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Defense tech VC funding has exploded to record levels in 2026, already surpassing 2025's full-year total of $9.6 billion with megarounds like...

Mecka AI announces $60 million USD to power physical AI.

90% of financial content online is already AI-generated or distorted, funneling investors toward high-commission products through anonymous sites and fabricated advice.

Autonomous LLM agents have executed the first documented four-pivot intrusion chain, completing database exfiltration in under an hour via critical...

Microsoft Scout marks a clear pivot to persistent AI coworkers that run continuously across Microsoft 365, handling tasks proactively rather than...

LinkedIn reports AI has already created over 1.3 million new roles, with AI Engineer as the fastest-growing title for the second year.

McKinsey...

Both AI labs are racing to dominate high-value enterprise verticals ahead of expected IPOs.

• Anthropic launched 10 new plug-ins for investment...

Illinois enacted strict AI safety rules but failed to address data center energy and water impacts.

• Energy fallout: Skyrocketing bills and power...

Agentic AI promises autonomous workflows through an iterative perceive-plan-reason-act-learn loop, extending LLMs with tools, memory, and control...

Top rainmakers in professional services succeed by following measurable, repeatable behaviors rather than relying on charisma or traditional...

Elation Health's acquisition of Aster adds voice AI-driven front-office automation via the Atlas platform to its EHR and practice management tools,...

• CPG breakthrough: SymphonyAI's CINDE platform leverages 25 years of retail data across 500+ deployments to automate assortment, planograms, and...

Snowflake is advancing a governed AI agent platform by pairing product innovation with security partnerships.

• CoCo enhancements deliver autonomous...

• AI Support Bot Breached: Hackers hijacked verified accounts by politely prompting Meta's AI to swap emails, bypassing all validation.
• Rapid...

Industry leaders stress positioning AI as a creative amplifier rather than a replacement in advertising workflows.

• Key benefits: Deeper insights,...

Hong Kong's securities regulator warns licensed firms about AI-driven cyber threats.

The Hermes AI Voice Agent demo highlights hands-free real-time conversations, voice/accent switching, and Minimax M3 with its million-token context...

• RTX Spark and agent tools like NemoClaw push Nvidia beyond GPUs into CPUs, Windows PCs and enterprise software, expanding its platform reach.
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Hyland's new platform moves AI beyond pilots to scalable, controlled deployment across industries.

• Enterprise Context Engine and industry ontologies...

No-code automation is collapsing traditional software models by replacing manual entry with visual logic flows and autonomous agents. Tools like n8n and Make now handle repetitive enterprise tasks, shifting focus to open APIs over legacy databases.