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Microsoft Research launches Flint, an AI-native visualization language for chart generation
Microsoft Research released Flint, an open-source visualization language that enables AI agents to create polished charts from simple specifications using semantic data types.
Waymo expands driverless rides to San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa and Denver
Alphabet's robotaxi division will launch autonomous rides in four new US cities, starting with employees before public rollouts.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra Achieves Leading Agent Performance With LangChain Tuning
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Ultra delivers benchmark-leading accuracy on LangChain's Deep Agents platform at 10x lower cost than closed models through harness engineering rather than model retraining.
Legal AI Startup Norm Hits $1.2 Billion Valuation in $120M Series C
New York-based legal AI company Norm raised $120 million at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Khosla Ventures, to expand its AI-native law firm platform.
OpenAI publishes national security partnership principles for government AI use
OpenAI released principles governing how governments can use its AI systems for national security, establishing restrictions on surveillance, autonomous weapons, and automated decisions.
Security Researchers Expose GitHub Copilot Vulnerability That Leaked Private Code
Noma Security researchers demonstrated how GitHub's AI coding assistant could be tricked into exposing private repository contents through carefully crafted prompts.
Axle Energy raises $25m Series A led by Energize Capital
London-based energy startup Axle Energy secured $25 million in Series A funding led by Energize Capital, with participation from existing investors Accel, Picus Capital and Eka Ventures.
Lovable in talks to raise $300m at $13.2bn valuation
Swedish AI coding startup Lovable is negotiating a $300 million funding round at a $13.2 billion post-money valuation, with US-based Menlo Ventures set to lead.
Lilian Weng maps harness engineering as path to AI self-improvement
Former OpenAI safety researcher and Thinky cofounder Lilian Weng published a comprehensive analysis of 35 papers on harness engineering for recursive self-improvement in AI systems.
MIT researchers build ChartNet dataset to train AI models on chart interpretation
MIT and IBM researchers created ChartNet, a million-chart dataset that enables smaller open-source vision-language models to outperform commercial alternatives at interpreting business and scientific charts.
Anthropic launches Claude Science app for life sciences research
Anthropic released Claude Science, an AI research workbench with 60+ scientific tools for genomics, proteomics, and structural biology, available in beta for Pro subscribers.
Meta's Stable Signature watermark fails accuracy tests in security researcher analysis
Security researcher Dr. Neal Krawetz found Meta's Stable Signature invisible watermark algorithm performs far worse than claimed, joining Google's SynthID and Adobe's TrustMark in failing real-world accuracy tests.
Meta plans cloud business to monetize excess AI compute capacity
Meta is developing a cloud infrastructure business to sell access to AI compute power and models, following SpaceX's similar strategy of monetizing excess data center capacity.
Databricks unveils Lakebase LTAP architecture for unified transactional and analytical processing
Databricks detailed its Lakebase serverless Postgres database architecture that separates compute from storage and enables real-time analytics on transactional data without CDC pipelines.
Tapestry VC Closes $80M Third Fund to Back Europe's Repeat Founders
London-based Tapestry VC raised $80 million for its third fund, targeting repeat European founders as AI exits create a new generation of experienced entrepreneurs.
Morph Launches Reflexes API for Real-Time Agent Behavior Monitoring
Morph unveiled Reflexes, a multi-head classifier API that monitors AI agent behavior patterns in under 30ms, targeting production-scale agent deployments with behavioral failure detection.