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Stanford AI Index 2026 showed a growing gap between experts and the public
Stanford HAI's 2026 report showed that AI experts increasingly see benefits, while the public, especially Gen Z, expects job losses, weak regulation, and new risks.
Apple tests four smart glasses designs and prepares a Meta rival for 2027
According to Bloomberg, Apple is evaluating four frame options for its first display-free smart glasses—with cameras, Siri, and tight iPhone integration—and is targeting a 2027 release.
Meta creates an AI replica of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can communicate with the CEO
Meta is developing a photorealistic AI replica of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can ask it questions about the company's strategy and get a sense of direct contact with the founder.
Kelluu raises €15M from NATO Innovation Fund for a network of surveillance aerostats in Europe
Finnish Kelluu has closed a €15 million Series A round: funding from NATO Innovation Fund and other investors will be used to scale autonomous aerostats for defense and civilian monitoring.
Cerebras seeks up to $4 billion in IPO, targets valuation of about $40 billion
AI chipmaker Cerebras has revived its stock market plans after its 2024 IPO fell through and now wants to raise up to $4 billion at a valuation of about $40 billion.
Apple raised Mac mini starting price to $799 due to demand for local AI tools
Apple pulled the $599 Mac mini from sale and raised the entry point to $799 after developers bought out the compact desktop for local AI tools and agents.
ByteDance unveils an AI-designed drug candidate against IL-17 for autoimmune diseases
ByteDance unit Anew Labs has for the first time unveiled an AI-designed drug candidate: an oral molecule against IL-17 for autoimmune diseases.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI stumbled in court after admission about xAI training
The first week of the trial in Oakland brought awkward admissions for Elon Musk: documents weakened his position, and xAI admitted training Grok on OpenAI outputs.
Y Combinator shifted its focus from software to hard tech, robots, chips, and lunar manufacturing
In its Summer 2026 Request for Startups, accelerator Y Combinator named 15 priorities, and more than half of them require not just code, but hardware, capital, and real-world execution.
Sequoia Capital raised $7 billion for its largest growth fund, nearly doubling its AI bet
Sequoia Capital has closed the largest growth fund in its history at $7 billion: nearly twice the size of its 2022 counterpart and a clear bet on late-stage rounds for AI companies.
US utilities prepare $1.4 trillion in investments by 2030 amid AI data center boom
US utilities plan to invest $1.4 trillion by 2030 to handle rising demand from AI data centers, adding pressure to household electricity rates.
Stanford AI Index report: China has nearly caught up with the US in AI model quality with lower investment
Stanford AI Index 2026 shows that China has cut the gap with the US in AI model quality to 2.7%, even though US private investment in the sector is 23 times higher.
Alex Theuma shuts down SaaStock and relaunches the largest SaaS conference as Shift AI
SaaStock founder Alex Theuma is shutting down Europe's largest B2B SaaS conference after ten years and launching Shift AI amid falling SaaS valuations and the market's shift toward AI.
Snap to cut 1,000 employees: Evan Spiegel expects efficiency gains from AI
Snap is laying off about 1,000 people, or 16% of its workforce, as it aims to save more than $500 million a year: management believes AI will allow it to do more with a smaller team.
Amazon introduced the Amazon Bio Discovery service to speed early drug discovery
Amazon introduced Amazon Bio Discovery — a platform with 40+ biomodels and AI agents that helps researchers design, screen, and validate new drug candidates faster.
Dropbox launched three ChatGPT apps for files, Dash search, and Reclaim calendar
Dropbox integrated access to files, Dash enterprise search, and Reclaim calendar into ChatGPT so users can search, save, and complete work tasks in one window.
DeepL launched real-time voice translation in more than 40 languages
DeepL moved beyond text translation and introduced voice tools: real-time translation for conversations, meetings, and group discussions in 40+ languages.
Elon Musk did not appear before Paris prosecutors in the case over illegal images in Grok
Paris prosecutors are investigating how Grok generated millions of sexualized images, including tens of thousands involving minors, while Elon Musk failed to appear for a voluntary interview.
Clarifai deleted 3 million OkCupid photos and the face recognition models trained on them
Clarifai said it deleted about 3 million OkCupid user photos and the face recognition models trained on them after the FTC closed the dispute over the transfer of that data without people’s knowledge.
DeepWay raises $310M ahead of IPO for global rollout of autonomous electric trucks
China's DeepWay closed a $310M pre-IPO round, with 6,400 heavy-duty electric trucks delivered and plans for a Hong Kong listing and international expansion.
Zoom integrates Verified Human from World to protect video meetings from deepfakes
Zoom will integrate World’s Verified Human system into Meetings: it matches live video against a biometric profile and helps screen out deepfakes in sensitive calls.
Oracle raises $16.3 billion for the Stargate campus as banks give way to PIMCO
Oracle secured $16.3 billion in financing for the Stargate data center campus in Michigan, but PIMCO became the key lender after major banks deemed the AI infrastructure bet too risky.
Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer — an AI agent for Mac mini and teams
At its first developer conference, Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer — software that turns Mac mini into a 24/7 AI agent — and brought Computer to the enterprise market.
Endform raises €1.5M to speed up testing and reduce CI load in the era of AI-generated code
Swedish startup Endform has secured €1.5M in seed funding and wants to remove one of the main constraints of the era of AI-generated code: slow CI pipelines and growing test queues.
NVIDIA to invest $2 billion in Nebius and help deploy more than 5 GW of AI capacity by 2030
NVIDIA is investing $2 billion in Amsterdam-based Nebius and expanding the alliance across the AI stack to bring its compute capacity to more than 5 GW by 2030.
Zendesk acquires Forethought to strengthen AI agents for customer service
Zendesk has agreed to acquire Forethought — one of the pioneers of AI support — to embed self-learning agents into its platform and accelerate the race in the customer service market.
Microsoft launches Copilot Health — an AI service for unifying medical data and health analysis
Microsoft has opened the waitlist for Copilot Health, a protected section in Copilot where AI compiles data from wearables, medical records, and lab tests into a single health profile.
Google radically updated Maps: Gemini answers questions, and navigation is now 3D
Google released the biggest Maps update in a decade: Gemini-powered Ask Maps understands complex everyday queries, and Immersive Navigation shows the route in live 3D.
Elon Musk restructures xAI again: co-founder departures, layoffs, and Grok falling behind
xAI is going through another hard reset: key engineers and co-founders are leaving the company, Grok is trailing competitors in coding, and Musk is once again upending the structure for a fresh start.
Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI over nearly 100,000 articles
Britannica and Merriam-Webster accused OpenAI of using their materials to train ChatGPT without permission and of reproducing fragments of nearly 100,000 articles too closely to the original.