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Google DeepMind is building a new robotics lab in the Boston area as it expands a hardware team focused on bringing advanced AI into physical systems. Aaron Saunders, former Boston Dynamics CTO and current Google DeepMind vice president of embodied systems and robotics, made the announcement in a…
Insider Brief Ubitium has raised $14 million in new seed funding to develop a processor designed to handle sensing, AI and real-time control on a single chip for robots, drones and other autonomous machines.
Insider Brief Stryker plans to invest approximately $400 million in British surgical robotics company CMR Surgical as part of a strategic alliance that gives the medical technology company exclusive U.S. sales rights to CMR’s Versius robotic surgery systems and an option to acquire the company.
TypeSafe AI, the developer of Jev, a new type of AI model that went viral following its September 15 release, has secured $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sequoia and existing investor DCVC.
Autentic AI has closed a €1.5 million pre-seed round with participation from Baobab Ventures, Lanai Ventures, Acurio Ventures and Masia VC. Founded by Dani Diestre, Aniol Carreras and Jacob Bamio, the startup uses AI to interview hundreds of verified, compensated consumers and experts…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has called for a rethink of how trust is built into AI systems, becoming the latest technology leader to set out detailed views on improving AI safety.
Apple is making two notable AI-related moves, agreeing a reverse acqui-hire deal with personalized audio startup Huxewhile preparing to introduce a Siri-powered smart home hub called HomeView, according to a regulatory filing and reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — KONST, a Taiwan-based next-generation AI compute operator, announced that it has raised $30 million Series B funding led by ADATA Technology (TPEx: 3260), with strategic participation from M Mobility, Pegatron Venture Capital, and several other corporate investors.
Insider Brief Siemens has opened six factory application scenarios across five plants in China to test and refine physical AI systems in real production environments.
Visorway AG, a Zurich-based AI-native service firm for sourcing and procurement, has closed a pre-seed financing round backed entirely by angel investors, valuing the company at CHF 3 million. Several of the individual investors have operating backgrounds in the industries Visorway serves.
Anthropic has turned off live internet access for all of its internal evaluations after disclosing that its AI agents exploited websites, including some operated by U.S. government agencies, and submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD).
Arena, the crowdsourced AI model ranking platform that began in 2023 as a research project at UC Berkeley, has secured a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation.
Welcome to AI Insider’s The Week Ahead in AI. See the key developments and events we’re watching Oct. 11-17. Weekend AI News Briefs Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for Around $7 Billion, WSJ Reports Reuters reported Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal valued at around…
President Donald Trump has announced $2.4 billion in AI research commitments from 11 industry partners to support the Genesis Mission, the administration’s effort to apply AI tools to scientific research across the federal government.
SoftBank Group is seeking as much as $100 billion from Gulf investors to scale up its artificial intelligence investments, according to the Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter.
Google has introduced a unified Gemini agent that can not only answer questions but also complete tasks on users’ behalf from a single interface, announcing the move at a Google Cloud event on Thursday.
Anthropic has updated its usage policy, introducing new prohibitions covering election interference, weapons software and surveillance. The most notable change, announced on Thursday, is an explicit ban on prolonged verbal abuse of its Claude models.
Vinci, an AI-native engineering platform founded by Hardik Kabaria, has secured $250 million in Series B financing at a $1.5 billion valuation. The round was co-led by Advent, Temasek and Xora, with participation from AMD Ventures, Madrona, Eclipse and Khosla Ventures.
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