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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI’s Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/making-sense-of-the-panic-over-chinese-ai/
Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat? As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concerns. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/can-apple-make-smart-glasses-that-arent-a-constant-privacy-threat/
Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI? Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave readings. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/are-brain-waves-the-next-unlock-for-physical-ai/
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack “The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/hugging-face-ceo-calls-for-radical-transparency-after-unprecedented-openai-hack/
UK government AI Taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance launches An AI unit has been set up at the centre of the UK government to drive overall AI strategy, following a major AI shakeup inside the government this week. The unit, called the Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce, will be led by new
When AI Stops Experimenting and Starts Scaling [Sponsored] For a decade, virtual try-on technology has been the industry’s perennial “almost.” The idea—letting shoppers see how a jacket or a shade of lipstick would actually look on them—was always compelling. The execution was not. Brands had to feed in expensive 3D
When Hollywood feared AI, Filmustage bet on pre-production instead Startup founder Egor Dubrovsky told me that he won’t trim his beard until Filmustage‘s monthly recurring revenue triples. Today it’s more than 15 centimetres long. Ironically, beards have also become a useful way of explaining what his company actually does. During
UK healthtech challenger using AI to cut lung disease test time clinches $19M A UK healthtech startup which has built AI-powered tech that it says reduces the test time for a lung disease that impacts nearly two million people in the UK from an hour to under five minutes has
“The higher the algorithm’s accuracy, the more autonomous the process.” The team of Ukrainian startup Zeely on investment and the new phase of Zeely 2.0 On May 26, the Ukrainian AI startup Zeely became the winner of an international startup competition held by Deel and J.P. Morgan in Paris. As
Softbank eyeing acquisition of ETH spinout Gravis, reports suggest Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/softbank-gravis-robotics