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Google backs Proxima Fusion in €411m Series C at €2.5bn valuation
Munich-based fusion energy startup Proxima Fusion raised €411m led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures, with Google participating in its first European fusion investment.
xAI Officially Rebrands to SpaceXAI Five Months After Merger
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has completed its rebrand to SpaceXAI, unveiling a new logo and name following its February acquisition by SpaceX.
IQM Quantum Computers debuts on Nasdaq as Europe's first public quantum firm
Finnish quantum computing company IQM raised $82.4 million in its Nasdaq IPO, becoming Europe's first publicly traded quantum firm with shares pricing at $12.
MentalThink Framework Teaches AI Models to Reason Through SVG Visualization
Researchers developed MentalThink, a visual-symbolic reasoning system that enables multimodal language models to generate and interpret SVG graphics for spatial problem-solving, achieving 55.1% accuracy on VSIBench.
Socratic AI tutors outperform prompt-training approach in programming education study
Research comparing two AI tutoring methods found that Socratic dialogue-based tutors produced better long-term learning outcomes than prompt-refinement tutors in a graduate robotics course.
LLMs Score 96% on CBT Theory But Fail Clinical Application
New research reveals large language models excel at cognitive behavioral therapy licensing exams but struggle to apply therapeutic techniques effectively in practice, defaulting to validation responses regardless of patient needs.
Researchers Expose AI Models' Vulnerability to Narrative-Based Rule Manipulation
New research reveals that frontier AI models including GPT-5.4 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 can be manipulated into breaking rules through rhetorical injection attacks that exploit their training to be helpful and compliant.
Google unveils Gemini for Science suite with AI research agents
Google Research launched Gemini for Science at I/O 2026, featuring AI agents that write code, generate hypotheses, and accelerate scientific discovery across domains from neuroscience to cosmology.
DeepReinforce open-sources Ornith-1.0 self-improving coding models
DeepReinforce released Ornith-1.0, an open-source coding model family that writes its own reinforcement learning scaffolds and matches Claude Opus performance.
OpenAI research shows agents handling 8-hour tasks as Codex adoption soars
New OpenAI research reveals 25.6% of individual users now delegate tasks exceeding eight hours to Codex agents, with non-developer adoption rising 137x since August 2025.
Spotify and Universal Music strike AI covers deal with artist revenue share
Spotify partnered with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving compensation through a new licensing agreement.
ChatGPT market share falls below 50% as users embrace alternatives
ChatGPT's market dominance has slipped below 50% for the first time as users increasingly migrate to competing AI assistants including Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok.
Sea Limited deploys OpenAI Codex across engineering teams for AI-native development
Sea Limited's CPO David Chen explains the company's rollout of Codex to its entire developer organization, citing 87% weekly active usage and fundamental shifts in engineering workflows across Southeast Asia.
Lyzr raises $100M Series B using its own AI agent to run the fundraise
Jersey City startup Lyzr closed a $100 million Series B at $500 million valuation after its AI agent SivaClaw handled investor outreach, memos, and tracking for 130+ potential backers.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work for autonomous workplace tasks
OpenAI released ChatGPT Work, an autonomous agent that can run workplace tasks for hours and integrate with Slack, Teams, and other business tools.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work productivity agent with GPT-5.6 models
OpenAI released ChatGPT Work, a general-purpose productivity agent powered by GPT-5.6 models that integrates coding, web browsing, and task automation in one desktop application.