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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with study controls and parental supervision following psychological safety lawsuits

Listen to this article Read by Anchor OpenAI has announced the launch of a dedicated product called ChatGPT for Teens, coming as the company faces a series of lawsuits over the lack of adequate safety measures in generative chatbots and resulting serious concerns regarding mental health and teenage suicides. The

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Neko Health opens its first American branch in New York as body-scanning investments accelerate

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Neko Health opens its first American branch in New York as body-scanning investments accelerate

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Body-scanning technology company Neko Health is preparing to launch its US expansion with the opening of its first American office and center on September 24, selecting Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, known as a luxury retail hub, at 300 Lafayette Street. The

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Hidden artificial intelligence bill for tech giants exceeds 3 trillion dollars in off balance sheet commitments

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Hidden artificial intelligence bill for tech giants exceeds 3 trillion dollars in off balance sheet commitments

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Quarterly financial disclosures from major technology companies show record capital expenditure directed toward artificial intelligence infrastructure, but figures reported on balance sheets do not capture the full scale of future commitments. A Wall Street Journal analysis of footnotes in filings with the US

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Google and the UK government launch an AI trial to reduce heat-trapping aircraft contrails over the Atlantic

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Google and the UK government launch an AI trial to reduce heat-trapping aircraft contrails over the Atlantic

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A 30-month scientific and field trial named Project Blue Skies has launched in the UK with 5 million pounds in total funding, testing the ability of AI models to predict where contrails and heat-trapping cirrus clouds form from aircraft exhaust and

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A scientific blueprint for the digital organism connects foundation models to biological simulations from molecules to the whole organism

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A scientific blueprint for the digital organism connects foundation models to biological simulations from molecules to the whole organism

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Just as aerospace engineers test aircraft designs through computational models and simulations thousands of times before physical construction begins, a research team is proposing a scientific blueprint to give biologists the same analytical and simulation capabilities when working with biological systems. The blueprint,

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Deep learning for big biomedical data analytics workshop opens call for papers at IEEE BigData 2026

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Deep learning for big biomedical data analytics workshop opens call for papers at IEEE BigData 2026

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The organizing committee for the 2nd International Workshop on Deep Learning for Big Biomedical Data Analytics (DL4BBDA 2026) has issued a call for research papers ahead of the event in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format

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SDAIA discusses artificial intelligence in creative content and production as generative tools reshape workflows

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SDAIA discusses artificial intelligence in creative content and production as generative tools reshape workflows

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), the kingdom's central data and AI body, brought together experts, specialists, and creative professionals for an open panel titled 'Creative Content Through AI Technologies' to examine the industry's future

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Cloudflare presents its vision for agentic infrastructure and security at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh

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Cloudflare presents its vision for agentic infrastructure and security at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Cloudflare is preparing to unveil its integrated vision for securing and accelerating enterprise AI workloads during its participation in the LEAP 2026 conference, held in Riyadh from 31 August to 3 September. The participation comes at a pivotal moment. According to Ercan Aydın,

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Terra Industries raises $52 million to build defense infrastructure and autonomous systems in the Global South

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Terra Industries raises $52 million to build defense infrastructure and autonomous systems in the Global South

Listen to this article Read by Anchor African defense technology company Terra Industries announced raising an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its total seed round to $52 million as part of an effort to build defense infrastructure and develop combat systems for countries in the Global South. This total

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An opt-out guide on how to disable intrusive AI features across operating systems, browsers, and apps

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An opt-out guide on how to disable intrusive AI features across operating systems, browsers, and apps

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A reference guide published on librarian.net and via the short URL NoToAI.org has launched in response to recurring questions from public library patrons on how to disable or avoid intrusive artificial intelligence tools appearing uninvited across digital work environments. The guide

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Billion-dollar partnerships between the Gulf and Southeast Asia to redistribute power in artificial intelligence infrastructure

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Billion-dollar partnerships between the Gulf and Southeast Asia to redistribute power in artificial intelligence infrastructure

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Today, comprehensive artificial intelligence capabilities are concentrated in the hands of two primary powers, the United States and China, which together produced eighty prominent models over the past year. The United States alone operates 5,427 data centres, more than ten times the

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Higgsfield raises its valuation to $5.4 billion in a new funding round and bets on enterprise video production

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Higgsfield raises its valuation to $5.4 billion in a new funding round and bets on enterprise video production

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Higgsfield has announced the close of a $400 million Series B funding round, bringing its valuation to $5.4 billion, a fourfold increase in just eight months compared to its previous $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by DST Global, with

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BATON architecture decomposes long-horizon robot tasks into phased exploration and transition-aware memory

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BATON architecture decomposes long-horizon robot tasks into phased exploration and transition-aware memory

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Robots face a complex operational challenge when executing long-horizon interactive tasks that require chaining contact-rich skills across a multi-stage trajectory. While vision-language-action (VLA) models master individual skills with high efficiency, the operational chain breaks down when combining them,

