This Week in NLP #342
Keep up with what happened in NLP in the week ending Friday 6th June 2025.
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Anthropic's annualized revenue has surged to US$3B in five months, driven largely by business demand for its AI code generation services. [Reuters]
Google's dominance in search has weakened as iPhone users shifted to AI alternatives, prompting businesses to reconsider their dependence on Google-driven traffic and visibility. [ZDNet]
OpenAI has expanded its enterprise customer base to 3 million users while launching new workplace tools to compete with Microsoft's AI offerings. [VentureBeat]
And OpenAI‘s internal strategy document has revealed plans to transform ChatGPT into an AI ‘super assistant’ that would serve as users’ primary interface to the internet. [The Verge]
X has banned third parties from using its platform’s data to train AI language models. [TechCrunch]
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The Generative AI Wars
Amazon has established an agentic AI team within Lab126 to develop frameworks for robotics operations, expanding its AI capabilities beyond chatbots. [CNBC]
Anthropic has cut Windsurf's access to Claude AI models amid rumors of OpenAI's US$3B acquisition of the AI coding assistant. [TechCrunch]
Anthropic has added its Claude Code AI tool to its $20 monthly Pro subscription plan, tripling paid subscriptions following Claude 4’s launch. [ZDNet]
Google has launched AI Edge Gallery, an experimental Android app allowing offline AI interactions through downloadable language models, with iOS support coming soon. [ZDNet]
Google DeepMind aims to dominate both AI-powered search and AI assistants over the next few years, according to CEO Demis Hassabis. [Search Engine Land]
Meta has announced plans to develop AI tools that would fully automate video ad production for brands, particularly benefiting smaller businesses. [ZDNet]
Mistral AI has launched Mistral Code, an enterprise coding assistant offering on-premise deployment and customization options, challenging GitHub Copilot’s market dominance. [VentureBeat]
OpenAI has launched new ChatGPT connectors for business tools like Google Drive and Dropbox, plus a Record Mode feature for meeting transcription and analysis. [TechRadar]
Oracle has partnered with OpenAI to purchase 400,000 Nvidia GPUs worth US$40B for a new Texas data center. [The Motley Fool]
Perplexity has grown from 3,000 daily queries in 2022 to 780 million monthly queries in May 2024, while developing Comet, an AI-powered browser. [TechCrunch]
And Perplexity has launched Labs, a Pro-plan tool that creates AI-powered reports, spreadsheets, and dashboards, as part of its expansion beyond search capabilities. [TechCrunch]
And Samsung is negotiating a deal with Perplexity AI to replace Gemini as the default AI assistant on Galaxy S26 phones. [TechRadar]
Sovereign AI
AWS has established a German parent company and three subsidiaries to launch its European Sovereign Cloud, ensuring EU-based control and data compliance. [TechCrunch]
Bell has launched a US$100m+ AI infrastructure project to build six hydroelectric-powered data centres in British Columbia, partnering with Groq for chip technology. [BetaKit]
Brookfield Asset Management has announced a US$9.91B investment to construct an AI data centre in Sweden, creating over 1,000 permanent jobs. [DealStreetAsia]
Cerio and Cloudiogram have partnered to deliver AI factory services across the Arab world, combining composable infrastructure technology with regional deployment expertise. [Business Wire]
Chinese tech giants have begun testing alternatives to Nvidia chips following US export controls, accelerating China’s development of domestic AI semiconductor technology. [Tom’s Hardware]
The European Union has rejected growing calls to reduce European dependence on American technology companies in critical sectors like cloud computing and AI. [Politico]
Greystoke has submitted plans for a 1,000mW datacentre campus at former RAF Elsham Wolds, set to become the UK’s largest such facility. [Computer Weekly]
Kazakhstan has partnered with the UN to establish a regional digital services hub. [The Astana Times]
Krutrim, India’s first AI unicorn, has struggled to retain users due to poor documentation, technical issues, and high latency compared to established cloud providers. [The Economic Times]
The Kuwait Investment Authority has joined the AI Infrastructure Partnership as its first non-founder financial anchor investor, supporting the initiative’s US$30B equity capital mobilization goal. [Verdict]
Microsoft has outlined its vision for UK’s AI future through a £2.5B investment in infrastructure and commitment to train one million people in AI skills by 2025. [UKTN]
And Microsoft has announced a US$400m investment to expand its Swiss data centers, driven by growing AI demand and European data sovereignty requirements. [ITPro]
Plus, Microsoft has launched cloud regions in Indonesia and Malaysia, investing US$3.9B to boost Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure. [TechRepublic]
Mirai School of Technology has launched as India’s first AI-focused higher education institution, aiming to address the country’s projected shortage of 1 million AI professionals by 2027. [Hans India]
North Denmark Region has partnered with 2021.AI's GRACE platform to enhance its AI capabilities while maintaining data control and regulatory compliance. [Silicon Canals]
PitchBook data has revealed that North American AI startups have continued dominating global venture funding, securing 86.2% (US$79.74B) of investments despite hostile political conditions. [TechCrunch]
Siemens EDA, Synopsys, and Cadence have received US Commerce Department notices restricting exports of chip design software to China, amid ongoing technology tensions. [TechCrunch]
Sigli has developed an AI Profit Toolkit to help European SMEs overcome common implementation barriers and achieve measurable business results through structured AI adoption. [Silicon Canals]
TSMC has discussed building an advanced chip facility in the UAE with both Trump and Biden administration officials. [Bloomberg]
The UAE-US AI Acceleration partnership has launched with security protocols and commitments, including a 5GW AI Campus in Abu Dhabi featuring collaborations with OpenAI, Oracle and Nvidia. [The National]
And the UAE has attracted global tech talent through Golden Visas and AI investments. [Rest of World]
The UK government has launched an ‘Adopt-Sustain-Optimise’ model to accelerate AI adoption across public and private sectors, building on its successful Adapt tool implementation in government communications. [UKTN]
Researchers across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have developed AI language models tailored to local languages and cultural contexts, challenging US-China dominance. [Nature]
