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Poke Becomes First Third-Party AI Agent Approved To Run On Apple’s Messages For Business Platform
Poke has become the first AI agent approved to run on Apple’s Messages for Business platform. Previously, the platform was designed for businesses such as airlines, retailers, and hotel chains…
Helion Raises $465 Million At $15.5 Billion Valuation As It Races To Complete Orion Fusion Power Plant
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it raised $465 million in a new funding round valuing the company at $15.5 billion. The cash infusion…
Meta’s Oversight Board Finds Account Deactivations Lack Due Process And Clarity On Violations
The Oversight Board, Meta’s independent governing body that makes policy recommendations to the tech company, said Thursday that Meta’s account deactivations lack due process. The board found that violations are…
Meta Launches AI Creator Assistant On Facebook With Personalized Posting And Content Recommendations
Meta announced on Thursday that it is introducing a new AI creator assistant on Facebook. The assistant will give creators personalized recommendations based on their content style, performance, community, and…
Burglar Used Waymo In San Francisco Theft But Police Could Not Identify Suspect Due To Blurred Footage
A burglar used a Waymo while stealing yoga clothes in San Francisco this past January. Police have still not caught the suspect. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the case…
Meta Spins Out Supernatural Fitness Game Into Independent Company After Earlier Plan To Stop New Content
Meta is letting the Supernatural team spin off into a new independent company called Supernatural Health. The new company will take over the VR fitness app later this year. Meta…
Substack Adds Reply Rules That Learn From Creator Actions To Auto-Filter Comments
Substack announced on Wednesday a new feature called Reply Rules. The feature gives creators greater control over how their audiences can respond. Creators can establish specific guidelines for comments on…
Google Labs Releases Dreambeans App That Generates AI-Illustrated Stories From User’s Google Data
Google Labs has launched a new AI-fueled app for iOS and Android called Dreambeans. The app uses data culled from across a user’s various Google services to generate a curated…
Plex Adds Discussions And Lists To Compete With Reddit And Letterboxd
Plex unveiled several social features on Wednesday aimed at changing how users interact with the platform. The company has transformed from a personal media server into a streaming hub with…
Uber Reports Thousands Of Lost Items In Robotaxis Including Dentures And An ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ Bag
Uber released its annual Lost & Found Index on Tuesday. The report typically catalogues millions of forgotten items from human-driven rides. This year, Uber used the report to highlight lost…
Xcimer Energy Activates Phoenix Laser System As A Step Toward Fusion Power Plant
Fusion startup Xcimer Energy switched on its Phoenix laser system on Wednesday. The company says Phoenix is the largest privately owned laser system in the world. Xcimer’s approach to fusion…
Cyera Finalizes $300M Round At $12B Valuation Just Five Months After $400M Series F
Data storage security company Cyera is finalizing a round led by Evolution Equity Partners of at least $300 million at a $12 billion valuation, according to four people with knowledge of the…
Uber Caps AI Coding Tools At $1,500 Per Employee Per Month After Burning Annual Budget In Four Months
Uber has instituted internal usage caps on AI coding tools to moderate rising costs. The company now places a monthly $1,500 cap per employee and per agentic coding tool, including…
Microsoft’s ASSERT Framework Turns Plain Language Into Automated AI Tests For Application-Specific Behavior
Microsoft introduced ASSERT (Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing) on Tuesday. The open-source framework simplifies testing for application-specific AI behavior. ASSERT uses AI to turn high-level, natural-language descriptions…
Layup Parts Raises $42 Million Series A After Anduril Alumni Workshopped Pitch
Layup Parts raised $42 million in a Series A round led by dual-use fund Marlinspike, the Huntington Beach, California, composites startup announced Tuesday. The company, founded in 2024 by former…
Google Adds Fake Call Detection To Phone App To Block Deepfake Scams
Google announced Tuesday that Android is rolling out fake call detection in Phone by Google to Android 12+ devices this month, starting with Pixel devices. The feature runs by default…
Microsoft Proposes Agent Control Specification To Govern AI Agents
Microsoft on Thursday released an open source standard called Agent Control Specification (ACS) that aims to let developers, compliance teams, and security staff define consistent, granular rules for AI agents.…
Amazon’s Ring Sued Over Familiar Faces Facial Recognition Feature
Amazon was sued on Monday in Seattle over allegations that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without their consent, a class action filed by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt…