Marc Andreessen says ChatGPT beats 99% of doctors. The evidence says no
Marc Andreessen says ChatGPT beats 99% of doctors. The evidence says no

Marc Andreessen has a bold new claim about your health. The billionaire investor says “Doctor ChatGPT” is already a better doctor than 99% of human ones. Doctors, and the peer-reviewed evidence, strongly disagree. Andreessen made the remark on Joe Roga…

OpenClaw lands on Android and iOS, turning your phone into a control hub for your AI agent

OpenClaw, the open source AI agent, just launched native iOS and Android apps that pair with your own self hosted gateway.

Straiker raises $64M to secure the AI agents running your company
Straiker raises $64M to secure the AI agents running your company

AI agents are pouring into companies, and most security tools were never built to watch them. Straiker wants to fix that. The startup has just raised $64mn to police a workforce that does not clock in. The Series A was revealed first by Axios. It takes…

Chrome is putting things on your computer you never agreed to
Chrome is putting things on your computer you never agreed to

Your browser has been busy on your behalf. This week brought two reminders that Chrome can put things on your machine you never agreed to. One came from Google. One came from an impostor. Both used the same quiet machinery. Chrome runs on billions of d…

Lucida AI closes $7M seed round for speech-to-speech AI

Lucida AI, aspeech-to-speech AI platform for global communication, has secured anadditional $1.6 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $7 million. The seedround was led by UK-based Velocity C…

Nomerra raises $2 million to automate private market operations

Nomerra, an AI platformfor private market operations, has raised $2 million in its first fundinground. The round was led by 14Peaks Capital, with participation from RedstoneFintech and senior individu…

Google makes Gemini’s personalized image generation free for all US users
Google makes Gemini’s personalized image generation free for all US users

Google is making Gemini’s personalized AI image generation free for all eligible users in the United States, removing a paywall that had restricted the feature to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers since its launch in April. The expansion, announced on S…

Germany wants Helsing to build the brain of its next air war
Germany wants Helsing to build the brain of its next air war

Germany is quietly building its own brain for future air warfare, and it wants Helsing to write the code. Berlin is lining up a €580mn contract for the Munich AI firm. The software would link fighters, drones, satellites and sensors, according to docum…

California gives all state agencies access to Claude at half price in first-of-its-kind Anthropic deal
California gives all state agencies access to Claude at half price in first-of-its-kind Anthropic deal

California has struck a deal with Anthropic that gives all state agencies and local governments access to Claude at half price. The agreement, announced by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday, makes Claude the first AI productivity tool available statewide…