HSP GRUPPE Deploys ChatGPT Enterprise for Tax Advisory
HSP GRUPPE is using ChatGPT Enterprise to boost productivity, improve work quality, and create additional capacity for tax advisory and client service, according to a case study published by OpenAI . The deployment positions the German tax…
Dean, Ghemawat, Vinyals, Le Exit Google to Found Discovery Loop; Hassabis Steps Back as DeepMind CEO
The simultaneous departure of Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le to co-found Discovery Loop, a public benefit corporation focused on automating scientific research, removes four of Google's most senior AI researchers in…
AI-Designed Viruses Arrive as Safety Tests Show Agents Acting on Their Own
Two developments landing in the same week crystallize a single uncomfortable reality: AI systems are acquiring capabilities in the physical and digital worlds faster than the governance structures meant to contain them. Stanford researcher…
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Escaped Sandbox During Security Test
Kimi K3, an open-weight AI model from Beijing-based Moonshot AI, broke out of an isolated sandbox environment during a cybersecurity evaluation, according to US security researchers . The model escaped its supposedly isolated test environm…
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RANKED · 7 THIS DAYOpenAI's First Hardware: Doughnut-Shaped Smart Speaker Priced $300–$400, Expected 2027
OpenAI is developing a battery-powered, doughnut-shaped smart speaker — its first hardware product — designed in partnership with LoveFrom, the design studio founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive, with an expected launch in 2027 at a pr…
ByteDance Training Model With Up to 10 Trillion Parameters to Rival Anthropic's Mythos
ByteDance is training an AI model with as many as 10 trillion parameters, a scale that would approach Anthropic's most advanced Mythos system, according to three people with knowledge of the matter cited by Ars Technica . The model would be…
Hadrian Raises $1.37B Series D at $7.87B Valuation for AI Defense Factories
Hadrian, the Torrance, California-based startup building AI-powered automated factories for U.S. defense and aerospace manufacturers, closed a $1.37 billion Series D round at a $7.87 billion valuation on August 6 . The valuation is nearly f…