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Cohere to acquire Germany's Aleph Alpha in transatlantic sovereign AI deal
eal Schwarz Group, the Lidl owner and major Aleph Alpha shareholder, will invest $600 million in Cohere's Series E round as part of the transaction
Google makes Gemini Embedding 2 generally available as its first natively multimodal embedding model
The model maps text, images, video, audio and documents into a single vector space, replacing fragmented multi-model pipelines
Kraken 360 targets token launch failures with integrated infrastructure stack
Research drawn from 125 real launches found 85% of tokens issued in 2025 ended the year below their launch valuation
Google launches autonomous research agents for finance, life sciences and market intelligence
Deep Research Max scores 93.3% on DeepSearchQA, up from 66.1% in December, as the company targets enterprise workflows
Nvidia highlights five AI projects tackling climate and conservation for Earth Day
Applications range from 15-day global weather forecasts to automated orangutan nest detection and AI-powered recycling plant
Meta's Edits app marks first anniversary with new creator tools and plans for paid tier
The standalone video editor launched a year ago as Instagram's answer to CapCut and remains free to download
Robinhood Ventures invests $75m in OpenAI
The move is described as offering retail traders exposure to the artificial intelligence company.
Google Pixel battery drain after April update
The company is looking into reports that the April Android update is causing widespread battery drain across Pixel phones.
Apple executive Mike Rockwell weighs stepping back
The tech giant faces potential leadership churn as Mike Rockwell has considered reducing his role amid the Siri overhaul, Bloomberg reported.
Google unveils two new AI chips at Cloud Next as hyperscaler hardware race intensifies
The TPU 8t and TPU 8i are designed for training and inference respectively, succeeding the Ironwood generation
Trump signals thaw in Anthropic standoff, says Pentagon deal 'possible'
The president's remarks follow a White House meeting between Anthropic's chief executive and senior administration officials
OpenAI in talks to invest up to $1.5bn in private equity joint venture
The ChatGPT maker's enterprise push would see it embed engineers inside portfolio companies owned by its buyout partners
Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI model accessed by unauthorised usersAnthropic’s Mythos accessed by unauthorized users
A small group in a private forum gained access to Anthropic PBC’s Mythos, Bloomberg reports.
Kraken showcases tokenised equities push at ethCC with hackathon and developer events
The crypto exchange's xStocks platform has surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume
Meta breaks ground on Tulsa AI data center
Meta will build an AI-optimised data center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, its first in the state and part of a wider US and global expansion.
Revolut eyes $200bn valuation in potential IPO
The fintech giant's ambitions represent a sharp jump from its $75 billion fundraise last November
Anthropic and Amazon bet $100 billion that compute is the moat that matters
The deal is Amazon's answer to its own OpenAI partnership. For Anthropic, it's an infrastructure arms race
North Korea just stole $292 million from DeFi. And it's pointing fingers at itself
The Lazarus Group's latest crypto heist is a masterclass in infrastructure poisoning. The aftermath is messier than the hack
Tesla's Wednesday earnings call is really about two things: robotaxis and the AI bet
The numbers matter less than the roadmap. Here's what investors actually want to hear
AI coding agents from Anthropic, Google and GitHub leaked repository secrets after prompt injection attack
Security researchers showed a crafted pull-request title could force agents to exfiltrate API keys and tokens without any external infrastructure