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Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.

Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction.

Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers' confidential emails, bypassing data-protection policies.

OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

The decision comes a month after Tesla discontinued Autopilot, its basic driver-assistance system.

Amnesty International says it found evidence that a government customer of Intellexa, a sanctioned surveillance vendor, used its Predator spyware against a prominent journalist in Angola.

Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he would be joining the firm as a general partner. 

A combination of 3D-printed Lego-like parts, Formula 1 thinking, and a bounty program will help the company hit that target. The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency.

An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

As the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development.

Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for its new fund -- nearly double the size of its last fund.

The new project, called Material Scale, will initially focus on climate tech startups in the apparel industry.

Anthropic has released a new version of its midsized Sonnet model, keeping pace with the company's four-month update cycle.

Mistral AI has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages the infrastructure behind it.

Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers.

When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture.

EU lawmakers found their government-issued devices were blocked from using the baked-in AI tools, amid fears that sensitive information could turn up on the U.S. servers of AI companies.

The feature is designed to work inside the website to understand its content and layout, allowing site owners to make changes with natural language commands. The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Fire TV's new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+.