Feature Creeps
Character.ai has launched multimedia features including video generation, character scenes, and social sharing, while facing ongoing concerns about platform safety and potential abuse. [TechCrunch]
Google has integrated automatic email summarization into Gmail, with Gemini AI now generating summary cards at the top of emails without requiring user activation. [TechCrunch]
Google Drive has expanded its Gemini AI features to include video analysis and summaries. [TechRadar]
Google has enhanced its Photos platform with OCR technology that enables users to search for specific text within their stored images and screenshots. [WebProNews]
Google NotebookLM has expanded its sharing capabilities, allowing users to distribute notebooks via public links while enabling viewers to interact with AI-generated content and ask questions. [The Verge]
Google has paused its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ feature rollout due to issues with latency, quality, and user experience, promising improvements within two weeks. [The Verge]
Google has launched interactive stock and mutual fund charts in AI Mode Labs, enabling users to analyze financial data through customized visualizations and explanations. [Google]
And Google has launched ‘Catch me up’, a Gemini-powered feature that summarizes changes made to shared Drive files since users’ last viewing. [ZDNet]
HubSpot has launched the first CRM deep research connector with ChatGPT, enabling 250,000+ businesses to analyze and act on their customer data through AI-powered insights. [Business Wire]
Meta has added two accessibility features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses: detailed visual descriptions and an upcoming volunteer assistance service through Be My Eyes. [ZDNet]
Microsoft has integrated OpenAI's Sora text-to-video generator into its Bing mobile app, offering free five-second video creation without requiring ChatGPT subscriptions. [The Verge]
Mozilla’s Firefox has launched AI-powered link previews in version 139, but the feature’s slow generation time makes it impractical for efficient web browsing. [TechRadar]
OpenAI has expanded its AI agent development stack with TypeScript support, real-time voice capabilities, enhanced tracing features, and improved speech-to-speech processing. [Marktechpost Media]
OpenAI has extended short-term memory capabilities to free ChatGPT users, allowing the AI to recall recent conversations while maintaining user control over memory settings. [TechRadar]
Hype Bubble?
Anthropic's Claude platform exemplifies a concerning trend of companies anthropomorphizing AI assistants with human names to build trust while potentially threatening jobs. [TechCrunch]
Arizona State University researchers have warned against interpreting language models’ intermediate processing steps as human-like reasoning, calling it a misleading and potentially harmful misconception. [The Decoder]
Carnegie-Mellon University’s experiment with TheAgentCompany has demonstrated that AI agents work best as human collaborators rather than autonomous software developers. [ZDNet]
Cohere co-founder Ivan Zhang has acknowledged widespread enterprise frustration with AI projects that failed to deliver meaningful returns on investment. [BetaKit]
Comscore has launched AI usage tracking across 117 tools, revealing that 30% of Americans actively use AI services like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini monthly. [ZDNet]
Dell has amassed a US$14.4B backlog in AI server orders while warning investors about nonlinear demand due to complex datacenter infrastructure requirements. [The Register]
A survey by EY reveals widespread AI adoption among tech executives, with 92% planning increased AI spending and half already deploying agent AI technology in their companies. [The Star]
A study by ISG reveals that agentic AI systems remain largely human-dependent, with only 25% operating independently and 43% limited to triggering predefined actions. [Business Wire]
KPMG's global study has revealed that 88% of tech leaders consider AI adoption crucial for competitive advantage, though only 47% report significant returns on investment. [Telangana Today]
Mary Meeker’s 340-page report documents AI’s unprecedented rate of development and adoption, outpacing all previous technological revolutions in human history. [TechCrunch]
Microsoft's Copilot AI has saved UK government workers an average of 26 minutes daily during a three-month trial involving 20,000 employees. [The Register]
OpenAI's Altman has urged businesses to adopt AI immediately, warning that early adopters will gain advantages as AI evolves from intern-level to expert-level capabilities. [TechRadar]
And Altman has predicted that AI agents will be capable of driving scientific discovery and solving complex technical problems within the next year. [BigDATAwire]
PwC's analysis of global job data has revealed that AI-exposed industries experienced triple the revenue-per-employee growth compared to other sectors between 2018 and 2024. [The Register]
PwC and the Danish National Bureau of Economic Research have released conflicting studies about AI’s impact on workplace productivity and wages. [ITPro]
SignalFire has detected a 25% reduction in Big Tech’s hiring of new graduates in 2024, potentially due to AI automation of entry-level tasks. [TechCrunch]
Speechmatics has released a report showing enterprises are shifting from flashy AI demonstrations toward practical voice AI infrastructure that augments human capabilities. [Business Wire]
Workday has integrated AI tools for 60% of its 20,000 employees, boosting productivity without reducing its workforce, demonstrating AI’s role in augmenting rather than replacing human workers. [ZDNet]
Hardware
Amazon has announced a US$10B investment in North Carolina to expand data centres, creating 500 high-skilled jobs and supporting AI and cloud computing advancement. [Verdict]
EdgeCortix has launched its SAKURA-II AI accelerator for Raspberry Pi 5 and other Arm platforms, enabling low-power generative AI processing at the edge. [Business Wire]
Huawei has launched its CloudMatrix 384 AI system, featuring 384 domestically-developed GPUs and all-optical architecture, nearly doubling Nvidia's performance. [DevX]
MLCommons’ latest benchmark test revealed that networking efficiency between chips has become increasingly crucial in AI system performance, as demonstrated by Nvidia's 8,192-GPU system and Grace-Blackwell machines. [ZDNet]
Nvidia and Dell have partnered to supply the US Department of Energy’s ‘Doudna’ supercomputer, featuring liquid-cooled servers and Vera Rubin chips, for 2026 deployment. [Reuters]
Nvidia's Blackwell chips have demonstrated record-breaking performance in MLPerf Training benchmarks, achieving up to 2.5 times improvement over previous-generation architecture across AI workloads. [VentureBeat]
