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Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion
CEO Dave Limp said damage to the company’s launchpad in Florida was not as bad as expected. But Blue Origin still hasn’t shared the cause of last week’s explosion.
ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves
A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.
Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst
Pacific Fusion’s sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to pay for AI buildout
The Google parent company plans to raise the funds by selling stock.
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major…
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT’s alleged role in the incident.
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta’s own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.