Hark releases AI assistant focused on privacy
Hark has widely released Hark Pro, an AI personal assistant that uses a computer-use model to carry out digital tasks. The service is free, with a subscription tier for heavy users. The start-up was…
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Mirror Particle Is Building a ‘World Model’ of Human Behavior
Mirror Particle is developing an AI model designed to predict consumer behavior and explain the reasons behind it. The two-year-old San Francisco startup says it is building a “world model” from scratch, based on…
Anthropic offers startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
Anthropic has expanded its Claude for Startups program, offering qualifying companies a free year of Claude Team and up to five premium seats, along with $1,000 in API credits. The updated program launched during…
Vinod Khosla backs Wajo’s AI agent on trust
Investor Vinod Khosla is backing Wajo, a startup founded by former Google and DeepMind engineer Shivani Poddar, because he believes its focus on trust could set it apart in the personal-agent market. He told…
Anthropic commits $100 million to train 10,000 enterprise AI engineers
Anthropic plans to spend $100 million on its Claude Frontier Academy, a training program intended to support enterprise AI adoption. The company aims to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers (FDEs) by the end of…
Mistral Large 4 Has 1 Trillion Parameters, Activates 49 Billion
Mistral Large 4 is a newly released frontier-class model with 1 trillion parameters, according to Wccftech. The report says it activates 49 billion parameters at a time. Wccftech describes the model, nicknamed “Le Chonk,
Meta and Microsoft reportedly curb employee use of Claude
Meta and Microsoft are reportedly trying to reduce employees’ use of Anthropic’s Claude as they steer workers toward their own AI tools. The reasons for the shift are not clear, and the spending figures…
AI Agents’ Hidden Cost: Memory
AI agents can drive up enterprise costs by creating and retaining information as they work, according to TechRadar author Tobie Morgan Hitchcock. Unlike a chatbot that retrieves context to answer a question, agents can…
AI Sovereignty Risks Put Governance and Visibility in Focus
Businesses may lose access to artificial intelligence tools with little warning as government decisions, regulation and provider policies change. A June dispute involving Anthropic illustrates how quickly that can happen
Analysis: Who Can Afford to Wait for Clear AI Rules?
Companies buying AI services need to know which requirements to put in contracts. Providers need to know what rules to build for. Both face uncertainty while the technology develops faster than legislation, a dilemma…
