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Seven-year-old startup Snorkel AI raised $350 million in Series E funding to strengthen its data-as-a-service model, increasing its valuation to $3.5 billion.
- •Snorkel AI successfully raised $350 million in its Series E funding round.
- •The company's valuation tripled to reach $3.5 billion.
- •In its seventh year, the company aims to expand its data-as-a-service business amid surging demand for AI training data.
Rabbit announced the deployment of a standalone AI agent that does not require its R1 hardware, operating across both cloud and local environments.
- •Rabbit is releasing a new AI agent that can be used without the R1 device.
- •The new OS3, an agentic operating system, runs in the cloud and locally on Windows, Mac, and Linux devices.
- •Although Rabbit previously gained attention for the R1 device, this new agent is designed to be hardware-independent.
Motorola announced the Signature 27 smartphone, featuring Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip.
- •Motorola became the first company to announce a device equipped with Qualcomm's top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip.
- •The Signature 27 is expected to be Motorola's most advanced flagship model in recent years.
- •Full specifications, pricing, and release dates are currently undetermined, while its distinctive design is drawing attention.
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, simultaneously adding an Extreme version to its lineup with improved AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance.
- •Qualcomm announced two new chips this year: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
- •Both chips are positioned as flagships, with relatively few differences in their specifications.
- •The Extreme model primarily features improvements in AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance.
Qualcomm announced two new smartphone chips prioritizing AI processing, with the top model capable of running 30B parameter MoE models locally.
- •Qualcomm released two new smartphone chips focused on AI processing.
- •The announced top-tier chip has the performance to run 30B parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models locally on the device.
- •The new chips are designed to improve local AI processing capabilities in smartphones.
Apple revealed that new Texture and Grain controls for photo stylization will be more limited on older iPhones than initially expected.
- •The new features, announced alongside the iPhone 18 and 18 Pro, will have restricted functionality on older devices.
- •A confusing press release from Apple led to misunderstandings that the features were available on the iPhone 16 and iPhone Air.
- •Apple later provided a clear explanation regarding the compatibility scope of the new features.
Microsoft dismantled EvilTokens, an end-to-end platform designed to facilitate rapid and easy large-scale system breaches.
- •EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform for executing large-scale breaches faster and more easily.
- •The platform utilized AI technology to support cyberattacks.
- •Microsoft took action to dismantle the platform to address this threat.
Meta claims its AI assistant Muse was built from scratch but admits it was heavily influenced by OpenClaw, noting similarities in file names and content.
- •Meta officially states that Muse was developed from scratch.
- •However, Meta officially acknowledges that it was heavily influenced by OpenClaw.
- •The influence reportedly extends to workspace file names and content details.
The US Department of Defense announced that excessive reliance on AI contributed to expanded damage and erroneous strikes during a missile attack on an Iranian school.
- •The US Department of Defense provided an explanation regarding the missile attack on an Iranian school.
- •It was pointed out that excessive reliance on AI technology was one of the factors in the background and results of the attack.
- •The topic gathered 304 points and 157 comments on Hacker News, sparking active discussion about the military use and risks of AI.