Manus Walked Away From a $2 Billion Meta Deal. Now It Wants a $4 Billion Valuation Alone.
Chinese AI agent startup Manus is reportedly raising $500 million at a $4 billion valuation, months after Beijing blocked its…
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That Dream Job Interview Might Be North Korea Trying to Steal Your Crypto Wallet
US, Japanese, Australian, and German authorities warned about WaterPlum, a North Korean hacking operation posing as recruiters to infect job…
Joby Just Flew a Plane Across the Country With Nobody Touching the Controls
Joby Aviation flew a converted Cessna Caravan more than 3,100 miles across the US with full autonomous taxiing, takeoff, navigation,…
Waymo Picked Singapore for Its First Robotaxi Market Outside the US
Waymo will bring autonomous ride-hailing to Singapore, its first market outside the US, in partnership with the country's Ministry of…
A Chatbot Hallucinated Nuclear Cargo on a Chinese Ship, and the Military Almost Acted On It
A U.S. military analyst reportedly relied on an AI chatbot that falsely claimed a Chinese vessel carried nuclear weapon components,…
Universal and Sony Are Suing Suno Again, and This Time They Want the New Model Too
Universal Music Group and Sony Music filed a second copyright lawsuit against Suno on September 18, alleging its new v6…
Jensen Huang Just Told Wall Street Nvidia’s Chip Sales Are About to Double Again
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reiterated at a Scotland tech event that chip sales will roughly double in 2027, backed by…
Anthropic and OpenAI Want Outside Referees Watching Their Labs. The Catch Is Who Picks the Referee.
Anthropic and OpenAI have committed to embedding third-party safety evaluators inside their labs with access to training checkpoints and the…
WordPress’s Parent Company Just Had the Weirdest 33 Hours in Its History
Automattic's board put Matt Mullenweg on paid leave on September 9, his CFO signed himself an $8.15 million reciprocal severance…
Microsoft Is Betting Windows’ Next Chapter on AI That Runs Without the Cloud
Microsoft set October 7 in San Francisco for a Windows and Surface event built around local AI, with Satya Nadella…