OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman warns that enterprise security teams face a compressed timeline to adopt AI defences. Brockman has published an account of what the company calls the “OpenAI-Hugging Face” incident, using it to argue that organisations need to uplevel their security practices with what he terms unprecedented speed. He writes that he…

Continue Reading

Freight software provider Alvys has launched an agentic AI platform that allows carriers and brokers to automate operational tasks directly within its transportation management system (TMS). Called Alvys Foundry, the platform supports pre-built and custom AI agents that work with freight data and workflows already held within the TMS. Foundry includes more than 20 pre-built…

Continue Reading

Zhipu’s release note for GLM-5.3 contains a sentence that did not make it into most of the coverage. Describing its own cybersecurity results, the Beijing company writes that capability “is growing fastest exactly where we are furthest behind.” Zhipu, which also trades as Z.ai, is one of a handful of Chinese labs releasing models that compete with…

Continue Reading

Insider Brief Gravis Robotics raised $200 million in a Series A investment from SoftBank to expand its physical-AI systems for autonomous heavy construction equipment. The ETH Zurich spinout develops the Gravis Rack, a hardware-agnostic control system that can retrofit machinery from manufacturers including Caterpillar, John Deere, JCB, Hitachi and Volvo for operator-assisted or autonomous operation.…

Continue Reading

Celanese and Vigor Precision have formed a strategic partnership to develop lightweight plastic joint components for humanoid robots, with the companies targeting a reduction in joint-module weight of more than 30% compared with traditional metal designs. According to the companies, the Texas-based Celanese will supply high-performance engineering plastics and technical support, while the Hong Kong-based…

Continue Reading

Wispr, the AI dictation startup behind Wispr Flow, has raised $280 million in a Series B round led by Menlo Ventures, valuing the company at $2 billion. The funding will support expansion into new product areas, including the company’s recently launched meeting note-taker tool, and brings Wispr’s total funding to $361 million since its previous…

Continue Reading

Insider Brief Serve Robotics is adding Grubhub to its autonomous delivery network, with robot delivery available from more than 100 merchants in Chicago and nearly 200 in Los Angeles, along with service in Alexandria, Va. The expansion comes as Serve launches DoorDash deliveries in Washington, D.C., and San Jose, Calif., and prepares its first Miami…

Continue Reading

WindBorne Systems, a startup that uses long-flying weather balloons and AI forecasting models to generate weather data, has raised a $37 million Series B round co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize, with additional investment from Translink Capital, Lux Capital, and existing backers, valuing the company at $250 million. Founded in 2019, WindBorne originally focused on…

Continue Reading

SpaceX has officially closed its acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, according to an announcement on Cursor’s blog. The deal follows an agreement first announced in April, when Elon Musk’s SpaceX partnered with Cursor and secured an option to acquire the company for $60 billion. The companies confirmed plans to move forward with the acquisition two months…

Continue Reading

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pushed back against criticism that his warnings about AI risks have fueled public backlash against the industry, responding to investor Gavin Baker, who argued on the All-In podcast and social media that Amodei’s cautionary messaging has contributed to growing opposition toward data centers and AI regulation. Amodei disputed the characterization that…

Continue Reading