Lovable doubles its valuation to $13.3 billion as investors place another big bet on AI coding
Lovable raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation after its ARR nearly tripled in eight months.
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How To Spot An AI-Generated Video Before Sharing It
AI videos are becoming more convincing. Discover the biggest warning signs and practical ways to verify what you're watching.
AI security cameras are everywhere. Can these garments scramble them all?
The rise of public surveillance has also led to the rise of an adversarial counterpart : fashion designed to confuse AI security cameras.
Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News
Last week, an AI newsroom beat mainstream journalists—including WIRED—to a story about OpenAI and hacking. It’s just the beginning.
Why AI is accelerating old cyber risks, not creating new ones
AI is changing cyber threats, but core security principles still determine organizational resilience.
Un relecteur a trouvé trois critères WCAG erronés dans mon extension d'accessibilité. J'ai vérifié, et j'en ai trouvé huit.
Je développe un scanner d'accessibilité pour WordPress. La semaine dernière, le relecteur d'une place de marché l'a rejeté, et parmi les motifs figurait celui-ci : Les règles de conformité doivent…
Taiwan’s Foxconn reports 35 per cent rise in Q2 profit on AI demand, beats forecasts
Net profit for Foxconn in the second quarter was NT$59.97 billion (S$2.38 billion).
Why we should all be worried about AI in elections
Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
Anthropic’s Watermarking, How It (Probably) Works, Worse Than It Seems
Anthropic is adding watermarking in response to the E.U.'s AI law. It's a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons.
BMG and Suno Reach Licensing Deal for AI Music Model
Under the agreement, which also settles Suno's past use of BMG works, artists and songwriters must opt in to their music being used for AI inputs and outputs.
AI Is Making Everyone Faster but Not Necessarily Better
AI is making workers faster, but speed without judgment creates polished mediocrity. Here’s why taste, context, and human responsibility matter more than ever.
PwC's US CEO built an AI assistant called 'PG's Whisperer.' He talks to it all day.
PwC's US CEO Paul Griggs said he built the same custom AI assistant on two models and keeps them pulled up all day.
Transcribe Whole Meetings With This AI Dictation Tool, $199 for Life
Contextli is an AI-powered dictation tool that works in 99 different languages, and it's only $199 for life. The post Transcribe Whole Meetings With This AI Dictation Tool, $199 for Life appeared…
AI brings savings to clinical trials: study
Artificial intelligence isn't just speeding up early-stage drug development, it's starting to unlock millions of dollars' worth of new efficiencies in clinical trials on cancer treatments, research…
For People Struggling to Make Real-Life Friends, AI Enters the Chat
Sector, a social media network for gay men, uses a chatbot named Neil to foster connections and encourage real-life engagement. And Neil is not alone.
Claude Will Now Secretly Watermark All Text and Images
Anthropic is introducing machine-readable markings for content generated by Claude, including invisible watermarks in text and digitally signed metadata in … Read More The post Claude Will Now…
Ukraine finds AI-linked NVIDIA module inside new Russian cruise missile
Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency has identified an NVIDIA Jetson Orin computer module inside Russia’s new S-71 Monokhrom air-launched cruise missile, the agency said.
How I Used GPT-5.6 Sol to Upgrade an Existing Product Without Rebuilding It
A solo builder explains how GPT-5.6 became more useful as a product auditor, code reviewer, and design partner than as a simple code generator.
Booking's CEO says AI will have a 'human cost' — and he wants every employee to be 'AI literate' in case their job goes away
Glenn Fogel said he told Booking's head of HR that he wants "every single employee" to become "AI literate" and able to use the tools.
Another AI lab is burning through cash as Tencent earnings rise
It’s not just American artificial-intelligence companies burning through cash as they roll out ever-more advanced models.
Most Electricity Sought for AI Data Centers in US Will Never Materialize
More than two-thirds of the electricity sought for the artificial intelligence boom in the US isn’t likely to materialize due to “phantom” projects and long-shot pitches.
You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
Tencent capex jumps 176% on AI push as revenue beats estimates
Tencent Holdings nearly tripled its capital spending in the second quarter to supercharge its AI push, as accelerating investments in computing power and models helped drive better-than-expected…
From Edison to the AI age: inside GE Vernova’s reinvention and 600% stock spike
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Anthropic's text watermarks signal new front in AI detection
Anthropic's new models will add machine-readable "watermarks" to Claude-generated text and files to comply with new European Union transparency regulations.
‘We’re Trying to Bet Big on Human Artistry’: Spotify’s Sam Duboff Talks AI Initiatives
Duboff recently visited Australia to talk with artists and partners in the domestic industry about its own AI protections and initiatives.
Chinese tech giant Tencent posts revenue beat on accelerating games sales, AI-driven ads
Tencent stock was down 26% so far in 2026 as the company faces intense competition in China in AI and investors grow jittery about its rising spending.
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 igaming laptop is down to a record-low price on Amazon — save $600
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop is $600 off at Amazon, dropping to a record low of $2,199.99.
Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access
The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to aid Bitcoin and open-source developers in their cybersecurity efforts.
SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent
Elon Musk SpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot, a swarm of always-on AI agents.
Enterprise AI needs a new model for behavioral intelligence
AI agents are transforming enterprise operations, behavioral intelligence must now catch up.
U Mobile Partners With OpenAI To Embed AI Across Its Business
U Mobile has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI as part of its push to become Malaysia’s first AI-enabled telecommunications provider.
Building the case for specialized AI
As AI becomes commoditized, specialist models will increasingly differentiate successful organizations.
Pakistan’s AI Initiative to Get Laptops, LED Displays and More
Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advancement Initiative (NAAI) is set to receive new digital and office equipment as the Ministry … Read More The post Pakistan’s AI Initiative to Get Laptops, LED Displays and More appeared first on ProPakistani .