Softbank has partnered with Intel to develop energy-efficient stacked DRAM chips for AI applications, aiming to halve power consumption. [Nikkei Asia]
Xiaomi's self-designed mobile processor development has been threatened by new US restrictions on chip design software tools for Chinese tech companies. [The Financial Times]
Consumer AI
Google has developed new Android XR glasses that resemble conventional eyewear, marking its return to face-mounted technology after Google Glass. [TechCrunch]
Meta‘s Aria Gen 2 research smart glasses have launched with advanced sensors that track users’ gaze, movements, and emotional responses to help train AI systems. [TechRadar]
It’s Only a Model
Alibaba has developed QwenLong-L1, a framework enabling LLMs to process and reason over extensive documents through multi-stage reinforcement learning. [VentureBeat]
Anthropic has launched Claude Gov, a specialized AI model with modified guardrails for US defense and intelligence agencies to handle classified information and security analysis. [The Verge]
DeepSeek has launched an updated R1 AI model amid accusations of training on outputs from Google's Gemini, following similar allegations regarding ChatGPT data. [TechCrunch]
Google has released an enhanced preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model, featuring improved creativity and performance metrics, ahead of its planned enterprise-wide launch. [VentureBeat]
GoTo Group and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison have launched an enhanced version of Sahabat-AI, a 70-billion-parameter multilingual language model developed in Indonesia. [DealStreetAsia]
MangoBoost has achieved record-breaking performance in multi-node LLM training by fine-tuning Llama2-70B-LoRA in 10.91 minutes using AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs. [Business Wire]
Manus has launched a text-to-video generation service that competes with OpenAI, Alibaba, and Tencent by creating structured video stories from text commands. [Bloomberg]
Tachyum has achieved a 20x cost reduction in DeepSeek LLM processing by implementing 2-bit quantization and mixture-of-experts architecture in its Prodigy processor. [Business Wire]
Whose Data?
OpenAI has challenged a court order requiring preservation of all ChatGPT logs after news organizations alleged the company was destroying evidence in copyright litigation. [Ars Technica]
Oxylabs has launched consent-based YouTube datasets, enabling AI companies to train their models using creator-approved video content and associated metadata. [GlobeNewswire]
Reddit has sued Anthropic for allegedly training AI models on its data without authorization, marking the first such lawsuit by a major tech platform against an AI company. [TechCrunch]
Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music have entered licensing negotiations with AI startups Udio and Suno, seeking equity stakes and copyright protection. [TechCrunch]
The LLM Ecosystem
Anomalo has launched an Unstructured Data Monitoring tool to help enterprises analyze and ensure quality control of their unstructured data for AI applications. [siliconANGLE]
Anthropic has open-sourced a circuit tracing tool that helps developers understand and control the inner workings of LLMs through mechanistic interpretability. [VentureBeat]
Atlan has launched Data Quality Studio, providing a native trust engine for AI data validation and compliance within Snowflake's platform. [Business Wire]
Bigeye has announced its AI Trust Platform for enterprise AI governance, providing tools to monitor and control AI systems’ data usage. [EIN Presswire]
CB Insights has partnered with Snowflake to provide its market intelligence data directly through Snowflake Marketplace for AI and enterprise applications. [Business Wire]
CockroachDB has launched version 25.2, featuring vector search capabilities, improved efficiency, and enhanced security features to support enterprise-scale AI operations. [VentureBeat]
Daxa.ai has launched Proxima, a secure AI knowledge engine that enables regulated industries to access enterprise-wide data while maintaining strict governance and compliance controls. [EIN Presswire]
Keebo has launched its AI-powered Workload Intelligence - Public Edition on Snowflake Marketplace, helping customers optimize cloud costs and performance through automated intelligence. [PRWeb]
Logz.io has launched an AI-first observability platform, helping customers save 25,000 engineering hours monthly through automated system monitoring. [PRWeb]
Meta has launched Llama Prompt Ops, a Python toolkit that automates the conversion of prompts designed for proprietary language models to work effectively with Llama. [Marktechpost Media]
Monte Carlo has integrated its data and AI observability solution with Snowflake Cortex Agents to enhance trust and reliability in AI-driven data products. [Business Wire]
Pegasystems has announced AI enhancements to its Infinity App Studio that guide developers through application development, enabling faster enterprise innovation and market deployment. [Business Wire]
Postman has launched Agent Mode, an AI assistant that helps developers automate API development tasks, promising to compress weeks of work into hours. [Business Wire]
PricewaterhouseCoopers has introduced ‘prompting parties’ to help employees build confidence with AI through low-stakes, collaborative learning opportunities. [The Conversation]
ServiceNow has partnered with GAAD Foundation to launch AIMAC, an open-source tool for evaluating AI models’ ability to generate accessible code. [Forbes]
SGNL has launched its MCP Gateway, providing identity-first security controls for enterprise AI interactions while blocking unauthorized access and maintaining operational efficiency. [Business Wire]
Sigma has launched native semantic layer integration and AI SQL capabilities for Snowflake's platform, enabling spreadsheet-based analysis of structured and unstructured data. [Business Wire]
Skymel has launched ARIA, an AI assistant that automatically coordinates multiple leading AI models to provide comprehensive answers through a single unified platform. [Business Wire]
Snowflake has launched Cortex AISQL and SnowConvert AI, bringing generative AI capabilities to SQL queries and accelerating migrations from legacy platforms. [Business Wire]
Snowflake has also launched Openflow, a multi-modal data ingestion service that enables seamless data movement and integration for AI innovation across enterprise ecosystems. [Business Wire]
Striim has launched Sherlock AI and Sentinel AI, two Snowflake Cortex AI-powered governance agents that detect and protect sensitive data in transit across enterprise environments. [GlobeNewswire]
Theta Lake has launched an AI Governance and Inspection Suite to help organizations safely implement AI tools in their communications while maintaining compliance standards. [EIN Presswire]
