For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geographies, selling to different buyers. That's changing.
Meta has launched Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model for agentic coding, aiming to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. It offers multistep reasoning and complex process management at competitive pricing, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighting its strengths in agentic performance and tool use.
Google is rolling out a feature in My Ad Center to disclose when ads are created or edited with AI, aiming to prevent misleading content by informing consumers about synthetic ad imagery.
Paris-based AI startup Gradium raises $100M in seed round, including new investment from Nvidia, to expand into Bay Area and enhance ultra-low latency voice AI models.
OpenAI's release of its advanced LLM, Sol, mirrors Anthropic's Fable, raising questions about the opaque government approval process. Experts express concern over the lack of clarity regarding licensing requirements and evaluation criteria, potentially influenced by industry figures and political connections.
MIT engineers have developed a bird-sized robot inspired by puffins that can fly and swim, a feat previously unachieved. The robot, weighing half a pound with a three-foot wingspan, uses wing flexibility and an open, waterproofed body for efficient movement in both air and water.
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI tool allowing users to generate images from public Instagram photos. Concerns about consent, privacy, and potential misuse like harassment and impersonation have arisen, with Meta offering an opt-out feature.
