Nous Research Confirms $1.5 Billion Valuation, Now Wants Businesses to Use Its AI Agents
Nous Research, the decentralized AI lab known for its open Hermes models, has confirmed a raise at a $1.5 billion…
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Google Just Told Its Quality Raters to Watch for Fake Author Bios
Google has updated its Quality Rater Guidelines to explicitly flag invented author profiles and fabricated credentials as a sign of…
The Teen Behind Cal AI Just Raised $10 Million for an AI Wristband Called Persona
Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old who built the calorie-tracking app Cal AI, has raised $10 million for a new startup called…
OpenAI Is Putting Ads Next to Your AI-Generated Images Now
OpenAI has begun showing visual ads alongside the results of ChatGPT's image generation tool, a quiet but significant step into…
The South Korea Bank Hacker Left His Resume in the AI Logs He Used to Break In
CrowdStrike says it found what looks like the suspected hacker's own resume buried in exposed AI session logs from the…
Waymo Just Upsized Its First-Ever Debt Deal to $5 Billion
Waymo has grown its debut private debt raise from an initial target north of $3 billion to $5 billion, with…
Meet Tab, the New AI Assistant That Texts You Like a Friend and Just Hit a $300 Million Valuation
Tab, a personal AI assistant that lives inside iMessage and WhatsApp instead of its own app, has exited stealth at…
Google’s AI Overviews Jumped From 26% to 80% of Branded Searches Last Month
New tracking data from DemandSphere shows Google's AI Overviews appeared on roughly 80% of branded search queries in September, up…
China’s Manus Just Raised $500 Million in Its First Round Since the Meta Deal Fell Apart
Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup Meta once tried to buy into, has closed more than $500 million in its…
OpenAI Finally Responds to Its Fired Researchers, and Still Won’t Say What They Leaked
OpenAI's official Newsroom account said Friday it fired researchers Jasmine, Mikita and Tomek over "a significant breach of trust beyond…