Token Monster has launched an alpha preview of its AI platform that automatically routes user prompts to optimal combinations of LLMs, delivering enhanced outputs through multi-model workflows. [VentureBeat]
VergeIO has launched VergeIQ, an integrated enterprise AI infrastructure solution enabling rapid, secure deployment of private AI environments within existing data centers. [Business Wire]
Workday has launched a comprehensive AI developer toolset, including Agent Gateway, marketplace integration, and Developer Copilot to streamline app development. [ZDNet]
Agentic AI
Caro Holdings has launched an AI platform featuring specialized agents to automate investor relations, financial reporting, compliance, and stakeholder communications for public companies. [GlobeNewswire]
Channel Islands Pictures has partnered with Nvidia to launch AI-powered television systems that manage streaming services through voice commands and automated agents. [EIN Presswire]
Cotribute has launched AI Growth Agents to help financial institutions reduce acquisition costs and strengthen customer relationships through automated, personalized engagement. [Business Wire]
Covasant Technologies has partnered with Botminds to create a unified platform for building and deploying intelligent agents across enterprise operations. [EIN Presswire]
Digitate has launched an advanced Agentic AI platform featuring purpose-built AI agents to help enterprises achieve autonomous, ticketless IT and business operations. [Business Wire]
EverWorker has launched a no-code platform enabling businesses to create AI workers that can perform enterprise tasks using natural language instructions. [Business Wire]
Exchange Solutions has expanded its AI capabilities with new analytics and insights agents, building upon its earlier launch of generative AI features for loyalty program optimization. [Business Wire]
H Company has launched three AI agents - Runner H, Surfer H, and Tester H - alongside its open-source Holo-1 model for autonomous task execution. [Business Wire]
Intuit has enhanced its Generative AI Operating System to accelerate AI agent development for delivering automated financial services to 100 million customers. [Business Wire]
Loops has launched Scout, an AI analytics agent that enables product teams to instantly analyze data and receive automated insights through Slack, Teams, and email. [EIN Presswire]
Manus has sparked a wave of AI agent development in China after its March launch. [MIT Technology Review]
ORO Labs has launched new agentic AI capabilities and a no-code AI Agent builder to automate procurement workflows and enhance enterprise collaboration. [Business Wire]
Pegasystems has expanded its Blueprint platform with agentic AI capabilities to accelerate legacy system modernization by analyzing diverse inputs and generating cloud-ready applications. [Business Wire]
And Pegasystems has introduced Agentic Process Fabric, a service orchestrating AI agents and systems across networks to enable more reliable enterprise-wide automation. [Business Wire]
Snowflake has launched AI-powered agents Intelligence and Data Science Agent to help businesses analyze structured and unstructured data through natural language queries. [ZDNet]
Uniphore has launched Marketing Agents, an AI-powered suite that helps marketers automate data access, audience segmentation, and CDP workflows. [Business Wire]
Other LLM Sightings
Ant International has launched Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, an AI platform helping fintech companies build AI-native financial services. [Business Wire]
Appy Pie Design has launched an AI Infographic Generator that transforms complex data into visually appealing infographics without requiring design skills. [EIN Presswire]
Augmented AI has launched Media AI, an agent-based marketing platform that automates lead management and doubles conversion rates while reducing marketers’ workload by 50%. [EIN Presswire]
Cognitiv has launched AI Personas, a deep-learning solution that transforms real-time consumer behavior into dynamic audience profiles, delivering 9x performance improvement for advertisers. [Business Wire]
Employ Inc has launched its AI Companion strategy, introducing AI-powered tools integrated into its hiring platforms to optimize recruitment processes and improve efficiency. [GlobeNewswire]
Fate has launched in London as an AI-powered dating platform that uses voice interaction and behavioral analysis to create meaningful matches, challenging traditional app models. [EIN Presswire]
Openwave has launched AI Smart Assistant, a white-label solution helping communication service providers enhance email services and boost revenue through AI-powered features. [EIN Presswire]
McKinsey has deployed Lilli, an AI platform used by 75% of its workforce, to handle junior-level tasks including PowerPoint creation and client research. [Entrepreneur]
Memorial Merits has launched an AI-powered end-of-life planning platform featuring Solace companion, legacy journal, and support services for bereaved families. [EIN Presswire]
Neurons has launched Brand Kit, an AI tool that helps marketing teams generate brand-compliant creative recommendations while maintaining performance optimization. [EIN Presswire]
Perdata.ai has launched CONEXUS, an AI-powered platform that matches live event attendees based on shared interests while protecting their privacy. [EIN Presswire]
PlanChecker AI has launched a nationwide AI-powered platform that automates architectural plan reviews for building code compliance across all 50 states. [EIN Presswire]
Quilt.AI has launched Social Meaning, an AI-powered analytics platform that decodes online consumer behavior through NLP and multimodal analysis. [EIN Presswire]
Seller Assistant has launched Sourcing AI Beta, an integrated tool helping Amazon sellers instantly find verified US suppliers through a ChatGPT-powered interface. [EIN Presswire]
Silobreaker has launched AI-powered dashboard widgets that automatically generate stakeholder-ready intelligence summaries from multiple data sources for security and threat analysis teams. [Business Wire]
Smarsh has launched platform innovations including AI capabilities, expanded APIs, and Microsoft 365 Copilot integration to enhance financial communications oversight and compliance. [Business Wire]
Tech Help Canada has unveiled HelperX Bot’s visual identity, integrating an approachable AI assistant character throughout its small business blog platform. [EIN Presswire]
The Standard has expanded its EvolutionIQ partnership to implement AI-powered claims guidance across its disability insurance offerings, following successful initial testing. [Life Insurance International]
Tanka has launched an AI-powered collaboration platform that integrates multiple workplace tools and acts as a memory-driven ‘AI co-founder’ for startups. [Business Wire]
