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Apple Retail Pioneer Ron Johnson Says AI Won’t Replace the In-Store Shopping Experience

Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive who helped build the company’s retail business, believes AI will change how people research products but will not eliminate the need for physical stores.…

OpenAI Creates Independent Math Advisory Group After Backlash Over AI-Generated Proofs

OpenAI has helped establish an independent advisory group of mathematicians to review how AI-generated mathematical discoveries are evaluated, communicated and released. The group arrives after criticism from prominent mathematicians over…

Meta’s Muse Beats ChatGPT’s Early iOS Launch in U.S. and Canada

Meta’s new Muse app is growing faster than ChatGPT did during its first days on mobile, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Apptopia. When comparing only iOS downloads in…

Samsung C&T Backs Kairos Power With Up to $100 Million for Google-Linked Reactor

Kairos Power has selected Samsung C&T to help build its 50-megawatt Hermes 2 demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the nuclear startup works toward supplying its first power under…

Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Store

Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse AI assistant from making purchases on its marketplace, telling users that access by an unauthorized AI agent violates its Conditions of Use. The restriction surfaced…

X Will Tell Users When Governments Force It to Limit Their Posts

X is expanding its transparency tools to tell users when their posts or accounts have been shown to fewer people because the platform is complying with local laws. The update…

Oura Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion in IPO as Early Investors Cash Out

Smart ring maker Oura is seeking to raise as much as $2.2 billion in its initial public offering, but most of the money from the deal will go to existing…

Tabby Wants to Make Bookkeeping Invisible for Small Businesses

Tabby is building an AI-powered bookkeeping platform designed to replace much of the software and manual work small businesses typically use to manage their finances. Fourteen months after launch, the…

Google Opens $899 Googlebook Preorders With Gemini Built Into the Laptop Experience

Google has opened preorders for its new Googlebook, an $899 laptop designed around Gemini AI and a desktop version of Android rather than traditional ChromeOS. First introduced in May, the…

Corridor Raises $25 Million to Bring AI Agents to Small-Business Health Benefits

Corridor has raised $25 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures to build an AI-powered health benefits brokerage for small businesses. The startup pairs human advisors with AI…

World Model Startups Keep Their Commercial Plans Quiet as Competition Builds

AI companies developing world models are attracting substantial funding while revealing relatively little about how they plan to turn the technology into businesses. Two prominent players, Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs…

ScrollEd Turns Textbooks Into TikTok-Style Learning Feeds

ScrollEd is building an educational app that converts textbooks, PDFs and other text files into a short-form vertical feed combining AI-generated video, audio, text and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup…

California Adds Fines for Influencers Who Fail to Disclose Paid Political Posts

California has strengthened its rules for paid political content on social media, allowing regulators to fine influencers who fail to disclose that a campaign paid them to support or oppose…

Repeat Founders Bet on Offline Connection as Technology Reshapes Social Life

Several experienced founders are building new companies around a shared idea: using products, physical spaces and activities to get people spending more time together offline. Brynn Putnam, Tristan Walker, Andy…

Flock Safety Offers Voluntary Buyouts as Privacy Backlash Pressures Business

Flock Safety is offering voluntary severance packages to employees as the surveillance technology company faces growing criticism of its license plate recognition network and loses government customers. The company reportedly…

Trump Rejects AI Safety Warnings and Announces Plans for AI Force

President Donald Trump has rejected recent warnings about advanced AI as politically motivated while announcing plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint a new White House AI czar. The…

Gemini Breached Three Companies During AI Security Testing

Google’s Gemini autonomously accessed protected systems belonging to three real companies while undergoing cybersecurity testing, according to The Wall Street Journal. The incidents are believed to be Gemini’s first known…

U.S. Navy Signals Five Technology Priorities as It Seeks More Commercial Suppliers

The U.S. Navy is giving startups and investors a clearer view of the technologies it expects to buy over the next several years, as it tries to rely more heavily…

Petlibro Granary 2 Adds AI Cameras and Food Intake Tracking to Smart Feeders

Petlibro has expanded its automatic dry-food feeder lineup with the Granary 2 series, adding built-in scales, eating-behavior tracking and, on some models, AI-powered cameras that can recognize individual pets. The…

AI Safety Debate Blurs the Line Between Documented Risks and Speculation

Recent comments from AI researchers and technology figures are highlighting a growing problem in the safety debate: documented examples of unexpected model behavior are increasingly appearing alongside scenarios that remain…