Nir Zuk agrees to acquire Liberty Bank to launch AI tools
Nir Zuk, founder of Palo Alto Networks, has agreed to acquire Liberty Bank, a local California lender, in a move aimed at launching artificial intelligence tools in financial services. This…
Fake Claude website distributes PlugX RAT through trojanized installer
A new phishing campaign has emerged, leveraging the popularity of the AI tool Claude to distribute the PlugX remote access trojan (RAT). A threat actor created a fake website that…
OpenAI plans to open its first permanent office in London in 2027
OpenAI is set to open its first permanent office in London in 2027. This move comes as the company reaffirms its commitment to investing in London’s AI ecosystem, despite previously…
Virtuals launches Strike Robot’s SR Agentic for plug-and-play robotics
Strike Robot has launched its new platform, SR Agentic, on Virtuals, providing a plug-and-play framework for Unitree G1 robots that enables autonomous anomaly detection, safety monitoring, and continuous operation in…
OpenBMB unveils VoxCPM 2, a 2B-parameter TTS model with 30 languages support
OpenBMB has released VoxCPM 2, a cutting-edge text-to-speech (TTS) model featuring 2 billion parameters and designed for multilingual voice synthesis across 30 languages. This model advances the previous VoxCPM releases…
Hong Kong boosts computing infrastructure capacity 36 times for AI leadership
Hong Kong is planning to significantly enhance its computing infrastructure, aiming to increase capacity by 36 times to establish itself as a leader in artificial intelligence. This initiative is part…
Baidu paper improves open-ended reasoning with RL via multiple-choice reformulation
Researchers at Baidu have developed a new method for applying reinforcement learning (RL) to open-ended tasks like writing and subjective answers, where outputs lack a single correct answer. By reformulating…
Dell Pro Max desktop supercomputer ships with Nvidia Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip for $85K
Dell Technologies has announced the launch of the Dell Pro Max, the first desktop supercomputer equipped with the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip, aimed at running autonomous AI agents. This…
Crispr Therapeutics targets trillions in chronic disease market with AI and CRISPR
Demis Hassabis has articulated a vision for the future of medicine, advocating for a shift from “sickcare” to a focus on cures and prevention through AI and genetic editing technologies.…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds to Molotov cocktail attack on his home
On April 10, a 20-year-old suspect named Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama was arrested after a Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s residence in San Francisco. The incident, which caused…