Autonomous AI systems are beginning to move beyond software environments and into warehouses, delivery networks, and public spaces. The development is drawing attention to whether current AI rules cover systems that operate in physical environments. Most existing AI governance frameworks have focused on online harms and model outputs, including bias, misinformation, and harmful content. Embodied…

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Insider Brief A Northwestern University study published in Science Advances found researchers could rapidly design materials with specific properties on demand using a high-speed “megalibrary” platform, potentially speeding development in areas ranging from batteries to energy systems. The U.S. Department of Energy-funded research showed the platform could generate and test millions of material combinations simultaneously,…

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Guest Post By Mark M.J. Scott President of Northern Pixels Inc. Silicon Valley has a new obsession: taste. In recent months the word has saturated tech podcasts, founder manifestos, and investor frameworks. Paul Graham declared that in the AI age taste will become even more important. The humanities — long dismissed in tech circles as decorative…

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Insider Brief Primer, a unified payments infrastructure platform, has raised a $100 million Series C led by Sofina with participation from Peak XV Partners and existing backers including Balderton, Accel, ICONIQ, and Tencent, bringing total funding to $170 million. The platform captures over 400 data points per transaction and manages more than 95% of customer…

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Welcome to AI Insider’s The Week Ahead in AI. See the key developments and events we’re watching May 24- 30. Weekend AI News Briefs Pope Leo Will Take on AI Alongside an Anthropic Co-Founder Pope Leo XIV is set to release his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25 focused on safeguarding human dignity in the…

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Armada, which builds modular data centres for AI deployment in remote and sensitive environments, has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B co-led by Overmatch, BlackRock, and 8090 Industries, bringing total funding to nearly $500 million. New strategic investors include Johnson Controls, NightDragon, Mitsui, and Singtel Innov8, alongside existing backers Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Felicis.…

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Milan-based Lexroom has closed a $50 million Series B led by Left Lane Capital, just eight months after its $19 million Series A, bringing its legal AI platform to more than 8,000 law firms and in-house teams across Europe. Base10 Partners, Eurazeo, and Acurio Ventures also participated. Founded in 2023 by CEO Paolo Fois, Martina…

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France’s Mistral AI has acquired Austrian startup Emmi AI for an undisclosed sum, adding specialised physics simulation capabilities — covering airflow, heat transfer, and material stress — to its growing industrial AI platform. Emmi AI raised €15 million in Austria’s largest funding round of 2025 before the deal. CEO Arthur Mensch said the acquisition strengthens Mistral’s position as a…

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SpaceX’s IPO filing has exposed a striking contradiction at the heart of Elon Musk’s empire: the same entrepreneur who built Tesla on a mission to eliminate hydrocarbon dependency is now spending $2.8 billion on natural gas turbines to power xAI’s data centres, while the NAACP pursues legal action over dozens of unpermitted generators already operating…

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IBM has partnered with Scuderia Ferrari HP to overhaul the team’s fan app using enterprise AI, bringing the technology giant into Formula One — one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States and an increasingly competitive arena for tech companies including AWS, Oracle, and Anthropic. The partnership centres on transforming the millions of data points generated…

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