Sandbar secures $23M Series A for its AI note-taking ring

Sandbar aims to ship the Stream, which can be used to take notes, chat with an AI assistant, and for media playback, this summer.

AI network startup Eridu emerges from stealth with hefty $200M Series A

Unlike a vibe-coded product built by a college dropout, Eridu’s co-founder, Drew Perkins, has been inventing networking tech since the dawn of the internet.

ChatGPT now lets you identify songs on your phone without launching Shazam app

ChatGPT now lets you identify songs directly using Shazam without opening the Shazam app on your phone. Once connected, the feature can recognize music playing nearby and show song details inside the chat.
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Your Gemini Live chats are about to get way more personal

Google’s Gemini Live may soon tap your Gmail and Photos for personalized answers. New code strings reveal Personal Intelligence is likely coming to the conversational AI.
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Meta’s deepfake moderation isn’t good enough, says Oversight Board
Meta’s deepfake moderation isn’t good enough, says Oversight Board

Meta’s methods for identifying deepfakes are “not robust or comprehensive enough” to handle how quickly misinformation spreads during armed conflicts like the Iran war. That’s according to the Meta Oversight Board – a semi-independent body that guides the company’s content moderation practices – which is now calling on Meta to overhaul how it surfaces and […]

Plugable Ships “Build Your Own” Thunderbolt 5 Local AI Enclosure

Plugable’s new TBT5-AI enclosure lets users plug workstation-class power into their PC by hosting a user-supplied GPU at their desk, bypassing cloud subscription fees.

This stylish Meta Ray-Ban rival just put Gemini and ChatGPT on your face

Rokid just gave its smart glasses a free update that adds Google Gemini and keeps ChatGPT, letting you switch between four AI models on one device.
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You Could Be Next
You Could Be Next

The LinkedIn post seemed like yet another scam job offer, but Katya was desperate enough to click. After college, she’d struggled to make a living as a freelance journalist, gone to grad school, then pivoted to what she hoped would be a more stable career in content marketing — only to find AI had automated […]

Aiming To Close The Gap Between Urgently Needed Rigorous Research On AI And Mental Health Versus The Spiraling Real World

Existing research on AI for mental health has many limitations. A new study shows this. Yet research is vital, so we must recalibrate. An AI Insider scoop.

OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo To Embed Security Testing Into Its Agents

OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to embed AI red-teaming and security testing directly into its Frontier agent platform, signaling that agent safety is now table stakes.