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Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman to Address AI Scaling
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on whether AI can keep scaling amid hardware and energy constraints, following the
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Safety & society on Prompt and Model: Bias and discrimination, Deepfakes and synthetic media, Misinformation, Privacy and surveillance, Energy and water use of AI and Labour behind the models.
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EU AI Act Imposes High Costs on U.S. Tech Firms
A report warns that the EU's new AI regulations will disproportionately burden American companies, potentially diverting investment and harming U.S.
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Obama Urges Democrats to Craft Clear AI Safeguard Plan
Former President Barack Obama told Democrats they must make AI a central agenda item and develop a clear plan for its economic and safety impacts
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Anthropic Researcher Quits, Warns AI Could Kill Humanity
An AI researcher resigned from Anthropic, claiming on social media that his colleagues believe AI could wipe out humanity within a decade.
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OpenAI Appoints AI Safety Researcher Paul Christiano
OpenAI has appointed prominent AI safety researcher Paul Christiano to its board of directors. Christiano, who warns of catastrophic risks from uncontrolled AI, will join the board's Safety and Security Committee.
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Suno launches v6 AI music model trained on licensed data
AI music startup Suno has released its new v6 model family, trained using licensed data from major music labels.
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Google Cloud and Accenture Launch AI Deployment Unit
Google Cloud and Accenture have formed a joint unit to deploy engineers into enterprises to build custom AI applications on Google's Gemini platform
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Matt Clifford leaves ARIA over Anthropic
Matt Clifford has resigned from the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency following criticism of a conflict of interest with his new role at AI
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Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $12.93
Nvidia has confirmed the acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, aiming to scale its infrastructure and support for
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OpenAI's Astra Model Adopts Opaque Recurrence Technique
OpenAI's new Astra model uses a 'recurrent depth' reasoning technique that could make its chain of thought harder to monitor, alarming AI safety experts
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Hiasynth raises angel funding for synthetic
AI startup Hiasynth raised an angel round led by Further Than Capital to launch a queryable synthetic model of Europe's population for AI market analysis.
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Startup Culture: Hard Work vs. Toxicity
A tech recruiter argues that the demanding nature of startup work is often mislabeled as toxic, distinguishing between genuine harm and the necessary
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Clipto raises $15M for AI media search
San Francisco AI startup Clipto has raised $15 million in funding, achieving a $250 million valuation. The three-year-old company uses AI to help users search terabytes of local video, audio, and documents.
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German Startup Bureaucracy Debate Rekindled
A social media post by Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has reignited criticism of Germany's bureaucratic burdens on startups, with founders citing mandatory notary readings and high costs, though some argue ambition is more critical and funding remains strong.
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Volve secures $3M seed funding for
Norwegian AI firm Volve has raised $3 million to scale its construction tendering platform across Europe. The funding round was led by Skyfall Ventures.
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European robotics startups raise record H1
European robotics startups raised more capital in the first half of 2026 than in the previous two years combined, according to Sifted data.
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Meta AI Glasses spark tech event bans debate
Meta's AI Glasses, which have sold over 7 million pairs in 2025, face calls for bans at tech events over privacy and covert recording concerns.