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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Vals Raises $40 Million to Build Real-World Benchmarks for AI Models

Vals has raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz as it builds independent benchmarks designed to measure how AI models perform on real professional work rather…

Automattic Reviews $8.15 Million Executive Severance Deals Signed During Matt Mullenweg’s Brief Leave

Automattic is reviewing the legal status of executive severance agreements worth a combined $8.15 million after interim CEO Mark Davies and Chief Legal Officer Andy Missan approved compensation packages for…

Wayve Appoints Former Waymo Finance Chief Elisa de Martel As CFO

Autonomous driving startup Wayve has appointed former Waymo executive Elisa de Martel as its new chief financial officer as the company prepares to expand the deployment of its automated driving…

ShinyHunters Publishes Stolen Florida Vehicle And Driver Records After Ransom Demand Fails

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files taken from a Florida state database containing vehicle and driver-related information after the state agency declined to meet the…

May Mobility To Go Public Through SPAC Deal Valued At $1.4 Billion

May Mobility plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal that could provide more…

Amazon Raises Minimum Pay For U.S. Operations Workers To $20 Per Hour

Amazon has announced a pay increase for its U.S. core operations workforce, raising the minimum starting wage for eligible employees to $20 per hour. The move affects workers in roles…

SK Hynix Explores U.S. Memory Chip Manufacturing Deal With Intel

South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix is reportedly in talks with Intel about manufacturing RAM chips in the United States for the first time, according to a Reuters report.…