Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
While everyone in AI is chasing “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.
Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.
Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks.
Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot
The updates come as Meta and other tech companies are facing scrutiny from regulators and parents around how AI chatbots respond to users in crisis, particularly teenagers.
Lululemon backs nylon recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A
Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.
Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant
Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.
Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more
By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls “the most important partner” to its founders.
Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors’ models.
Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms
The safety board confirmed Tesla’s account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.
Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.