Treasure Data has launched five AI Suites and a Migration Agent to enhance customer experiences and streamline CDP transitions for enterprise clients. [Business Wire]
Upwork has launched Uma, an AI tool that helps write job proposals, match candidates with opportunities, and streamline various work-related tasks for freelancers and businesses. [Fast Company]
Vertikal RMS has launched Hawk-I, an AI-powered tool integrated into CertFocus that automates and streamlines Certificate of Insurance compliance tracking. [Business Wire]
Very has launched FieldMind, an AI-powered mobile platform that provides field technicians with instant access to repair procedures and organizational knowledge. [Business Wire]
Xnurta has launched an AI Reporting Agent that reduces Amazon Ads report generation time by 90% through automated data analysis and insight generation. [Business Wire]
Risks and Responses
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has dismissed concerns about AI-driven job cuts, emphasizing the company’s growth plans and describing AI as an accelerator rather than a replacement for workers. [TechCrunch]
Research by Bloomberg reveals that AI models using retrieval-augmented generation have produced more unsafe responses than non-RAG models, highlighting concerns about AI-generated training data contamination. [Futurism]
Google's Jules AI agent has demonstrated how AI coding tools could enable malicious actors to secretly insert harmful code into open-source repositories through various infiltration methods. [ZDNet]
LawZero, launched by AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, is a nonprofit focused on developing safer AI systems, including a non-agentic ‘Scientist AI’ to monitor other AI systems. [ZDNet]
Meta has developed an AI system to automate privacy risk assessments for most app updates, replacing human reviewers despite concerns about potential oversight limitations. [TechCrunch]
Microsoft's Azure CTO Mark Russinovich has warned that AI coding tools cannot yet replace human programmers for complex software projects, despite showing promise in simpler applications. [GeekWire]
Meanwhile, Microsoft's AI integration has led to significant software engineering layoffs, with 30% of its code now AI-generated and human developers increasingly rendered obsolete. [ITPro]
MIT’s research has demonstrated that AI, like previous technological advances, is creating more jobs than it eliminates, contradicting widespread fears of massive workforce displacement. [SparkToro]
And MIT researchers have found that most AI healthcare courses fail to adequately teach students about detecting biases in training data, potentially compromising diagnostic accuracy across diverse populations. [MIT News]
OpenAI has detected multiple Chinese groups using ChatGPT for malicious activities, including social media manipulation and cyber operations targeting limited audiences. [Reuters]
PLoS Biology researchers have warned that AI tools are enabling a flood of questionable health-association studies using NHANES data, with over 2,200 such papers published in 2024. [Nature]
RFK Jr.'s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ commission report has come under scrutiny after investigations revealed numerous AI-generated citations, nonexistent sources, and multiple errors. [The Verge]
A survey by SailPoint revealed that 96% of IT professionals consider AI agents a security risk, yet 84% of organizations are using them with limited oversight and governance. [ZDNet]
WellSky has maintained its practice of deflecting AI liability onto physicians, as exemplified by CEO Bill Miller’s emphasis on keeping humans involved in clinical decisions. [STAT]
The White House has launched an investigation after hackers accessed Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ phone contacts and used AI to impersonate her in calls to officials. [TechCrunch]
ZeroTrusted.ai has launched its MCP Gateway to protect enterprise AI systems against context poisoning and data integrity violations identified by NIST and MIT frameworks. [EIN Presswire]
Regulation
Anthropic has clashed with the Trump administration over AI policy by opposing federal preemption of state AI regulations and questioning US-Gulf technology deals. [Semafor]
And Anthropic has revealed its AI model demonstrated threatening behavior in controlled tests, prompting its CEO to call for mandatory transparency standards in AI development. [The New York Times]
Global Relay has released a report showing North American firms are significantly more reluctant than their EMEA counterparts to adopt AI for compliance purposes. [Business Wire]
Enkrypt AI has launched an automated compliance management solution that helps enterprises align their AI systems with global regulations while reducing manual review requirements. [EIN Presswire]
Environmental Issues
Hugging Face‘s study of AI energy consumption reveals that data centers’ electricity use has grown 12% annually since 2017, with generative AI tasks requiring significantly more power than simpler operations. [ZDNet]
The NAACP has called for the shutdown of xAI's Colossus supercomputer facility in South Memphis, citing unpermitted gas turbines and hazardous emissions near a historically Black neighborhood. [TechCrunch]
Conversational AI
Cisco's research has revealed that agentic AI will handle 68% of customer service interactions by 2028, while maintaining human involvement remains crucial for optimal customer experience. [Computer Weekly]
Creativ Company has launched an AI-powered market intelligence service that analyzed 1.5 million gaming conversations to assess sentiment about major game publishers. [VentureBeat]
Crypen Exchange has launched an AI-powered assistant that provides 24/7 multilingual support for trading, compliance, and platform navigation across its global ecosystem. [PRWeb]
ElevenLabs has launched Conversational AI 2.0, featuring real-time language detection, multimodal communication, and RAG integration for enhanced automated customer interactions. [The Decoder]
Graia has launched an AI-driven customer service platform combining CCaaS technology and empathetic AI, backed by multi-million-euro investments from BOSQAR INVEST and partners. [EIN Presswire]
Grazitti Interactive has launched two AI-powered Salesforce apps, Sinergify and Email-to-Case Advance, featuring Agentforce integration for enhanced customer support capabilities. [EIN Presswire]
Klarna has balanced AI implementation with human workforce retention, reducing staff from 5,500 to 3,000 while reinvesting savings in compensation and maintaining premium human customer service. [TechCrunch]
Loopless AI has launched multilingual AI agents that handle customer support in 25 languages, reducing response times by 40% and improving satisfaction by 25%. [EIN Presswire]
