Australian inquiry asks Altman and Amodei to testify
Deel loses bid to bar key witness in Rippling spy case, Bloomberg reports
TikTok to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle teen safety lawsuit
OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox
Xi ends Washington visit with trade truce extended to January
Google’s India AI hub cleared for 2.51GW, not 1GW, the Guardian reports
Why markdown is becoming the default language between search data and AI models
Oxford let OpenAI train AI models on Bodleian texts, the Guardian reports
From tunnel to connectivity layer: What GnuVPN says about where VPNs are heading
McDonald’s tests Archy, an AI drive-thru voice for English and Spanish
Hollywood studios want film graduates who already use AI, Semafor reports
Tesla’s Semi finally enters production, nine years after it was shown
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Precision Neuroscience raises $250m at a $1bn valuation, NYT reports
Liquid AI puts a personal context layer for AI agents on Snapdragon chips
Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents
Island co-founders Dan Amiga, in a navy shirt jacket, and Mike Fey, arms crossed in a cream overshirt, against a grey backdrop
O-ID co-founders Simon Gormuzov (left) and Stian Jakobsen (right) smiling as they lean on the arms of a white two-armed O-ID humanoid robot, in front of a grey backdrop
Nscale chief executive Josh Payne, smiling, in a dark shirt against a black background
Numeral co-founders Sam Ross and Matt DuVall in side-by-side portraits against a pale blue textured backdrop
White twin-propeller surveillance drone with long wings and a nose-mounted sensor turret, parked on an airfield runway under a pink evening sky
Smartphone showing the orange and red pixel Mistral AI logo, with a blurred photo of Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch on a screen behind it
Ingimar Tomasson leans back on a tan leather sofa while Gregory Janik sits forward in a leather armchair beside a chrome and glass table.
Deutsche Telekom is replacing phone menus with AI agents, its AI chief says
UiPath’s Dines says AI needs a manual and launches Cartographer to write it
Meta’s AI chief wants Muse to make you $1,000
