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Wikipedia cracks down on contributors using AI to generate content
Wikipedia has banned contributors from using artificial intelligence tools to create content for its platform through a recent policy update. The recently announced new guidelines reflect increasing concern within the Wikipedia community that AI-generated text conflicts with the platform’s standards on citing reliable and verifiable sources. In the update, Wikipedia noted that text generated by large language ...
Agentic retail dispute resolution startup Glimpse raises $35M from Andreessen Horowitz and others
Dispute-tracking software startup Glimpse said today it has closed on an early-stage $35 million round of funding to accelerate its plan to use artificial intelligence to help brands gain more leverage over retailers. The Series A round was led by the high-profile venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and saw participation from 8VC and Y Combinator, bringing ...
Normal Computing raises $50M to tackle the soaring energy demands of AI chips
Normal Computing Corp., a startup that’s trying to reinvent the fundamental physics of artificial intelligence, said today it has raised $50 million in a new funding round led by Samsung Catalyst. Today’s preemptive round also saw participation from Galvanize, Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund and ArcTern Ventures, plus existing backers Celesta Capital, Drive Capital, Micron ...
Rocketlane bags $60M from investors to accelerate professional services automation with AI agents
Professional services automation startup Rocketlane Corp. said today it has raised $60 million in a new round of funding to accelerate the delivery of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence tools. The Series round was led by Insight Partners and brings the company’s total amount raised to $105 million. Rocketlane sells professional services automation that helps organizations to ...
Emma Technologies unifies cloud infrastructure governance for legacy IT environments
Cloud operations startup Emma Technologies S.a.r.l. took the wraps off a new feature called Brownfield Onboarding today, aiming to solve the most persistent infrastructure governance headaches faced by enterprises today. Announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe today, Brownfield Onboarding enables information technology teams to bring their existing VMware environments, public cloud instances and Kubernetes clusters ...
Insurance tech startup Shepherd raises $42M to underwrite the physical layer of AI
Artificial intelligence-native insurance provider Shepherd has just raised $42 million in a new funding round to underwrite the massive infrastructure boom that’s fueling the industry’s growth. The Series B round was led by Intact Private Capital and saw participation from Spark Capital, Costanoa Ventures and others, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $67 million. ...
Anthropic unchains Claude Code with auto mode, allowing it to choose its own permissions
Anthropic PBC is taking the leash off its popular artificial intelligence coding tool Claude Code, introducing a new feature called “auto mode” that lets it decide for itself which permissions it’s allowed to use. The launch accelerates a trend that has seen AI tools become increasingly autonomous, performing more actions without waiting for approval from ...
OpenAI says it’s pulling the plug on Sora, its generative AI video creation tool
In a dramatic U-turn, OpenAI Group PBC has announced it’s discontinuing its vaunted Sora AI video application, just months after rolling out a massive update. The decision comes in the wake of declining interest in the generative artificial intelligence video platform, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Co-founder and Chief Executive Sam ...
With $90M in funding, NoTraffic will use AI to end gridlock in America’s cities
Artificial intelligence mobility startup NoTraffic U.S. Inc. said today it’s going to eliminate congestion in American cities once and for all after raising $90 million in new funding. Road congestion in U.S. and Canadian cities is getting worse than ever as traffic agencies struggle with a lack of resources while simultaneously trying to manage increasing ...
Multichip inference cloud startup Gimlet Labs receives $80M to solve one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks
Gimlet Labs Inc. said today it has raised $80 million in early-stage funding to solve a bottleneck that’s holding back artificial intelligence inference. The startup, which has raised $92 million in total, has created what’s said to be the world’s first and only “multi-silicon inference cloud.” It differs from standard inference clouds, because it enables ...