth, an AI messaging app used to automatebusiness processes, which it is backingwith $10m o…

Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027
Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027

The Bundeswehr is assessing 30 artificial intelligence tools that could help speed up battlefield decision-making by processing data from drones and satellites. A prototype is expected in the second quarter of 2027, with full deployment planned for 202…

Bernie Sanders convenes a private Senate briefing on AI dangers
Bernie Sanders convenes a private Senate briefing on AI dangers

Bernie Sanders will convene a private, bipartisan briefing for senators on the risks of artificial intelligence on 16 September. Geoffrey Hinton, Max Tegmark and Ajeya Cotra will address the room for an hour on Capitol Hill. The briefing was reported b…

Arlequin AI lands €28M to scale topological neural network technology

Paris-based AI company Arlequin AI hasraised €28 million in Series A funding to accelerate the development of itstopological neural network architecture and expand the international deploymentof its t…

OpenAI asks Congress for mandatory national AI safety rules before it adjourns
OpenAI asks Congress for mandatory national AI safety rules before it adjourns

OpenAI has called for mandatory, capability-based national AI safety regulation in the United States, setting out a list of requirements it wants imposed on itself and its competitors, and urging Congress to legislate before it adjourns. The proposal w…

Bynario raises €2.1M to develop AI-powered platform for software vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity company Bynario has raised €2.1 million in apre-seed round to develop its AI-powered platform for identifying, prioritisingand addressing software vulnerabilities. The round was led by 3…

Google and NASA JPL release an AI model that maps methane plumes worldwide
Google and NASA JPL release an AI model that maps methane plumes worldwide

Google Research and NASA JPL have released a deep learning model that maps methane plumes globally at 60 metres, finding about 50% more than human analysts and 23,000 additional plumes, including at 24 of the 25 largest-emitting landfills. Europe’s Met…

Google adds three features to its AI plans, and keeps a fourth for Americans
Google adds three features to its AI plans, and keeps a fourth for Americans

Google’s autumn roundup of its AI subscriptions leads on Gemini Spark handling web errands through Chrome for US subscribers, alongside voice tools, an image editor and a spreadsheet app builder that do reach Europe. Spark itself is unavailable across …

Abu Dhabi says $100bn of AI capital sits in its financial centre. Its own announcement cannot decide whether that money is held there or spent.
Abu Dhabi says $100bn of AI capital sits in its financial centre. Its own announcement cannot decide whether that money is held there or spent.

Abu Dhabi Global Market reported more than $100bn in AI-focused capital in its first-half results, alongside 54% growth in assets under management. The same release describes that sum as deployed from the centre in one place and held by entities in ano…

Boston Dynamics spinoff looks to build robots for entertainment
Boston Dynamics spinoff looks to build robots for entertainment

Dynamic Creatures, a Boston Dynamics spinoff, has launched to build robots for theme parks and retail, writing software and buying hardware from Unitree, AgiBot and Boston Dynamics. Europe’s Machinery Regulation covers AI safety functions from January …