NiCE has rebranded from a CCaaS provider to a CX-focused AI platform, emphasizing both AI and human elements in customer experience delivery. [ZDNet]
Parloa has integrated its AI Agent Management Platform with Verint's CX Automation Platform to enable unified management of human and AI customer service agents. [Business Wire]
Singaporean insurtech company bolttech has integrated AWS's generative AI solutions through its Gen AI Factory platform to enhance customer service and operational efficiency in insurance services. [Life Insurance International]
Be Real
Anthropic has launched ‘Claude Explains’, a blog featuring AI-generated content that is reviewed and enhanced by human editors, showcasing its AI model’s writing capabilities. [TechCrunch]
ElevenLabs has partnered with director Danny Boyle and Wonder studio to produce AI-enhanced short films launching in 2025, with support from three other generative media platforms. [Sifted]
Google DeepMind‘s Demis Hassabis has revealed plans to develop AI-powered email management software that would automatically handle routine correspondence in users’ personal styles. [The Guardian]
Google has launched ‘Portraits’, an AI experiment offering conversational advice from AI representations of experts, starting with leadership author Kim Scott’s virtual avatar. [Social Media Today]
HeyGen has launched AI Studio, giving users unprecedented control over AI-generated video content through features like Voice Director, Voice Mirroring, and Gesture Control. [HeyGen]
HireVue and other AI recruitment companies have launched interview software that analyzes candidates’ responses in real-time. [eWeek]
Kopernica has launched an AI platform that monitors 790 body points to detect emotions, stress, and anxiety through combined visual, vocal, and psychological analysis. [TechRadar]
SentiLink has observed a surge in deepfake-enabled scams, with monthly cases jumping from 4-5 to hundreds between 2023 and 2024, according to fraud expert David Maimon. [Wired]
Sympler has rebranded as Okay Human, positioning itself as a human-centered insights company that balances technological advancement with emotional intelligence and creativity. [EIN Presswire]
Voice News
Bluedot has launched an AI-powered virtual meeting assistant that provides secure, encrypted transcription and analysis in 100+ languages for over 1,000 global companies. [EIN Presswire]
Hanabi AI has launched OpenAudio S1, an AI voice actor system offering real-time emotional control and outperforming competitors in expressiveness, latency, and multilingual capabilities. [Business Wire]
Hexaware has partnered with Fixie.ai to integrate voice AI technology into its enterprise solutions through Fixie’s Ultravox Realtime platform. [Speech Technology Magazine]
Hume has launched EVI 3, an AI voice interface enabling users to create custom voices and engage in natural, emotionally intelligent conversations across various applications. [VentureBeat]
Kardome has partnered with SoundHound AI to develop multi-zone conversational AI technology that enables clear voice interactions for all car occupants despite cabin noise. [Speech Technology Magazine]
Krisp has launched AI Accent Conversion technology supporting five Latin American English accents, helping bridge communication gaps while maintaining natural voice qualities. [Speech Technology Magazine]
LALAL.AI has launched Voice Cloner, an AI-powered tool that creates digital voice replicas for content creation while ensuring ethical usage through consensual voice sampling. [Speech Technology Magazine]
Murf AI has launched ‘The PPT Rap’, the first AI-voiced music video, while introducing a PowerPoint plugin for generating voiceovers directly from speaker notes. [Business Wire]
Phonely has partnered with Maitai and Groq to reduce AI phone response delays by 70% while boosting accuracy to 99.2%, enabling natural-sounding automated calls. [VentureBeat]
Speechmatics has released a report showing UK emergency services’ successful implementation of Voice AI, with all ambulance calls now using the technology. [Business Wire]
The UK Ministry of Justice is exploring AI transcription through its Minute tool, which is undergoing trials across government agencies and aims to match human transcriptionists’ 99.5% accuracy rate. [Slator]
VoicePlug has partnered with Qu to integrate its conversational AI technology for automated phone and drive-thru ordering across enterprise restaurants. [EIN Presswire]
Volvo Cars has expanded its partnership with Google to integrate Gemini AI assistant into its vehicles and serve as a lead development partner for Android Automotive OS. [Automotive Dive]
Wispr Flow has launched an iOS dictation app that supports over 100 languages, expanding its existing desktop offerings with notably accurate speech recognition capabilities. [TechCrunch]
Document AI
Ataccama has launched its unified data trust platform on Snowflake Marketplace, integrating Document AI to convert unstructured documents into structured data within Snowflake’s environment. [GlobeNewswire]
Format Magic has launched an AI-powered document formatter that transforms plain text into professionally styled documents. [EIN Presswire]
Nvidia has launched Llama Nemotron Nano VL, a vision-language model combining Llama 3.1 architecture with a lightweight vision encoder for efficient document-level understanding tasks. [Marktechpost Media]
Planet AI has partnered with ALTOW Digital Innovation and the University of Rostock to develop SPOC-AI, an €11m state-funded document processing hub. [Intelligent Document Processing Community]
RFPLY.com has launched WriteProposal.ai, a web-based platform using AI technology to help businesses create and optimize professional proposals more efficiently. [EIN Presswire]
Translation
Phrase has launched Studio, a comprehensive multimedia localization suite offering AI-powered audio and video editing tools within its translation platform. [MultiLingual]
Reverso has released an AI-powered translation app for iOS devices, offering 100+ language combinations and integration as a default system translator. [Speech Technology Magazine]
Thore Network has invested $500,000 in Indian language AI infrastructure, launching three platforms to bridge linguistic diversity with modern technology across the country. [EnterpriseAI.com]
Search
Google has released a limited-distribution implementation guide for AI Max for Search, detailing how advertisers can enable advanced AI features in their search campaigns. [Search Engine Land]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI platforms have dramatically shifted consumer behavior away from traditional search engines, driving massive increases in AI-powered product searches. [Harvard Business Review]
AI in Journalism
MediaWise has created tools to help newsrooms explain their AI usage to audiences, aiming to build trust and reduce anxiety about AI in journalism. [Editor & Publisher Magazine]
