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Salesforce Acquires AI Customer Service Platform Fin for $3.6B to Bolster Agentforce
Salesforce has agreed to acquire AI customer service platform Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for $3.6 billion, with the deal expected to close in early 2027. Fin offers an AI agent that resolves customer queries across live chat, WhatsApp, SMS, phone, Slack, and other channels. Salesforce said it intends to integrate Fin’s technology and team…
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Cybersecurity Experts Demand Reversal of U.S. Export Control on Anthropic Models as Government Reasoning Unravels
Seventy-six cybersecurity professionals have signed an open letter urging the U.S. government to lift its export control order on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models, warning that removing advanced AI capabilities from network defenders while adversaries continue to develop their own tools represents a serious national security risk. Prominent signatories include former Facebook chief of security…
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KPMG Pulls AI Report After Hallucinated Claims About Major Organisations
KPMG has removed a report on agentic AI from its websites after multiple organisations named within it said the claims about their AI usage were false or misleading. UBS, the UK’s National Health Service, Swiss Federal Railways, and Transport for London all told the Financial Times that the report’s assertions were either untrue or inaccurate.…
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Genesis AI and LG CNS Enter Strategic Partnership to Scale General-Purpose Robotics Across Enterprise Operations
Insider Brief Genesis AI and LG CNS have formed a long-term partnership to evaluate and deploy Genesis AI’s general-purpose robots across manufacturing and logistics operations, beginning with LG facilities and industrial customers in the United States. The companies plan to identify high-value use cases, conduct pilot deployments and develop deployment processes before scaling robot rollouts…
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Orbital Secures $5M to Build AI Inference Data Centers in Space
Orbital, a Los Angeles-based startup founded by former e-scooter entrepreneur Euwyn Poon, has raised a $5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun accelerator to develop orbital data centers capable of running AI inference workloads in space. The company, which counts roughly a dozen employees with experience at SpaceX, Amazon LEO, and Northrop Grumman,…
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Amazon’s Andy Jassy Reportedly Triggered U.S. Government Crackdown on Anthropic’s AI Models
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy reportedly raised concerns with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other government officials that Amazon researchers had used Claude Fable 5 to obtain information usable in cyberattacks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The disclosure preceded the U.S. government’s export control order requiring Anthropic to suspend worldwide access to Fable 5…
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Why 100+ security experts say the Fable 5 ban backfires
Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Washington’s abrupt export control order that led to Anthropic’s Fable removal was supposedly a safety move. But so far, the security world isn’t buying the premise. With more than 100 researchers signing a ‘Free Fable’ open letter and new reports…
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Insurers pivot AI strategy toward core risk underwriting
AI investments by insurers are now expected to generate tangible business value beyond mere efficiency. According to findings in the 2026 Evident AI Index, insurers are now embedding AI technologies into workflows that directly influence underwriting discipline and capital allocation. Christian Preece, Insurance Director at Evident, says: “For years, insurers have competed on AI ambition,…
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AI Red Teaming Explained: What It Is and Why You Need It
With AI adoption accelerating, testing systems under adversarial conditions has become increasingly important. It enables organisations to identify vulnerabilities before deployment and strengthen overall system safety. Explore what AI red teaming is, why it matters and the leading companies offering AI red teaming consulting services. What Is AI Red Teaming? AI red teaming tests artificial…
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EU publishes its AI content labelling playbook ahead of the AI Act’s August deadline
The European Union has published its AI content labelling playbook, a voluntary Code of Practice meant to help companies meet transparency rules that become law across the bloc on August 2 onwards. The European Commission released the final Code on 10 June, setting out practical steps for the businesses that build and use generative AI to mark…
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