Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation
The funds will allow Wispr to increase its footprint as it ventures into new areas, such as meetings, with its newly released note-taker tool.
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Anthropic watermarks Claude's output, but critics question the tradeoffs
Anthropic's text watermarking for Claude is supposed to make AI-generated content detectable. But critics doubt that word choice stays unaffected, and lawyers are facing new transparency headaches. The article Anthropic watermarks Claude's output, but critics question the tradeoffs appeared first…
Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies
The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you don't have to - what else could a cat owner possibly want? How about insights into your kitty's…
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work
Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rules. On Friday, Anthropic announced that Claude's text marking system is "a version of the SynthID-Text approach" - an…
DeepSeek AI Releases DeepSeek Harness in Developer Preview: An MIT-Licensed Agent Harness Where Everything is a Plugin
DeepSeek Harness v0.1 is an MIT-licensed agent harness where every capability is a Cordis plugin. Four runtime modes, append-only session logs, and provider-agnostic model routing.
What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies?
When Xander first met Moxie, she taught him that when he was anxious, he could calm down by exhaling through his lips so that he buzzed like a bee. They practiced breathing like dragons to manage feeling mad and sniffing…
Get closer to the game with Gemini and Pixel
Low-angle view of a soccer player kicking a ball mid-air against a bright blue sky, with grass flying from their cleats.
AI and data centers have leapfrogged Israel, racism, and crypto as US campaign topics
AI shows up in nearly 40 percent of all US races, ranking ahead of Israel, racism, and manufacturing as a campaign topic. Data centers and their impact on electricity costs and local resources drive most of the conversation. The article…
Stripe is reportedly acquiring AI startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion
According to Bloomberg, Stripe is acquiring the AI startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, up from a latest valuation of $1.3 billion. OpenRouter offers access to over 400 AI models, has eight million users, and its CEO had described…
OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like…
Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+
OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.
Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future
On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg’s vision.