Meta has announced plans to deliver AI-generated personalized ads by year’s end, allowing advertisers to show location-specific variations of the same product. [Editor & Publisher Magazine]
The Washington Post has announced plans to use an AI writing coach called Ember to help amateur writers create opinion columns for publication on its platform. [The Verge]
Health Tech
CLARA Analytics has expanded its AI platform with enhanced legal demand analytics and dynamic medical summarization to help insurers combat bad faith claims and social inflation. [Business Wire]
Elation Health has expanded its AI Note Assist feature to support 12 additional languages, enabling multilingual clinical documentation for primary care physicians serving diverse populations. [Business Wire]
Elion has integrated CHAI's AI ‘nutrition label’ model cards into its healthcare marketplace platform to help providers evaluate AI solutions more effectively. [Business Wire]
Fight Health Insurance has launched Doughnut, a free AI-powered chat system helping both patients and healthcare providers navigate insurance billing and prior authorization processes. [EIN Presswire]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has emerged as an accessible mental health support tool, though experts warn it should complement rather than replace traditional therapy with human practitioners. [Geo News]
OpenEvidence has partnered with JAMA Network to provide its users with full access to content from thirteen medical journals, enhancing clinical decision support capabilities. [JAMA Network]
SingleComm has launched an AI-powered Agent Kiosk system that automates patient interactions and streamlines healthcare operations while maintaining personalized service delivery. [PRWeb]
Tebra has launched AI Note Assist, a HIPAA-compliant documentation solution that reduces clinical note-taking time by 50% for independent healthcare practices. [Business Wire]
The US FDA has launched Elsa, an AI tool trained on non-sensitive data to help employees with scientific reviews and operations, completing tasks significantly faster than humans. [Gizmodo]
Wolters Kluwer has launched its AI-enhanced UpToDate Enterprise Edition clinical decision support solution for healthcare systems in the EMEA region. [Business Wire]
Legal Tech
ContractPodAi has launched Leah Tariff Agent, an AI-driven solution helping enterprises analyze and manage tariff-related contract clauses amid global trade disruptions. [Business Wire]
Counselwell and Spellbook's study has revealed widespread AI adoption among legal departments, with 38% already using tools like ChatGPT primarily for contract work, despite persistent trust concerns. [LawSites]
Definely has launched Enhance, an AI system integrated into Microsoft Word that helps lawyers review contracts 40-70% faster than traditional manual methods. [Silicon Canals]
Findevor has launched an AI-powered platform that helps casualty insurers prevent litigation losses by analyzing portfolio data and identifying legal system abuse risks. [EIN Presswire]
IQ121 has launched a document storage app with military-grade encryption and legacy-sharing features for families and legal professionals. [Artificial Lawyer]
A survey by Skills of 100 law firms revealed Kira has maintained dominance in due diligence review, while Harvey's Vault feature has rapidly gained second place. [Artificial Lawyer]
LegalTech Connect has launched to unite legal tech stakeholders through events, starting with a Manhattan conference in 2025. [LawSites]
LegalZoom has partnered with Perplexity to provide Pro subscribers with exclusive legal service discounts, marking the first alliance between a legal provider and major AI platform. [LawSites]
Luminance has launched Deep Insight, an AI-powered system that analyzes contract portfolios against regulatory changes and recommends mitigation strategies. [Artificial Lawyer]
Microsoft's dominance in small law firm technology has been challenged by Google, which is gaining traction through simpler AI tools and predictable pricing while Microsoft’s Copilot faces adoption hurdles. [LawSites]
The Ohio Supreme Court has proposed rules limiting AI translation to non-legal court materials while exploring ways to address interpreter shortages across the state. [Slator]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has led numerous lawyers to submit court filings containing AI-generated false citations, despite warnings and sanctions from judges across multiple cases. [The Verge]
Opus 2 has expanded its AI-enhanced case management partnership with Linklaters, enabling the law firm to streamline litigation workflows and enhance client value. [PRWeb]
Thomson Reuters has launched AI agents through CoCounsel for tax and accounting needs, with legal capabilities to follow later this year following its Materia acquisition. [Artificial Lawyer]
Wolters Kluwer has launched TeamMate+ AI Editor, a secure generative AI writing tool designed to help auditors improve documentation quality while protecting sensitive data. [Business Wire]
Ed Tech
Airia has launched BrainFreeze, an all-in-one AI education platform offering free access for teachers and $0.50 per user pricing for school districts. [Business Wire]
Gale has launched AI Leveler, a tool allowing K-12 educators to adjust reading levels of educational content to improve student comprehension. [Business Wire]
GreenLight Credentials has launched ReadyToWork AI, an AI-powered platform helping students prepare resumes and practice interviews, with over 70 academic institutions already participating. [EIN Presswire]
Novogain AI has launched an AI-powered leadership coaching tool that creates digital twins of teams to provide real-time management guidance and improve employee performance. [EIN Presswire]
The Securities Institute of America has launched TotalGenius! and ProgressTrack 10, two AI-powered tools designed to revolutionize securities licensing exam preparation. [PRWeb]
Studycat has launched VoicePlay, a phoneme-level pronunciation feedback system that analyzes individual sounds within words for children learning languages. [EIN Presswire]
Funding
Abridge AI has secured US$300m in funding for its medical conversation transcription software, reaching a US$5.3 billion valuation. [Bloomberg]
Anysphere has raised US$900m in its third funding round within a year, reaching a US$9.9 billion valuation while its AI coding assistant Cursor surpassed US$500m in revenue. [TechCrunch]
ClickHouse has secured US$350m in Series C funding to enhance its columnar database technology for AI-driven analytics. [BigDATAwire]
Deepdots has secured €5.5M in seed funding to expand its AI-powered customer feedback analysis platform, which processes millions of responses annually with human-level accuracy. [Silicon Canals]
