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Claude Mythos: The first AI-native cyberweapon?
Article URL: https://en.landingfymax.com.br/cybersecurity/claude-mythos-ai-cyber-weapon-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47903130 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.
Assessing Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Valuation After Nvidia’s US$2b AI Data Center Optics Partnership
Nvidia’s new multiyear partnership with Lumentum Holdings (LITE), including a reported US$2b investment in manufacturing and R&D for AI data center optics, has pushed the stock firmly into focus for many investors. See our latest analysis for Lumentum Holdings. The Nvidia partnership headlines sit on top of an already very strong run, with a 30 day share price return of 13.44% and year to date share price return of 128.34%. The 1 year total shareholder return is extremely high, pointing to...
The reporters at this news site are AI bots. OpenAI's super PAC appears to be
Article URL: https://modelrepublic.substack.com/p/the-reporters-at-this-news-site-are Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901482 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Pony.ai Announces New Generation Autonomous Driving Compute Platform Built on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion
Pony AI Inc. ("Pony.ai") (NASDAQ: PONY; HKEX: 2026) today announced its new generation autonomous driving domain controller, a high-performance compute system designed for both Pony.ai's L4 autonomous driving platform and a broader set of customer applications across autonomous mobility. Developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, the new controller is built on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform and powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor with NVIDIA NVLink, supporting Pony.ai's next phase of commercializa
Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters
On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. Notably, the model can process much longer prompts than its last generation, thanks to a new design that helps it handle large amounts of text more efficiently. Like DeepSeek’s previous models, V4 is open source, meaning it is available…
Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos
Plus: Spy firms tap into a global telecom weakness to track targets, 500,000 UK health records go up for sale on Alibaba, Apple patches a revealing notification bug, and more.
Meet the Biggest Threat to Nvidia in AI Chips. It's Not AMD, Intel, or Broadcom
Alphabet is enjoying strong demand for the AI processors it designed in-house.
California Claims that Amazon’s (AMZN) Collusion Drove up Consumer Prices, Citing New Evidence
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the 8 Best AI Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Ken Griffin. On April 20, 2026, Reuters reported that California accused Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) of collaborating with retailers to drive up consumer prices, referring to newly released evidence in a 3-1/2-year antitrust action led by Attorney General Rob Bonta. […]
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[AINews] DeepSeek V4 Pro (1.6T-A49B) and Flash (284B-A13B), Base and Instruct — runnable on Huawei Ascend chips
The prodigal Tiger returns... but is no longer the benchmarks leader.
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.
China's DeepSeek launches new AI model
DeepSeek said the open-source model would compete with OpenAI’s and Google DeepMind’s advanced products.
Google CEO says 75% of company's new code is AI-generated
Meta targets similar levels by midyear.
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks
This week, just half of the top 10 rounds crossed the $100 million mark, which is somewhat unusual in this high-flying era for venture megarounds. Nonetheless some large checks did get written, led by Amazon’s $5 billion investment and partnership deal with Anthropic.
Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
Nigerian billionaire Dangote proposes new East Africa refinery
The new crude oil refinery in Tanzania would replicate the output of his giant plant in Lagos.
DeepSeek unveils its newest model at rock-bottom prices and with ‘full support’ from Huawei chips
The narrow gap between DeepSeek and leading U.S. models, as well as its low prices, raises questions about OpenAI and Anthropic's competitive moat.
Upstart’s new millennial CEO, a Yale dropout, thinks AI can make every American 10% richer
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AutoFlight completes first 2-ton-class eVTOL tea delivery in China
AutoFlight has successfully completed China’s first 2-ton-class eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China. The trial deployed AutoFlight’s CarryAll (V2000CG) – a fully autonomous, unmanned eVTOL aircraft – to transport fresh spring tea between Anshun and Guiyang, two Guizhou cities approximately 120 […]
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A Look At Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Valuation After New TSMC Partnership And Agentic AI Reveal
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) is back in focus after expanding its partnership with TSMC to support AI focused chips on leading process nodes, alongside fresh attention on its agentic AI design tools unveiled at CadenceLive 2026. See our latest analysis for Cadence Design Systems. The recent TSMC and Google AI alliances appear to have coincided with stronger momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 18.30% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 14.94%, building on a 5 year total...
GPT 5.5 sets new record in proofreading benchmark
Article URL: https://revise.io/errata-bench Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47896710 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
Infor launches new AI orchestration tools as research highlights scaling challenges
Infor has introduced new capabilities across its AI portfolio, alongside research suggesting many businesses are still struggling to scale artificial intelligence beyond pilot stages. The company’s April release includes updates to its Infor Velocity Suite and the limited availability of an enhanced Infor Agentic Orchestrator. The announcement is supported by findings from the Infor Enterprise […]
Kollmorgen launches layout analysis tool to improve mobile robot performance
Kollmorgen has introduced a new software tool designed to help companies plan and optimize the movement of automated vehicles and mobile robots inside factories and warehouses. Called the NDC Layout Assistant, the tool is aimed at improving how routes are designed for automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots. (NDC stands for Navigation and Driving […]
China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US rivals including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. DeepSeek says V4 marks a major improvement over prior models, especially in coding, a capability that has become central to AI agents and helped drive the success of tools like ChatGPT Codex and Claude Code. The release is also a milestone for China's chip industry, with DeepSeek explicitly highlighting compatibility with domestic Huawei technology. The release comes a year after DeepSeek rattl … Read the full story at The Verge.
DeepSeek’s long-awaited new model fails to narrow U.S. lead in AI
DeepSeek unveiled the V4 Flash and V4 Pro series on Friday, touting top-tier performance in coding benchmarks and big advancements in reasoning and agentic tasks.
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ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media
ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.
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Star Robotics unveils new security robot with improved autonomy and navigation
Star Robotics has launched Watchbot 2, the latest version of its autonomous robot designed for security surveillance and inspection. The new system was introduced during a livestreamed event on April 16, with the company positioning it as a significant upgrade aimed at improving reliability and performance in real-world environments such as data centers, power facilities, […]