Anthropic lets Claude read your bank accounts, but not move money
Anthropic launched Personal Finance, a beta that lets US Claude subscribers on Pro, Max and Ultra link bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask about their spending. Claude ca…
Google’s Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second AI videos for less
Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, its AI video model, generally available. It makes 15-second clips, up from 10, lets users edit them over several chat turns and costs 30% less, …
Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar
Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.
Meta’s warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder
Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.
OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?
OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.
Google’s first Wyoming data centre will run on gas with carbon capture
Google will build its first Wyoming data centre, a $17B investment near Cheyenne. Most of its power will come from natural gas, including a 702 MW fuel cell plant from AEP and Blo…
US government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass hacks of industrial retail and military freezers
A joint U.S. government statement says the hacks are affecting the food, transportation, and healthcare industries after reports of global mass hacks.
SoundCloud lets ElevenMusic users publish AI-made songs directly
SoundCloud is opening a direct publishing route for music made with the ElevenMusic app, the AI music generation platform from ElevenLabs, allowing creators to send AI-generated t…
Blue Origin delays New Glenn’s return to flight until January
Blue Origin has pushed New Glenn’s return to flight to January 2027, CEO Dave Limp told staff, Bloomberg reports. The rocket has been grounded since it exploded on its only launch…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027
OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business.
Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool
With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.
The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
Zipline raises $1.5bn at $21.5bn valuation as Walmart adds 300 drone sites
Zipline has raised $1.5bn at a $21.5bn valuation, the drone delivery company announced on Thursday. Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the round. Valor Equit…
Harbinger raises $240M after expanding into defense
The Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and a driverless platform for the military.
Insurer Guardian hands 1 million dental calls a year to Sierra’s AI agents
Guardian Life signed a multi-year deal with Sierra to use its AI agents for about 1 million dental benefit verification calls a year, plus payments and claim status checks. It is …
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Cyber found 81 new Firefox flaws and is rated ‘Critical’
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Cyber, a security model it says beats all its earlier models at finding and exploiting software flaws. OpenAI says it also stays within the limits resear…
Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M
Humble Robotics, a San Francisco start-up building self-driving electric freight vehicles, has raised $51m in a Series A round. Obvious Ventures led the round, announced on Thursd…
Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite
Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company.
Shield AI buys radar maker Echodyne for $5.3B at a $28.8B valuation
Shield AI agreed to buy Echodyne, which makes radars for counter-drone systems, for $5.3B. It is raising $2.5B in equity and debt to fund the deal, at a $28.8B valuation. Shield w…
Visa tested 22 AI models as shoppers, and they failed 42.8% of the time
Visa has launched an AI shopping benchmark, and in its first round the AI models failed 42.8% of their test runs. The Visa Agentic Commerce Benchmark put 22 AI models from 12 labs…
Sony’s $60 MDR-3R headphones bring back the original Walkman look
Sony launched the $60 MDR-3R, wired headphones modelled on the pair that shipped with the first Walkman in 1979. They add USB-C, a microphone and a remote. An $80 Stranger Things …
Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics
As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libra…
Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night
Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery
Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.