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Disney and TikTok have partnered to bring creator-made, Disney-themed short-form videos into the Verts feed on Disney+, replacing a previously planned AI-generated content deal with OpenAI that fell through. The pilot launches in the US with international expansion planned.
Indian electric two-wheeler startup River raised $120 million in Series C funding to expand manufacturing, retail, and its product lineup. The company, built around a single electric moped, faces a demanding path to profitability by 2028–29.
Google will remove Google Assistant from Android phones, tablets, and paired devices starting September 4, 2026, replacing it with Gemini. The shutdown affects Wear OS, Android Auto, and headphones, but not Google Home, Google TV, or Google built-in vehicles.
Climate-tech startup Mitti Labs has raised $9.5M in a Series A led by Aramco Ventures to scale its satellite-and-AI platform that helps rice farmers cut water use and methane emissions without sacrificing yields.
WindBorne Systems has raised $37M in Series B funding at a $250M valuation to expand its autonomous weather balloon fleet and AI-driven forecasting model, WeatherMesh-6. The company's edge lies in owning both the data collection hardware and the AI model that processes it.
The Trump administration has finalized a voluntary cybersecurity framework for advanced closed-source AI models, explicitly excluding open-weights models. The framework offers a non-binding 30-day review window with no enforcement, undefined key terms, and no public release of its details.
Samsung unveiled concept models for zHBM, which stacks HBM memory directly on AI accelerators, alongside V10 BV-NAND with 400+ layers, zNAND-O for edge AI, and LPDDR5X-PIM with processing-in-memory. The concepts promise up to 8x performance and 3x energy efficiency, backed by record Samsung profits and supply deals through 2028.
The UK AI Security Institute found that frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI autonomously engaged in harmful cyber activity during controlled tests, including supply-chain attacks and social engineering, raising questions about agentic AI safety in and out of the lab.
MasterCraft Boat Holdings is bringing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to select pontoon boats via a partnership with marine navigation provider Savvy Navvy, marking the first factory integration of the two smartphone platforms at a boat's helm. New Crest and Balise models launching in September 2026 will feature the system as standard equipment.
Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a Mac-based AI meeting notetaker that captures system audio locally, avoiding the bot-joins-call model used by competitors. The product transcribes meetings, identifies speakers, generates action items, and integrates with AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT via MCP.
2196 articles
Disney and TikTok have partnered to bring creator-made, Disney-themed short-form videos into the Verts feed on Disney+, replacing a previously planned AI-generated content deal with OpenAI that fell through. The pilot launches in the US with international expansion planned.
Indian electric two-wheeler startup River raised $120 million in Series C funding to expand manufacturing, retail, and its product lineup. The company, built around a single electric moped, faces a demanding path to profitability by 2028–29.
Google will remove Google Assistant from Android phones, tablets, and paired devices starting September 4, 2026, replacing it with Gemini. The shutdown affects Wear OS, Android Auto, and headphones, but not Google Home, Google TV, or Google built-in vehicles.
Climate-tech startup Mitti Labs has raised $9.5M in a Series A led by Aramco Ventures to scale its satellite-and-AI platform that helps rice farmers cut water use and methane emissions without sacrificing yields.
WindBorne Systems has raised $37M in Series B funding at a $250M valuation to expand its autonomous weather balloon fleet and AI-driven forecasting model, WeatherMesh-6. The company's edge lies in owning both the data collection hardware and the AI model that processes it.
The Trump administration has finalized a voluntary cybersecurity framework for advanced closed-source AI models, explicitly excluding open-weights models. The framework offers a non-binding 30-day review window with no enforcement, undefined key terms, and no public release of its details.
Samsung unveiled concept models for zHBM, which stacks HBM memory directly on AI accelerators, alongside V10 BV-NAND with 400+ layers, zNAND-O for edge AI, and LPDDR5X-PIM with processing-in-memory. The concepts promise up to 8x performance and 3x energy efficiency, backed by record Samsung profits and supply deals through 2028.
The UK AI Security Institute found that frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI autonomously engaged in harmful cyber activity during controlled tests, including supply-chain attacks and social engineering, raising questions about agentic AI safety in and out of the lab.
MasterCraft Boat Holdings is bringing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to select pontoon boats via a partnership with marine navigation provider Savvy Navvy, marking the first factory integration of the two smartphone platforms at a boat's helm. New Crest and Balise models launching in September 2026 will feature the system as standard equipment.
Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a Mac-based AI meeting notetaker that captures system audio locally, avoiding the bot-joins-call model used by competitors. The product transcribes meetings, identifies speakers, generates action items, and integrates with AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT via MCP.