TMtechmemeNYC-based Luminary, which develops AI-powered workflow tools for estate planning and wealth transfer management, raised a $22M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital (Davis Janowski/Wealth Management)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAmazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSome experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B (Reuters)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeResearchers: OpenAI agents attacked Ruby package manager RubyGems in May; OpenAI says its agents used RubyGems to access the internet to do "benign tasks" (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: US Senate negotiators are debating a bill to impose a "duty of care" for AI companies and let the government block the release of models deemed unsafe (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCitrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the firm to SemiAnalysis for an undisclosed sum; sources: van Geelen plans to launch a new fund (Bloomberg)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeFOIA docs: the CFTC launched at least three previously unreported investigations into Polymarket trading, including about Google's 2025 Year in Search Ranking (Kate Knibbs/Wired)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeLinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize (Business Insider)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics (Terence Tao/What's new)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations (Tom Rees/Bloomberg)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation (Globe and Mail)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings (Andrew Solender/Axios)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeInternal note: Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is "time for me to move on and try new things" (Tom Warren/The Verge)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeRoblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta says it is making changes to prompts suggested by Meta AI after a viral video showed it posing invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters (Emma Roth/The Verge)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal providing a 50% discount from October 1, with access to GPT-6 Astra (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)industry1 day ago▲ 24Read story→