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Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content

The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.

AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI

Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company's ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round

The deal marks one of the largest seed rounds — or first funding rounds — in Silicon Valley history, representing the massive investor appetite to back promising new AI labs. Thinking Machines Lab is less than a year old and has yet to reveal what it's working on.

Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines

The feature will appear on iOS and Android in the U.S., with a focus on trending lifestyle topics like sports and entertainment. Google also noted the feature will make it easier for people to decide what pages they want to visit.

The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for $245K

Billy McFarland, the fraudster who brought you Fyre Festival, has sold the rights to the brand on eBay for $245,300. We do not yet know who the buyer is or what they plan to do with such cursed IP.

Finally, a dev kit for designing on-device, mobile AI apps is here: Liquid AI’s LEAP

LEAP addresses those needs head-on with a local-first approach that allows small models to run directly on-device, no cloud infrastructure.Read More

Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month

Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.

Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker

A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.

AI coding tools are shifting to a surprising place: the terminal

For years, code-editing tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub’s Copilot have been the standard for AI-powered software development. But as agentic AI grows more powerful and vibe-coding takes off, a subtle shift has changed how AI systems are interacting with software. Instead of working on code, they’re increasingly interacting directly with the shell of whatever system they’re installed in. It’s a significant change in how AI-powered software development happens – and despite the low profile

Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AI’s ‘thoughts’

Research leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are urging tech companies and research groups to monitor AI's "thoughts."

Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures

The firm will look to invest $500,000 to $4 million in 15-20 seed and Series A companies in the healthcare, climate, consumer, and community sectors.

China’s Geely is officially bringing its luxury EV startup Zeekr private

China’s Geely Auto is officially taking its luxury EV subsidiary Zeekr private, just over a year after the company debuted on the New York Stock Exchange.

ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch as interest in Postgres explodes amid AI boom

ParadeDB built a Postgres extension that facilitates full-text search and analytics on Postgres without the need to transfer data.

xAI says it has fixed Grok 4’s problematic responses

xAI says it fixed the issue with Grok 4 where the model said its surname was "mechahitler."

Google inks $3B deal to buy hydropower from Brookfield

Google will pay more than $3 billion to source carbon-free hydropower from Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners' plants in Pennsylvania.

Perplexity offers free AI tools to students worldwide in partnership with SheerID

Perplexity and SheerID launch a global program offering students up to two years of free AI access through secure identity verification.Read More

Joby Aviation doubles pilot eVTOL facility capacity as it races to launch air taxis

Joby Aviation has doubled the size and production capacity of its pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California as it races to commercialize electric air taxis by early next year. 

Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track

Auriga Space wants to reimagine launch by using electromagnetic forces.

xAI gives first public explanation for why Grok called itself 'MechaHitler' and cited Elon Musk's opinions

xAI said Grok gave its surname as "MechaHitler" to some users because the chatbot's internet searches picked up a "viral meme ...

Elon Musk looms over jury selection in Tesla Autopilot fatality trial

The case is the first suit related to fatal crashes involving the electric vehicle company’s Autopilot system to go to trial.