Marissa Mayer’s New Startup Dazzle Takes a Visual Approach to the Personal AI Assistant Market
When former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently revealed that she was finally ready to unveil Dazzle—the personal AI assistant startup that successfully raised an $8 million seed round last December…
Anthropic Prepares Historic IPO While Warning SEC That Its AI Models Show Behaviors "Resembling Blackmail" and "Resist Shutdown"
Anthropic has dedicated nearly a third of its hotly anticipated initial public offering prospectus to an unprecedented section on risk factors, explicitly detailing alarming behaviors that its artificial intelligence models…
Modal Labs Nears $750 Million Funding Round at $15.75 Billion Valuation Amid Soaring AI Inference Demand
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is rapidly closing in on a massive $750 million funding round led by Accel. According to a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations,…
Truecaller Expands Beyond Caller ID With New Open-Web Scam Checker
After spending more than a decade building a massive global caller ID business serving over 500 million users, Truecaller is taking the extensive scam intelligence it has gathered along the…
From Saturday Night Live Satire to a White House Summit: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Faces a Whirlwind Weekend
It has been a truly remarkable weekend for Dario Amodei. The chief executive officer and co-founder of artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic has seemingly been everywhere at once, capturing the public…
Google Tests Direct Flipkart Checkout Within Gemini and AI Mode in India
Google has officially taken a major step toward transforming its artificial intelligence tools from mere discovery engines into direct transaction platforms. The search giant has begun testing a new capability…
PNOĒ’s New Self-Administered Metabolic Testing Mask Brings Lab-Grade Health Insights to the Masses
At first glance, the newest device from PNOĒ looks remarkably like something a comic-book villain might wear. The mask, which covers the nose and mouth and straps securely around the…
AI Medical Coding Tools Drive Nearly $1 Billion in Added Healthcare Costs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Analysis Reveals
The integration of artificial intelligence into the administrative workflows of American healthcare has reached a critical inflection point, with new data revealing that AI-driven insurance claim submissions are significantly driving…
I Made an AI Digital Twin of Myself at Synthesia, and the Experience Was Both Fascinating and Deeply Uncanny
When Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs at the prominent video-generation startup Synthesia, sent a digital link this past summer, the contents immediately caught me off guard. It was an…
Meta Goes All-In on Smart Glasses at Connect, Unveiling Camera-Free and Accessibility Models
If there was one thing that was unmistakably obvious from this year’s Meta Connect conference, it is that the social media and technology giant is entirely committed to its burgeoning…