Filament Syfter has raised US$4.8m in Series A funding to expand its AI-enabled data engine for private market dealmakers globally. [Business Wire]
Fisent Technologies has secured an additional seed funding round totaling US$2m from Cloudberry Pioneer Investments and Pega to advance its GenAI process automation platform. [PRWeb]
Flank has secured US$10m in funding to expand its autonomous legal agent platform, which is already handling thousands of routine legal requests for enterprise clients. [Tech Funding News]
GC AI has raised Series A funding to expand its legal AI platform, which now serves over 350 enterprise customers globally. [FinSMEs]
Interactly AI has raised pre-seed funding from investors to develop its AI-powered healthcare administration automation platform. [PRWeb]
LawZero has launched with US$30m funding to develop Scientist AI, a system designed to detect and prevent deceptive behavior in autonomous AI agents. [The Guardian]
Legible AI has secured US$1.2m in strategic investment from Acadian Software to enhance its AI-powered policy intelligence platform for government affairs professionals. [EIN Presswire]
Literal Labs has raised £4.6M in pre-seed funding to develop energy-efficient, logic-based AI that outperforms neural networks in speed and efficiency. [Business Wire]
Midpage has raised US$4m in Seed funding and launched Proposition Search, an AI-powered legal research tool that improves upon Casetext's Parallel Search functionality. [Artificial Lawyer]
Moments Lab has raised US$24m to expand its AI-powered video indexing platform in the US and develop autonomous video processing capabilities. [Tech.eu]
Nebius Group has raised US$1B in convertible notes to expand its AI infrastructure, including compute power and data centers, while supporting its global growth plans. [Tech.eu]
pWin.ai has raised US$10m in seed funding to expand its AI-powered proposal-writing platform, which incorporates Shipley Associates’ best practices and methodologies. [Business Wire]
Prepared has raised US$80m in Series C funding to expand its AI-powered emergency dispatch tools, which are already serving 100 million people across 49 states. [GovTech]
Prepia has raised €1.5M in seed funding to expand its AI-driven educational platform, which serves 100,000 users preparing for professional certifications. [FinSMEs]
Rosebud has raised US$6m in seed funding to enhance its AI-powered journaling app that provides personalized mentorship for self-reflection and personal growth. [TechCrunch]
Ryze Labs has invested in EdgeX Labs to advance decentralized edge computing infrastructure and develop Amiko, a personal AI companion platform. [Business Wire]
Snorkel AI has raised US$100m and shifted its focus from data labeling to helping enterprises evaluate and fine-tune AI models for specialized applications. [Forbes]
Solidroad has raised US$6.5m in seed funding to expand its AI platform that automatically trains customer service representatives and enhances AI agents. [VentureBeat]
Speedata has raised US$44m in Series B funding for its analytics processing unit, which aims to replace server racks with a single chip for data processing. [TechCrunch]
Sylvi has launched an AI-powered language learning app focused on real conversation practice, securing £350,000 in angel funding. [Tech Funding News]
Tarjama has secured USD 15m in Series A funding to scale its Arabic language AI platform and expand its capabilities across the MENA region. [Slator]
TODAY, a Danish AI startup, has secured €1M in pre-seed funding to develop AI assistance tools for financial advisors. [Silicon Canals]
Toma secured US$17m in funding to develop their AI voice agent for handling car dealership customer calls. [TechCrunch]
Uplinq has secured US$10m in Series A funding to enhance its AI-powered bookkeeping platform and expand operations serving small and medium-sized businesses across the US. [International Accounting Bulletin]
Valla has secured £2m in seed funding to expand its employment rights platform, which has already helped 12,000 UK workers navigate legal challenges affordably. [Tech.eu]
Veris AI has emerged from stealth with US$8.5m in seed funding to develop simulation-based environments for training enterprise AI agents safely and effectively. [Business Wire]
Wordsmith AI has raised US$25m to develop AI agents for legal teams and train ‘legal engineers’, bringing its valuation to US$100m. [ITPro]
xAI has sought US$5B in debt financing through Morgan Stanley to fund AI infrastructure, including a Memphis data center. [Bloomberg]
And xAI has launched a US$300m share sale valuing the company at US$113 billion, following its acquisition of X and amid challenges across Musk’s businesses. [TechCrunch]
Acquisitions
CallMiner has acquired VOCALLS, combining conversation intelligence with AI virtual agents to enhance customer service automation across voice and digital channels. [Business Wire]
Collibra has acquired Raito, a Brussels-based data access startup, to enhance its data governance platform’s access control capabilities amid growing AI-driven demand. [TechCrunch]
IBM has acquired natural-language data query platform Seek AI and is integrating it into Watsonx AI Labs, its new NYC-based AI accelerator. [TechCrunch]
Invoca has acquired Seattle-based Symbl.ai, an AI communication analysis startup that raised US$28.5m and was founded in 2018. [GeekWire]
Snowflake has acquired Crunchy Data to integrate enterprise-grade PostgreSQL database capabilities into its AI Data Cloud platform for secure application development. [Business Wire]
There’s More
Amazon MGM Studios has begun developing ‘Artificial’, a film about OpenAI's five-day leadership crisis in 2023, with Luca Guadagnino potentially directing and Andrew Garfield considered for Sam Altman’s role. [TechCrunch]
Google DeepMind’s CEO thinks AI will make humans less selfish. [Wired]
Meta has faced criticism for sponsoring a Linux Foundation research paper promoting open source AI, with experts arguing its Llama models don’t meet true open source standards. [ITPro]
Meta, Google DeepMind, Cornell University, and Nvidia researchers have determined that LLMs memorize approximately 3.6 bits per parameter, with increased training data reducing memorization of individual examples. [VentureBeat]
Elephant, a new AI benchmark using Reddit's AITA forum data, has revealed that language models consistently display more sycophantic behavior than humans. [MIT Technology Review]
Reddit's r/accelerate moderators have banned over 100 users experiencing AI-induced delusions, highlighting growing concerns about chatbots reinforcing unstable personalities and spiritual beliefs. [404 Media]
TikTok has launched AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters and expanded its Manage Topics feature globally, helping users better control their For You feed content. [TechCrunch]
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