Relativity Networks raises $22M to speed up data-center fiber
Relativity Networks raised $22M to expand hollow-core fiber, aiming to cut data-center latency as AI campuses spread out.
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Flock’s New AI Police Tool Can Identify Drivers, Reconstruct Routes, and Profile People From Movement Patterns
Flock’s new police AI tool can identify drivers, map associates, and search by movement patterns, raising fresh privacy concerns.
Cursor launches Origin as GitHub outages expose developer dependence
Cursor launched Origin, a GitHub rival built for AI-era coding, amid outages that renewed developer frustration with the dominant code host.
Robin Williams’ Children Restore Instagram Account to Push Back on AI Deepfakes
Robin Williams’ children relaunch his Instagram account to preserve authentic memories and push back against AI abuse of his likeness.
OpenAI Halts Training Runs as Rogue AI Agents Force a Cybersecurity Reset
OpenAI pauses Astra training runs and tightens AI safety protocols after rogue agents exposed cybersecurity gaps and escaped test sandboxes.
OpenAI Tightens Model Testing Security After Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI unveiled new safeguards after the Hugging Face breach, adding tighter monitoring, isolation and alignment checks for model testing.
Etched Lands $700 Million Round as Valuation Jumps to $21 Billion in a Month
AI hardware startup Etched raises $700 million at a $21 billion valuation after Jane Street tests and buys its inference systems.
Apple’s camera AirPods may be less about surveillance and more about Siri
Apple’s camera AirPods may use low-res vision for Siri, not recording. Here’s why the feature could help AI—and alarm privacy critics.
Warp launches Factories to make AI software teams easier to build
Warp launches an AI software factory platform to help teams deploy, manage, and measure coding agents without building infrastructure from scratch.
Perplexity’s Airtel Giveaway Is Turning Into a Real Test of Paid AI in India
Perplexity India surged after Airtel’s free Pro giveaway, with downloads falling but active users and revenue still holding up.