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Anthropic raises its annualized revenue run rate to $65 billion and targets a $2 trillion valuation

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Anthropic raises its annualized revenue run rate to $65 billion and targets a $2 trillion valuation

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Anthropic's revenue continues to accelerate at a rapid pace, not only expanding at record rates but also experiencing steady upward momentum. Data reported by Bloomberg showed that the model maker's annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion by the

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AI, didn't read emerges as a new term confronting the influx of unedited text and exposing the borrowed efficiency gap in workplaces

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AI, didn't read emerges as a new term confronting the influx of unedited text and exposing the borrowed efficiency gap in workplaces

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Handling machine-generated content is no longer just a question of productivity and speed, but has become a daily practice drawing growing reservations across professional settings and digital workplaces. After years dominated by the familiar acronym "TL;DR" (too long, didn&

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Relay shuts down workflow automation services as its team joins Chrome to lead AI agents

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Relay shuts down workflow automation services as its team joins Chrome to lead AI agents

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Relay, an AI workflow automation startup, has announced the permanent shutdown of its platform, with its executive and technical team, led by founder and CEO Jacob Bank, joining Google to work on the Chrome browser team. The move follows an effort launched in

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SpaceX officially closes acquisition of Cursor, opening largest computing fleet to the coding tool

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SpaceX officially closes acquisition of Cursor, opening largest computing fleet to the coding tool

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Cursor, an AI developer software startup, has officially joined SpaceX, completing a major acquisition that brings the coding tool under Elon Musk's umbrella and links it to his extensive computing resources. In a post on its official blog, Cursor confirmed the

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Public Investment Fund and Google Cloud partner to establish an advanced computing hub in Dammam with an estimated 70 billion dollar return

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Public Investment Fund and Google Cloud partner to establish an advanced computing hub in Dammam with an estimated 70 billion dollar return

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Saudi Arabia is committing billions of dollars in AI investments to position the sector as a primary pillar of its future economy, marking a shift away from decades of national reliance on oil. These initiatives fall under the Vision 2030 strategy led by

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Pinnacle launches investment fund targeting growth companies and secondary transactions to bridge liquidity gap in Saudi market

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Pinnacle launches investment fund targeting growth companies and secondary transactions to bridge liquidity gap in Saudi market

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Pinnacle, a Saudi-based investment firm affiliated with the Wattar Partners network, has launched a new venture capital fund focused on growth-stage companies and secondary market opportunities in the Kingdom. The fund's strategy centers on direct investment in Saudi technology

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Stripe moves to acquire OpenRouter in a deal exceeding $7 billion

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Stripe moves to acquire OpenRouter in a deal exceeding $7 billion

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Stripe has completed an acquisition of OpenRouter, an AI routing gateway startup, according to a Bloomberg report. The deal, valued at more than $7 billion, represents a major shift in artificial intelligence infrastructure, placing the payments giant at the center of the multi-

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Wispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation and expands from voice dictation into meeting notes

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Wispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation and expands from voice dictation into meeting notes

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Wispr, known for its AI-powered voice dictation tool, has raised $280 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures at a $2 billion valuation. The round brings the company's total funding to $361 million, less than ten

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How Abu Dhabi is reshaping artificial intelligence investment returns across data centres and supply chains

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How Abu Dhabi is reshaping artificial intelligence investment returns across data centres and supply chains

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Gulf investments in artificial intelligence are undergoing a fundamental shift beyond passive financial stakes in global technology giants, moving toward building an integrated economic ecosystem aimed at generating sustainable, long-term returns. Amid the rapid rise in valuations and revenues of companies such

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OpenAI closes the computer vision gap in its GPT-5.6 family with a leap in detection alongside cost and stability challenges

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OpenAI closes the computer vision gap in its GPT-5.6 family with a leap in detection alongside cost and stability challenges

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Specialised benchmark tests conducted by computer vision platform Roboflow on OpenAI's new GPT-5.6 model family, which includes the Sol, Terra, and Luna models, have shown a tangible shift in computer vision and image processing capabilities, after the company'

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Automated fix from Copilot plants a vulnerability in a Snowflake repository and an intelligent agent uncovers it within days

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Automated fix from Copilot plants a vulnerability in a Snowflake repository and an intelligent agent uncovers it within days

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Security research conducted by the Wiz Research team through Snowflake's bug bounty program has revealed a technical incident highlighting the emerging risks of AI-assisted coding tools, where an automated modification involving Copilot Autofix introduced a command injection vulnerability into one

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Accenture joins LEAP 2026 as generative AI partner as the sovereignty bet shifts from national ambition to enterprise capabilities

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Accenture joins LEAP 2026 as generative AI partner as the sovereignty bet shifts from national ambition to enterprise capabilities

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi capital Riyadh is preparing to host the fifth edition of the global tech conference LEAP 2026 from August 31 to September 3. Described by organisers as the largest and boldest since the event began, this edition marks the return of global

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