European VC firm Emblem raises $85 million for its initial fund
Emblem, a relatively new European VC firm based in Paris, is announcing the final closing of its first fund. Eighteen months after the first closing, the Emblem team managed to…
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Meta AI Introduces MILS: A Training-Free Multimodal AI Framework for Zero-Shot Image, Video, and Audio Understanding
Large Language Models (LLMs) are primarily designed for text-based tasks, limiting their ability to interpret and generate multimodal content such as images, videos, and audio. Conventionally, multimodal operations are task-specific…
Enhancing Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security: A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Flooding Attack Detection
Ad hoc networks are decentralized, self-configuring networks where nodes communicate without fixed infrastructure. They are commonly used in military, disaster recovery, and IoT applications. Each node acts as both a…
Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round
Modern product engineering requires the production of highly accurate digital simulations, allowing engineers to create prototypes and understand the real-world performance of materials. Currently, legacy software platforms from companies like…
These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models
Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the Sunday Puzzle. While written to…
4 Open-Source Alternatives to OpenAI’s $200/Month Deep Research AI Agent
OpenAI’s Deep Research AI Agent offers a powerful research assistant at a premium price of $200 per month. However, the open-source community has stepped up to provide cost-effective and customizable…
Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is with the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI Institute), earlier…
SoftBank could soon buy Renee James’ Ampere chip company for about $6.5B
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US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China
Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.
Ivo Secures $16M Series A to Revolutionize AI-Powered Contract Review, Launches Ivo Search Agent
Legal teams are under increasing pressure to accelerate contract negotiations while maintaining precision and compliance. Traditional contract automation tools often compromise accuracy for speed, forcing legal departments to manually intervene…