Bespoke Labs raises $40M to build the training grounds for reliable AI agents
Bespoke Labs raises $40M to build the training grounds for reliable AI agents

AI agents can write code and answer questions, but they still fall apart on long, messy jobs. A Mountain View startup just raised $40M to build the training grounds that fix that. Bespoke Labs, which builds the environments that train and test AI agent…

DeepSeek is reportedly designing its own AI chip to sidestep US curbs
DeepSeek is reportedly designing its own AI chip to sidestep US curbs

DeepSeek is designing its own artificial-intelligence chip, according to a Reuters report published on Monday that cited people familiar with the matter. The move, if it holds up, would push China’s most closely watched AI lab from writing software tha…

AI won’t restore an era of rapid growth, says Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides
AI won’t restore an era of rapid growth, says Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides

Nobel Prize-winning economist has poured cold water on the idea that artificial intelligence will haul Western economies back into an era of rapid productivity growth, warning that the fast-growth years may already be gone for good. Christopher Pissari…

Google defends a ‘crisis actor’ video at Australia’s antisemitism inquiry
Google defends a ‘crisis actor’ video at Australia’s antisemitism inquiry

A Google executive told an Australian inquiry that a video smearing a shooting survivor as a “crisis actor” meets YouTube’s standards. So it stays online. Google has defended keeping up a conspiracy video about a mass shooting in Sydney, the Associated…

South Korea’s ‘fake news’ law is live, and it can cost you five times the damage
South Korea’s ‘fake news’ law is live, and it can cost you five times the damage

Post something a South Korean court later rules false, and it could cost you five times the damage. The country’s new “fake news” law is now in force, and journalists are alarmed. South Korea has begun enforcing a tough law against false information on…

Karina Portugal: learning to ask the right question
Karina Portugal: learning to ask the right question

Ten years ago, Karina Portugal was at advertising festivals like Cannes Lions, discussing campaigns and branding. Today, she sits across the table from some of the largest banks in Brazil, Europe, and the United States to discuss a much harder problem …

The best AI requirements management software: 8 tools leading the shift in 2026
The best AI requirements management software: 8 tools leading the shift in 2026

AI requirements management software is changing how engineering teams write, review, and validate requirements. For decades, this work meant drafting specifications by hand, checking them for quality manually, and verifying test coverage the same way. …

The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale

With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six months into the future. Returning to the foundational elements of AI architecture—the…

Syntiant files for a US IPO, betting public markets want edge AI too
Syntiant files for a US IPO, betting public markets want edge AI too

Syntiant, the chipmaker whose low-power processors run artificial intelligence directly on devices rather than in the cloud, has filed for a US initial public offering. The Irvine, California, company submitted its Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchan…

Display.dev raises €470K to power document collaboration for AI agents

Display.dev, a Tallinn-based startupbuilding a document platform for AI agents, has raised €470,000 in pre-seedfunding. The round was backed by Outlast Fund, FIRSTPICK, Curiosity VC, andangel investor…