Another Citizen Facilitation Centre Becomes Operational in Islamabad
The Citizen Facilitation Centre (CFC) Tarlai has become fully operational following the successful completion of its pilot phase, with eight … Read More The post Another Citizen Facilitation Centre Becomes Operational in Islamabad appeared first on ProPakistani .
MegazoneCloud becomes first Korean Amazon Quick partner for artificial intelligence deployment
AWS Generative AI Innovation Center selected MegazoneCloud on 12 August 2026 as South Korea s first Amazon Quick system integrator to support automated enterprise artificial intelligence agent…
Progressive lawmakers prepare AI regulation push
“The foundational idea here is that you shouldn't lose your freedoms because of the development of AI,” Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, told Semafor.
Hindsight 'Solopreneur' Cracks AI Content Moderation, Beating Tech Giants
A sub-600M-parameter AI model from Hindsight reportedly outperforms major content moderation models at detecting coded language, slang, and hidden threats.
Developers are installing taste: 4 of today's 7 fastest-rising Claude Code skill searches are design skills
Disclosure: I run Skillselion , a live catalog of agent skills refreshed daily from skills.sh, GitHub and MCP registries, ranked by real installs.
Triton Inference Server
Triton Inference Server: Your AI Model's Speedy Sidekick Ever felt like your brilliant AI model, after all the meticulous training and fine-tuning, was a bit… sluggish?
UK cybersecurity startup Cytix raises €6 million Series A to tackle AI-driven software change risks
Cybersecurity startup, Cytix, has announced a €6 million ($7 million) Series A funding round to accelerate the company’s mission to tackle the problems created by rapid software change.
Accel Closes Ninth India Fund With $550 Mn Corpus To Invest In AI, Deeptech
Global venture capital firm Accel has raised $550 Mn for a new India-focused fund as it looks to step up…
Coding start-up Cognition eyes $40bn valuation in new round – Bloomberg
A new round could see Cognition's valuation jump by more than 50pc as its annualised revenue run rate nears $1bn. Read more: Coding start-up Cognition eyes $40bn valuation in new round – Bloomberg
[Closing Market] KOSPI Surges Past 6,570 on Semiconductor Rally
On Aug. 12, the domestic stock market staged an unstoppable upward rally, driven by favorable news from the United States regarding the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor sectors, along…
- KOSPI index surges past 6,570, closing at 6,579.04
- Surge driven by AI, semiconductor sector news, foreign investment
- Samsung Electronics, SK hynix lead rally on strong earnings
Lee says 7 future industries will serve as new growth engines, strategic assets
President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday Korea should identify and nurture new growth engines in the new era of artificial intelligence (AI) and beyond, positioning seven future industries as drivers of…
Telecoms see AI businesses gain traction in Q2
Major telecom operators are seeing early results from their push into artificial intelligence (AI), with AI data centers (AIDC), cloud and AI transformation businesses posting growth in the second…
STI could hit 7,000 in bull case over next 12 months: JPMorgan
Singapore stocks have been on a tear in 2026, buoyed by demand for a haven from geopolitical tensions and AI-driven volatility
Nvidia’s show of financial force soothes credit markets
Six of the biggest names in finance are helping Nvidia ease some of the investor anxiety that's been building for weeks over its swelling commitments to backstop the AI boom.
Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations know how to govern agents but still can't meter what they cost
Across 107 enterprises, agentic orchestration is not a choice of a single platform. The typical enterprise runs three orchestration platforms at once, and selects them for flexibility across models…
Agent context layers: Enterprises governing their AI data are catching twice as many bad answers as the ones who aren't
Across 101 enterprises, the context feeding AI agents is failing often and repeatedly. Sixty-eight percent have traced a confident but wrong agent answer to missing or inconsistent business context in…
Infrastructure and compute: Enterprises are buying AI compute for speed while flying blind on what it costs
Across 170 enterprises, AI infrastructure has moved decisively into production — two-thirds now run AI workloads live and three in 10 run them at scale — while the ability to account for what that…
I used ChatGPT to plan the ultimate coffee shop crawl for National Coffee Month — here are the places I'm checking out and the drinks I'm trying
To properly celebrate National Coffee Month, I used ChatGPT to come up with a list of places to go and indulge in delicious coffee—these pics and drinks made the list.
Foxconn posts quarterly profit surge on AI server demand
The company said net profit for April-June reached T$59.97 billion (US$1.86 billion), up 35% from the previous year.
Chinese AI start-up ModelBest kicks off pre-IPO tutoring process for mainland listing
Chinese AI start-up ModelBest has kicked off its pre-initial public offering (IPO) tutoring process for a listing in mainland China, capitalising on growing demand for compact artificial intelligence models that run locally on devices like smartphones and laptops, and in cars.
Singapore’s data center company seeks to raise $5B in US IPO
Singapore-based data center operator DayOne Data Centers has filed for a U.S. initial public offering as it considers raising around US$5 billion amid a surge in demand for AI infrastructure.
Skillfully Adding AI To The HHS Pledge On Advancing Best Practices For National Mental Health Care
HHS released a pledge to advance national mental healthcare. I add AI to the six stated principles, since AI will be integral to this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
AI Surge Drives Strong Earnings Across Japan Inc.
Japanese companies delivered stronger-than-expected earnings for the April-June quarter, with artificial intelligence-related demand lifting a broad range of businesses while instability in the Middle East and higher resource prices emerged as key headwinds. (News On Japan)
AI bio-weapons loom
‘Artificial intelligence’ based on large language models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble. After “the Crash”, which is inevitably coming, […]