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Mind Robotics, which was first revealed in late 2025, has now raised more than $1 billion to date.

"I believe I am an honest and trustworthy business person," Altman testified in federal court.

Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.

For founders and investors, Anthropic's new offering signals that the AI platform wars are expanding downmarket and that the next major battleground for user acquisition isn't the Fortune 500; it's the 36 million small businesses that make up the backbone of the U.S. economy.

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn and is attempting to extort the company.

Republicans still have the midterms to get through, but administration officials have already set their sights on the next election.

Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant.

After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says.

The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year.

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canvas.

Frank O'Connor and Brian Ulrich have joined Bit Bot as creative director and general manager, respectively. This strategic expansion positions the studio to scale its development capabilities.

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The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

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For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp. 

Sensor Tower has acquired mobile app intelligence firm AppMagic for an undisclosed amount.

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Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

Former NetEase executive Simon Zhu has launched a new holding company, GreaterThan Group (GTG), securing $40 million in funding and approximately $60 million in additional commitments.

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Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.

A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe. Now, it's ready to start testing those returning to the US after a cruise outbreak.