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AI browsers are a significant security threat
Among the explosion of AI systems, AI web browsers such as Fellou and Comet from Perplexity have begun to make appearances on the corporate desktop. Such applications are described as...
OpenAI and Amazon ink $38B cloud computing deal
OpenAI isn't done securing the AI infrastructure it needs to rapidly scale agentic workloads. The ChatGPT maker on Monday said it has reached a deal with Amazon to buy $38...
Strengthening Our Core: Welcoming Karyne Levy as VentureBeat’s New Managing Editor
I’m thrilled to announce a fantastic new addition to our leadership team: Karyne Levy is joining VentureBeat as our new Managing Editor. Today is her first day. Many of you...
Microsoft’s $15.2B UAE investment turns Gulf State into test case for US AI diplomacy
For the first time, the U. has granted Microsoft a license to export Nvidia chips to the UAE – a move that positions the country as both a proving ground...
Microsoft inks $9.7B deal with Australia’s IREN for AI cloud capacity
The deal will give Microsoft access to compute infrastructure built with Nvidia's GB300 GPUs, which will be deployed over phases through 2026.
The beginning of the end of the transformer era? Neuro-symbolic AI startup AUI announces new funding at $750M valuation
The buzzed-about but still stealthy New York City startup Augmented Intelligence Inc (AUI), which seeks to go beyond the popular "transformer" architecture used by most of today's LLMs such as...
LG founder’s grandson, production firm partner up to bring AI to filmmaking
Brian Koo’s Stock Farm Road and Utopai Studios have partnered up to form Utopai East, an AI-powered film production company.
Her Voice, Reborn: How AI Gave Whitney Houston a 21st-Century Encore
Thirteen years after Whitney Houston’s passing, something uncanny is happening—her voice is stepping back into the spotlight, powered not by memory but by machine. A new collaboration between Houston’s estate...
AI Content Detectors Get the Hammer: Federal Trade Commission Cracks Down on Misleading Claims
Companies claiming their AI-detection tools could separate human from machine writing with near-perfect accuracy are now in the FTC’s crosshairs. The commission recently finalized an order against Workado, LLC (which...
From ambition to accountability: Quantifying AI ROI in strategy
For many UK executives, AI investment has become a necessity, not an experiment in innovation. Boards now demand evidence of measurable impact – whether through efficiency gains, revenue growth, or...