Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data
Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.
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Manus has just quietly unveiled its 2.0 manifesto.
On October 26, Zhang Tao (online alias HideCloud), co-founder and product partner at Manus, recently published a lengthy article on his WeChat official account “Qianyun Sisi,” titled “Transforming Manus with Manus.” The piece opens with an image that left a deep impression on him. He had submitted several requirements and bug reports to an engineer; when he checked back a while later, he found that the engineer’s computer had multiple Codex and Manus sessions running side by side. Clicking on any one of them, he typed in what he had just been working on...
Edge Sound raises $2M to help physical AI make sense of audio
Edge Sound Research Inc. today announced it has raised $2 million in new funding to build audio infrastructure that isolates useful sounds and combines them with other sensor data to help physical AI systems understand what’s happening in real time. Stormbreaker Ventures led the round, bringing the company’s total funding to $9 million. When the […] The post Edge Sound raises $2M to help physical AI make sense of audio appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
General Compute raises $100 million Series A, countering the neocloud disaster narrative
General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.
Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser
The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.
Mirendil Launches Fern 0.1, Its First Model, With 10M-Token Context
Mirendil released Fern 0.1, its first model, pretrained from scratch with a 10M-token context window. It targets agentic AI R&D work, scores 100% on RULER single needle at 10M, but trails frontier models on agentic coding. The post Mirendil Launches Fern 0.1, Its First Model, With 10M-Token Context appeared first on MarkTechPost.
Anthropic files its prospectus, with违规 users contributing at least 5% of its revenue; the Hurun Rich List’s top 100 includes AI heavyweights such as Liang Wenfeng | What’s happening in the AI world again?
1. GPT-6.1 Terra, better suited for workers, has launched, with API prices cut in half and faster computer operations On October 26, OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, focusing on enhancing visual comprehension, computer operations, factual accuracy, and programming capabilities, ....
Industrial Intelligence: The next growth opportunity for manufacturing
Every manufacturer has its own industrial intelligence. Some is documented, and some resides in the knowledge of experienced workers. Consider an experienced operator preparing to restart a line after a changeover. The machine settings matter, but so does knowing how a particular material behaves, what happened during the previous shift, and when an apparently minor…
Crunchbase Data Shows Q3 Robotics Startup Funding Jumps 185% As US And China Lead Physical AI Push
Venture funding to robotics startups has soared in 2026, with the bulk of investment going to companies based in China and the U.S., Crunchbase data shows. All told, global venture funding to robotics startups totaled $9.9 billion in Q3, more than double the $4.3 billion invested in Q3 2025, per Crunchbase data.
Your AI Agents Need A Chief Operating Officer, Too
Scaling AI agents requires treating them like employees in regulated roles, with written rules, clearly defined responsibilities and a named human manager accountable for their performance. Guest author Rick Folgmann, COO at Get Covered, tells companies they should start with tasks governed by established rules, adjust autonomy to each workflow’s risks, and regularly review results before expanding agents’ authority.
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
AI Agents Are Media’s New Favorite Audience
As agents go mainstream, some publishers are hoping that people will pay for content tailor-made for AI—not humans.
“Achieving high scores” does not equate to “being able to deliver”: AI rankings are undergoing a reassessment of credibility.
Old benchmarks approach perfect scores, yet new benchmarks consistently fall short in real-world performance. As large-model evaluation itself has become a business, companies are shifting their selection criteria from ranking-based assessments to cost‑benefit analyses.
The Sequence Knowledge - Issue #959: Learning RSI: How Models Learn to Direct Their Own Updates
SEAL and the architecture of persistent adaptation
Rokid has unveiled three new AI-powered wearable devices, expanding its display and interaction solutions.
On October 27, Rokid launched the AI glasses Rokid Glasses 2, the full-color AI glasses Rokid Color, and the interactive ring Rokid Ring.
AI Short Drama: The Secrets That Office Workers on the Assembly Line Can’t Help But Share
Those who dive into AI short-form dramas have no dreams—only an insatiable hunger for traffic.
Regarding the Kimi quota issue, Anthropic has found a solution.
Why isn’t your quota being used? Most of it is going toward “holding ineffective meetings” for sub‑agents.
Annual salaries of 100 million to poach scientists, and monthly salaries of 100,000 to recruit interns—robotics companies are making exorbitant offers to snap up talent.
The battle for embodied intelligence talent.
Neocloud: This wall on the verge of collapse—Jensen Huang is propping it up, while Musk is pushing it down.
The first domino in the AI bubble.
Anthropic’s Silicon Valley Past
The next round of reshuffling in Silicon Valley may well begin right here.