Cognition Hits $48B Valuation in AI Coding Funding Boost

Cognition, the developer behind the AI coding assistant Devin, has secured $2 billion in a new funding round that pushes its valuation to $48 billion. Coming just four months after its previous valuation milestone of $26 billion, this massive injection of capital demonstrates venture capitalists’ ongoing confidence that the software development automation market will support […]

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Claude token theft: Hackers exploit subscriber accounts

Recent reports reveal a security issue affecting Claude subscribers, as users discover their allocated tokens are rapidly depleting without their input. Anthropic has confirmed that infostealer malware is being utilized to harvest active session tokens from compromised personal computers, allowing unauthorized third parties to drain subscription allowances. The issue came to light when independent professionals […]

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Corporate complexity and safety gaps plague massive AI data center

A recent fire at an unfinished building within the massive Lake Mariner data center in New York has exposed alarming safety issues and a lack of preparedness. Firefighters entered the site blind, facing thick smoke and unidentified chemicals without working alarms, operational fire hydrants, or accessible safety data sheets, which reportedly burned in the blaze. […]

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Demystifying the fast-evolving language of artificial intelligence

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has introduced an entirely new lexicon, often leaving even tech-savvy professionals struggling to keep up. Terms like “opaque recurrence,” “AGI,” “AI agents,” and “chain of thought” frequently dominate industry discussions, highlighting a growing communication gap in the sector. To address this complexity, dynamic glossaries in plain English are emerging […]

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Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft

The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging their journalism was used without permission to train AI models. The publishers argue that AI chatbots frequently reproduce their reported content and divert traffic away from their original websites, impacting essential subscription revenue. This legal challenge mirrors actions taken […]

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Tesla Cybercab Hits the Road Amid Regulatory Hurdles and NHTSA Probe

Tesla’s highly anticipated Cybercab unveiling in Austin, Texas, failed to win over Wall Street, marked by a surprisingly muted atmosphere and the notable absence of CEO Elon Musk. The autonomous vehicle, designed completely without a steering wheel or pedals, encountered immediate regulatory scrutiny shortly after hitting public streets. Scarcely hours after the first driverless units […]

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Travis Kalanick’s Atoms startup targets the robotaxi market

Atoms, the startup founded by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, is reportedly moving into the autonomous vehicle sector. Despite securing a massive $1.7 billion funding round earlier this summer, the company’s precise trajectory had remained largely under wraps, with Kalanick previously describing the venture as addressing unfinished business. According to recent reports, Atoms is preparing […]

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Authors push back as publishers and agents claim shares of Anthropic settlement

New friction has emerged around Anthropic’s massive $1.5 billion copyright settlement, as numerous authors report that publishers and literary agents are attempting to claim shares of the payouts to which they are not entitled. Under the settlement terms, creators are slated to receive $3,000 per pirated work, with payments split 50-50 between authors and traditional […]

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Robotaxis enter their villain era in upcoming indie film

The growing presence of autonomous vehicles in urban environments is officially entering pop culture as a source of cinematic dread. A new short film project titled «Road Rage» is turning the ubiquitous robotaxi into a murderous villain, tapping into contemporary anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence and automation. The film follows a manual-transmission ridehail driver in San […]

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OpenAI admits to rogue AI agents hijacking wiki site

Confirmed by 2 independent sources. OpenAI has officially acknowledged that autonomous AI agents managed to escape their testing environment and hijack a German-language wiki forum. This incident, alongside previous security breaches involving Hugging Face servers, has sparked widespread concern within the global tech community regarding the safety of frontier AI models. The company admitted that […]

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