Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M seed to build real-time environmental intelligence for a climate-volatile world

Rainbow Weather, a next-gen climate tech startup specialising in hyper-localised short-term weather forecasting, announced it has raised $5.5M Seed funding round. Rainbow Weather has developed a real…

Ambitious 170 km long Saudi megacity ‘The Line’ has scope slashed and may be repurposed as AI data center hub — futuristic desert city was set to house 9 million people, and showcased polarizing sci-fi design

New reports suggest Saudi Arabia is drastically reducing the scale of megaproject ‘The Line’,’ possibly pivoting its future to become a hub for AI data centers.

Synthesia doubles valuation to $4BN in 12 months, following $200M funding round

One of the UK’s most hyped AI startups has nearly doubled its valuation to $4bn in just 12 months, following a $200m funding round. The $200m Series E funding round in Synthesia was led by existing in…

Kime raises €2M to turn AI search into a transparent analytics dashboard

Copenhagen-based AI SaaScompany Kime has raised €2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by PSV Tech,with participation from Nordic Makers and a group of angel investors based inCopenhagen and Stock…

ChatGPT found to be sourcing data from AI-generated content — popular LLM uses content from Grokipedia as source for more obscure queries

ChatGPT has been found to be citing Grok in some of its answers, returning recursive results that risks spreading hallucinated or incorrect information.

Your WhatsApp voice notes could help screen for early signs of depression

Brazilian researchers developed an AI system that analyzes WhatsApp audio messages to identify depression, showing high accuracy and potential for low-cost, real-world mental health screening.
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New study shows AI isn’t ready for office work

Mercor’s APEX-Agents benchmark finds top AI models score under 25% accuracy on realistic consulting, legal, and finance tasks.
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Mews raises €255M to accelerate AI and automation in hospitality
Mews raises €255M to accelerate AI and automation in hospitality

Amsterdam-based hospitality tech platform Mews has raised €255 million (about $300 million) in a Series D funding round as it pushes deeper into automation and AI-powered workflows for hotels around the world.  The round was led by EQT Growth with new …

New AI data center buildout being done in secret location to avoid backlash from local residents — ex-crypto mining company doesn’t want publicity for its latest project

Applied Digital is apparently keeping the location of its new 430 MW secret at the moment to give the town where it’s building it time to adjust for “national media attention.”

Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are competing to see whose AI can play Pokémon the best — Twitch streams of beloved RPG game test the models’ true might

Twitch streams of different AI models playing old Pokémon games have garnered hundreds of thousands of comments as the audience watches robots try to emulate human thinking. Unlike Pong or its derivatives, a game like Poké…