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Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months

Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, following a lengthy investigation

All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives

Business

Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.

This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a ‘Staggering’ Scam Text Operation

Security

Google is suing 25 people it alleges are behind a “relentless” scam text operation that uses a phishing-as-a-service platform called Lighthouse.

SoftBank’s Nvidia sale rattles market, raises questions

Wall Street can’t help but wonder: does Son see something right now that others do not?

Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications

Apps

Google says the new power saving mode for Google Maps can save you up to four hours of battery life

Google Photos adds new AI features for editing, expands AI-powered search to over 100 countries

Apps

Google Photos is getting an image edit feature powered by the Nano Banana model.

Wonderful raised $100M Series A to put AI agents on the front lines of customer service

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if […]

Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion

Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app

The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims

Business

Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.

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