UK Chip Startup Fractile Hits $6.5B Valuation After Anthropic Deal
Fractile raised roughly $600M at a $6.5 billion valuation following a major inference deal with Anthropic, highlighting surging demand for specialized AI hardware.
Grok 4.6 with 500K Context Window Now Available on AWS Bedrock
xAI's latest Grok model featuring an expanded 500,000-token context has been integrated into Amazon's Bedrock service for enterprise AI applications.
Liquid AI Releases Tiny 230M Model That Runs on a Raspberry Pi
Liquid AI's new 230-million-parameter model outperforms larger counterparts on instruction following and tool use while decoding at high speeds on edge devices like a Raspberry Pi.
Frontier AI Models Score Only 3-15% on Hypothesis Generation Test
Leading large language models performed poorly in a blind benchmark for generating novel scientific hypotheses, revealing persistent gaps in autonomous research capabilities.
Milky Way Swallowed Dwarf Galaxy 11.8 Billion Years Ago
Hubble Space Telescope data has provided definitive evidence that the young Milky Way merged with and absorbed a dwarf galaxy early in its formation.
Water and Dust Survive Near Milky Way's Central Black Hole
James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that water and dust can persist and form surprisingly close to Sagittarius A*, challenging models of extreme environments.
Dusty Accretion Disks Around Black Holes Could Be Planet Factories
New research proposes that the dusty disks surrounding supermassive black holes may serve as unexpected sites for planet formation in the early universe.
Bitcoin Tops $77,000 in Best Week Since 2023 as Shorts Get Wiped Out
Bitcoin surged over 24% this week amid Treasury bond buybacks, policy optimism, and record short liquidations exceeding $4 billion, lifting altcoins along with it.
Nomura-Backed Laser Digital Wins Japan's First Crypto License in Four Years
Laser Digital has secured regulatory approval to provide liquidity and institutional trading services in Japan, signaling growing institutional appetite for crypto.
Coldcard Ships Firmware Update After $114M Bitcoin Theft
Hardware wallet maker Coinkite released new firmware audited with AI assistance following a major vulnerability that led to $114 million in stolen bitcoin.
Samsung Hikes Advanced Chip Prices Up to 15% on AI Demand
Samsung is increasing prices for its most advanced foundry processes as AI-driven demand fills capacity, impacting the broader semiconductor supply chain.
Microsoft Patches One-Click Copilot Data Exfiltration Vulnerability
After more than eight months, Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw in Copilot that allowed silent theft of user data from Gmail, Drive, and other services with a single click.