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AI
Robotics and physical AI companies raise ~$48B this year
AI
Tencent plans about $5 billion bond offering to help fund AI spending
Products
IonQ agrees to acquire Elisity for up to $1.3 billion in stock
AI
India's TDB signs ₹86 crore financing agreement for Peptris drug programme
Security
Researchers link Claude Code agents to ongoing Ukrainian data theft campaign
Security
CloudConnect CRM flaw reportedly allows data theft without a login
AI
Vitalize raises $31M Series A for hospital staffing AI
Security
Nixos-vex automates configuration checks for vulnerability triage
Science
Researchers demonstrate AI detection of rabies in cell cultures
Robotics
AthenaZero robot demonstrates throwing, catching and batting in tests
AI
AutoIndexer preprint demonstrates a model that edits its earlier output
Capital
Anchorage Digital acquires payments automation startup Routable
AI
Salesforce agrees to acquire analytics platform Loops
Capital
PLACE agrees to acquire mortgage software company Ardley
AI
Google expands SynthID detection to media from other AI providers
Products
ArtCraft developer releases free alternatives to three Microsoft Office apps
Products
SAP Pay becomes available in the United States and United Kingdom
Security
Cyberleek threatens GTA VI build release tied to memecoin target
Products
Firmus Grid IPO collapse tightens scrutiny of Asia AI infrastructure deals
Capital
Commerce AI startup Loops announces $3.5 million seed round
Science
Researchers combine low heat conductivity with stiff layered material
Security
Microsoft warns Windows 11 23H2 enterprise security updates end in November
AI
HCLTech partners with Anthropic to integrate Claude into enterprise software
Products
LineageOS 24 rolls out with Android 17 and browser installation tools
Security
Zod commit adds remote code loader to 4.6.6 package files
Policy
Microsoft president calls for mandatory AI safety standards and incident reporting
AI
TernaryLLM preprint reports accuracy gains with lower-bit model weights
AI
CircuitLasso preprint reports lower computing costs for mapping AI model behavior
AI
SWE-Duel preprint tests coding agents with newly generated defects
AI
Preprint reports gains from AI agents tuning specialized neural networks
AI
AMLworld-Compact cuts transaction targets needed for model evaluation
AI
DP-MIND preprint extends private AI inference to million-token contexts
AI
Preprint reports higher training-data yield from selective web crawling
Science
GraphTok preprint reports higher AI serving capacity with GPU tokenization
AI
Rust-Prover preprint reports proofs for all 1007 VeriContest problems
Science
VQIL preprint reports improved ranking of power-grid and gene perturbation responses
AI
CoCoEvolve preprint reports gains in AI data workflow benchmarks
Science
MCGPO preprint reports higher agent success using existing training trajectories
AI
Preprint compresses language-model weights into 16-64 shared values
Science
Preprint reports molecular prediction gains from electron-density constraints
Science
KAFlow preprint reports more accurate learning of physical dynamics
AI
COFFEQA preprint reports gains in small-model question answering
AI
PreSTO preprint reports faster sampling for language-model reasoning
AI
CB-Orchestrator preprint reports lower token costs for AI workflow training
AI
ChemDiffAgent preprint reports approximately 20% gain in chemistry tool reasoning
Infrastructure
Tessolve secures $75 million for semiconductor engineering acquisitions
Robotics
NYU worm robot shifts water weight to climb steps and swim faster
AI
Pensieve developer reports 18% lower costs for coding-agent lookups
AI
Sakana AI reports research benchmark gains from self-trained agent teams
AI
Unofficial Gboard modification brings Rambler dictation to other Android phones
Robotics
Federal exemption lets driverless trucks use warning beacons
Infrastructure
Yandex reports at least 84 services offline after reported drone strikes
Science
Sea ice algorithm matches seasonal models using historical records
AI
Musk says Grok Bot can compare prices and complete purchases
Products
Valen developer describes compiler checks that allow multiple writable references
Security
Researchers trace cryptomining campaign across more than 3,400 servers
Infrastructure
AMD introduces Helion rack blueprint for AI agents
AI
DeepSeek reportedly agrees to lead Winverse AI seed round
Policy
US restores UK AISI access to latest AI models for safety testing
Products
Dongshan explores $2B to $3B Hong Kong listing
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