The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without direct human instruction. Speaking at the European Central Bank Forum on central banking…

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Insider Brief Queue emerged from stealth after raising a $12.6 million seed round led by AlleyCorp to build an autonomous robotic pharmacy system that fills and verifies prescriptions. The Silicon Valley startup said the round followed a $6 million pre-seed led by Riot Ventures, bringing total funding to $18.6 million, with additional backing from House…

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Insider Brief Aether AI has closed a $20M seed round led by MPCi, with participation from Inno Angel Fund, SWC Global, Unity Ventures, and others, to accelerate research and development of its causal world model technology and support initial commercial deployments in Physical AI and robotics. Founded by Prof. Biwei Huang, an Assistant Professor at…

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a partnership with Anthropic that will give state agencies and local governments discounted access to Claude, the company’s AI chatbot, along with associated training and support. The deal arrives as many organisations grapple with the rising costs of enterprise AI subscriptions, and is positioned by the state as a…

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Google has expanded access to Nano Banana-powered personalised image generation within its Gemini app, making the feature available free to all eligible US users, a capability previously restricted to paying Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers. The tool, part of Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature, generates images tailored to a user’s interests by drawing on data connected…

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Insider Brief Tetrix has raised a $15M Series A co-led by White Star Capital and Innovation Endeavors, with participation from several high-profile angel investors, to accelerate product development, team expansion, and global growth across the alternative markets ecosystem. The platform uses agentic workflows, AI-powered data normalization, and real-time analytics to turn unstructured fund data — described as…

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New research from the University of Washington has found that several popular AI-powered agentic browsers carry significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities, undermining a foundational web security protocol known as the same-origin policy. The study examined seven agentic browsers and found that four, including ChatGPT Atlas, Chrome with Gemini, Claude for Chrome, and Perplexity Comet, created conditions allowing malicious actors…

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Insider Brief Prosper AI has raised a $30M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Base10 and continued support from Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, and Company Ventures, following a period in which the company grew revenue 5x and now powers more than $1.3B in patient care. The platform manages the entire patient journey…

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New research from Pearson and Amazon Web Services has found that while AI use among US college students is widespread, a significant disconnect remains between how students engage with AI tools and the skills employers actually need from graduates entering an AI-driven workforce. The study, based on more than 500 survey responses from learners, employers,…

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South Korea has announced a sweeping $900 billion investment programme spanning memory chips, AI data centres, and physical AI infrastructure, with Samsung and SK Hynix committing the bulk of the capital. The plan, unveiled at a presidential briefing attended by both companies’ chairmen, allocates $518 billion to build four new memory fabs in the country’s…

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