“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots
“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots

“When enough factory roles go unfilled at once, entire supply chains are at risk. O-ID’s robots are built to work alongside the people still on the floor, closing those gaps before they become a crisis for a single factory and for the industries Japan …

Lovable says two-thirds of the Fortune 500 use it and revenue hit $600m
Lovable says two-thirds of the Fortune 500 use it and revenue hit $600m

Two-thirds of the Fortune 500 are using Lovable, co-founder Fabian Hedin said, often because staff found the tool on their own. Those companies then come to Lovable with thousands of apps and ask what to do, he said. Hedin, Lovable’s chief technology o…

Kontext raises $4M for runtime security platform for AI agents

AI security company Kontext has raised $4million in funding to expand its runtime security platform for AI agents. Thefinancing was led by 42CAP, with backing from a16z CSX and HTGF.Founded by Jens Er…

Nick Clegg dismisses fears that AI could wipe out humanity
Nick Clegg dismisses fears that AI could wipe out humanity

Nick Clegg has dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could one day turn on humanity and wipe it out, calling that view hand-wavy. The former UK deputy prime minister, who later ran global affairs at Meta, spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme o…

AI platform Reply Next secures €400K pre-seed funding

Reply Next, an AIplatform for managing the digital presence of businesses with multiplelocations, has raised €400,000 in pre-seed funding. The round was led byindependent investment firm 4Founders Cap…

British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for ‘aiding and abetting’ school shooter
British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for ‘aiding and abetting’ school shooter

B.C. is demanding compensation after it says OpenAI’s reviewers wanted to call police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the attack.

OpenAI agent broke into Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, PM says
OpenAI agent broke into Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, PM says

The Australian government website, which contains information on Medicare, the country’s public health scheme, was broken into by an AI agent operated by OpenAI, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said on Wednesday. Albanese gave a statement at a pr…

Meta unveils $1,299 VR glasses and turns its AI glasses into hearing aids
Meta unveils $1,299 VR glasses and turns its AI glasses into hearing aids

Meta will sell VR glasses that weigh about 100 grams for $1,299.99 from spring 2027. It is also turning its AI glasses into over-the-counter hearing aids. Mark Zuckerberg announced both at Meta Connect on Wednesday. He also showed audio-only Ray-Ban gl…

Google DeepMind’s Ayoub says companies can fence AI in, like banks did
Google DeepMind’s Ayoub says companies can fence AI in, like banks did

Companies cannot fully govern AI systems, but they can build a fixed fence around them, Google DeepMind’s Kareem Ayoub said. He pointed to banks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They put trading algorithms inside fixed rules they could check. Ayoub, …

OpenAI’s Colin Jarvis says enterprise AI is stuck on deployment, not models
OpenAI’s Colin Jarvis says enterprise AI is stuck on deployment, not models

Most companies that struggle with enterprise AI are not waiting for better models, OpenAI’s head of forward deployed engineering said on Wednesday. In about 80% of cases, Colin Jarvis said, the problem is deployment. Companies do not yet know how to ro…