China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips

Luz Ding / bloomberg - Chinese AI startup Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. released a new multimodal model that it says is the country’s first to be fully trained using domestic chips, in a sign of progress toward meeting Beijing’s goal of reducing reliance on American techn…

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Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Washington spent years blocking Nvidia's advanced chips from China. Tuesday, the Trump administration approved H200 exports with a 25% government cut. By afternoon, Beijing told its own companies to hold off.

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Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - The Senate has passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE ) Act with unanimous consent, according to the bill’s co-sponsor Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The bill lets the subjects of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfak…

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Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple has announced a multi-year partnership with Google to power Siri using Gemini AI, launching with iOS 26.4 in March or April 2026 for approximately $1 billion annually.The post Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri appeared first on …

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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…

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Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…

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Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Anthropic expanded its agentic AI lineup with the debut of Cowork, a tool designed to bring the sophisticated capabilities of Claude Code to a much broader, less technical audience. Integrated directly into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork serves as a more …

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…

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Ex-Google execs’ Ahead Health raises $6M to catch cancer, heart disease years early with AI

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Diseases are often caught late, data is scattered across systems, and advanced diagnostics remain expensive and hard to…

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