Patronus AI raises $50M to stress-test AI agents
Patronus AI Secures $50m to Create Simulated Environments for AI Testing
Patronus AI has raised $50m to build simulated worlds where AI agents can be tested b…
OpenAI told Cannes it is “clearly in the advertising business now.” The numbers say it is barely in the door.
OpenAI’s Entry into the Advertising World
OpenAI made its debut at the Cannes Lions advertising festival this week, but it chose a more secluded venue than it…
Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch faces
A Legal Battle Over Smartwatch Faces: Samsung vs. Swatch
A London court has already determined that 26 of Samsung’s smartwatch faces infringe on Swatch trad…
France’s statistics department hit by cyberattack on staff directory
The French Institution Affected by Cyberattack
The institution that counts France found itself counting victims this week. INSEE , the national statistics de…
Kobo rejected 45% of self-published books last year, mostly over AI
A Self-Publishing Platform for Saying Yes
A self-publishing platform exists to say yes. Kobo’s , last year, spent a remarkable share of its time saying no. R…
Cargo drone startup Elroy Air nears an $800m SPAC deal
The maker of autonomous Chaparral in advanced talks for public listing via blank-cheque merger valued at $1bn
Elroy Air, a California startup that wishes to …
The US government asks OpenAI to slow its next model’s release
Sam Altman on Washington’s Plan for GPT-5.6 Release
Sam Altman shared that Washington intends to release GPT-5.6 first to a select group of trusted partners, …
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest
Samsung’s Massive Investment Plan: A Look at Their Future in South Korea
Numbers in the trillions have a way of losing their edges, so it is worth holding thi…
Italy opens an antitrust probe into Microsoft 365’s AI price rise
The Regulator’s Concerns: Price Changes and Consumer Choice
The regulator states that customers were switched to a more expensive plan bundled with Copilot un…
Airwallex raises $320m at an $11bn valuation, betting on agentic finance
A 38% Jump in Valuation Over Six Months
A significant 38% increase in valuation within six months highlights the shift in investor sentiment. Airwallex, a g…