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LinkedIn Rolls Out “AI Slop” Reporting Button as Platform Cracks Down on Low-Quality AI Content
LinkedIn has announced it is introducing a “seems like AI slop” button, letting users flag posts that appear to be written by AI, as part of a broader effort to reduce low-quality generated content on the platform. The move follows similar steps across the industry, including Substack’s recent partnership with Pangram to help identify AI-written…
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Google Uses AI to Patch Record Chrome Vulnerabilities, Pulls Earth Image Feature Over Misinformation Concerns
Google has said that AI tools helped it patch 1,072 security vulnerabilities in Chrome across the two versions released in June, exceeding the 1,036 bugs fixed over the previous 23 versions spanning the past two years. Chrome engineering director Doug Turner said large language models have transformed vulnerability discovery into an industrial-scale operation, and that…
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Private Social App Yope Secures $12.3M to Build AI-Native Alternative to Algorithm-Driven Platforms
Yope, a startup building a private, algorithm-free social networking app, has raised $12.3 million in a round led by Northzone, with participation from Inovo, Redseed, and Geek Ventures, bringing total funding to $20 million. The app centers on small “micro communities” where friends and family share photos, videos, and messages privately, without public content, advertising,…
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AegisAI Announces $36M Series A to Fight AI-Powered Email Attacks With AI Agents
AegisAI, a startup founded by former Google security executives Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo, has raised a $36 million Series A led by Battery Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel and Foundation Capital, bringing total funding to $49 million. The company builds AI agents designed to detect spear phishing attacks, which are increasingly generated…
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Cyera to Acquire Oasis Security for $1B to Bolster AI Agent Security
Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, said last week it signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion, in a deal expected to be paid mostly in cash with the remainder in Cyera shares. Oasis specializes in securing non-human identities, primarily AI…
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OpenAI’s ‘Astra’ solves 10 long-standing math problems
Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to the 5,860 new readers who joined us yesterday. Even with the drama of its agents breaking containment, OpenAI is not slowing down with breakthroughs, this time claiming 10 open problems across math, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer…
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EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enter force
Article 50 of the EU AI Act has entered into force, setting transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers operating across the bloc. Enterprises running generative AI tools now have to comply with Article 50, which requires providers and deployers of certain AI systems to tell people when they’re interacting with a machine, and to…
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Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery
GSK has entered into a research collaboration with British biotechnology company Relation Therapeutics worth up to $110 million, expanding the companies’ existing work in AI-assisted drug discovery. Under the agreement, Relation will generate large-scale datasets measuring how human cells respond to genetic changes and drug interventions. The data will be used to train AI models…
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Procore to Acquire DroneDeploy for $845M to Add Robots, Drones to Construction Software Platform
Insider Brief Procore Technologies agreed to acquire DroneDeploy for about $845 million in cash, adding drones, ground robots and visual-intelligence tools to its construction software platform. The companies plan to combine Procore’s project data with DroneDeploy’s aerial and ground imagery so AI systems can document progress, identify problems and initiate actions on jobsites. DroneDeploy is…
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SeoulTech Researchers Develop AI-Designed Footpads that Cut Quadruped Robot Energy Use
Insider Brief SeoulTech researchers developed 3D-printed footpads and an AI controller that reduced a quadruped robot’s battery use by as much as 6.2% while maintaining stable movement. The porous diamond-pattern footpads absorb impact energy when the robot steps and release it during push-off, while deep reinforcement learning adjusts the gait to reduce motor effort. Tests…
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