Key Takeaways: CTech reports that ServiceNow has acquired Israeli AI startup Sweep in a transaction estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Neither ServiceNow nor Sweep has formally announced the acquisition or disclosed its value. ServiceNow did, however, provide CTech with a written statement conn
Key Takeaways: A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a criminal possession charge against Steven Anderegg, a 42-year-old Wisconsin man accused of creating thousands of explicit, AI-generated images depicting children. The Seventh Circuit concluded that private possession of synthetic child sexual abu
Key Takeaways: Economic and technology officials gathering in North Carolina are confronting a widening dispute over how governments should oversee artificial intelligence. The Trump administration is using the meetings ahead of December’s U.S.-hosted G20 summit to promote the Carolina Principles, a pact intended
Key Takeaways: Bernie Sanders has unveiled the “Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,” proposing a federal prohibition on artificial intelligence systems that match or exceed human capabilities. The measure would al...
Key Takeaways: AfterQuery has reportedly completed a funding round at a $3.2 billion valuation, marking a rapid increase in investor confidence around the AI training-data startup. The development comes just five months after AfterQuery announced an earlier financing, an unusually short interval that highlights th
Key Takeaways: Aslan is entering the national security market with a provocative proposition: software agents that can behave like human analysts and undercover operatives inside hostile online communities. Its public debut, announced September 2, follows a $20.8 million funding round led by Khosla Ventures and XY
Key Takeaways: When HiddenLayer raised its $50 million Series A three years ago, investors were still debating whether AI security would become a distinct market or simply another feature inside existing cybersecurity platforms. Its new $100 million Series B offers a fairly clear answer: enterprises are increasing
Key Takeaways: A proposal team receives a request for proposal at 9 a.m. The relevant material is scattered across SharePoint, Salesforce, archived PDFs, and several consultants’ personal folders. By the time someon...
Key Takeaways: Wonderful has closed a $550 million Series C funding round at a $5B valuation, giving the enterprise AI specialist substantial capital to develop its platform and increase global deployment capacity. Insight Partners led the round, while Salesforce joined existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Vine
Key Takeaways: Meta has reached a reported $18 billion settlement in a social media case brought by state attorneys general, resolving a significant legal dispute over how Instagram and Facebook affect younger users. The agreement emerged during the second week of proceedings after the case went to trial in August