AI & Tech Weekly Roundup: August 31 – September 6, 2025
As August turns into September, the global tech scene comes alive with a mix of festivals, summits, expos, and academic…
Anthropic Warns of ‘Sophisticated’ Cybercrime Via Claude LLM
Anthropic is warning of the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybercrime. “Agentic AI has been weaponized,” the company…
Anthropic and OpenAI Evaluate Safety of Each Other’s AI Models
Artificial intelligence startups Anthropic and OpenAI said Wednesday (Aug. 27) that they evaluated each other’s public models, using their own…
Nvidia CEO Huang Bets Full Stack Beats Open Source
Few companies in history have experienced a revenue trajectory as dramatic as Nvidia’s over the past two years. The latest…
EliseAI Raises $250 Million to Automate Healthcare and Housing
EliseAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup focused on automating healthcare and housing systems, has raised $250 million in a Series…
Malaysia aims to be in top 20 AI economies by 2030 — Chang
Malaysia aims to be among the world’s top 20 artificial intelligence (AI) economies by 2030 through the National AI Roadmap…
Maisa AI gets $25M to fix enterprise AI’s 95% failure rate
A staggering 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing, according to a recent report published by MIT’s NANDA…
Aurelian Raises $14 Million for AI That Fields Non-Emergency 911 Calls
Aurelian began life as a company that automated hair salon appointment bookings. Now, its mission is to use artificial intelligence…
How a 16-year-old company is easing small businesses into AI
Amid all the “is this a bubble?” talk about artificial intelligence, the supply chain and logistics industries have become breeding…
CARE 2025: Shaping the Future of Climate Action & Renewable Energy
The world is at a turning point. As climate change accelerates and the demand for renewable energy grows, there has…
Nauta Raises $7 Million to Expand AI-Powered Logistics Orchestration Platform
Nauta raised $7 million in seed funding to accelerate the global expansion of its artificial intelligence-powered logistics orchestration platform. The…
Alibaba Debuts Avatar Updates to Its Video AI Model
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has updated its open-source video-generating artificial intelligence (AI) model. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug.…
Salesforce, Workday Face Their Biggest Challenger Yet
Imagine an HR manager looking for the PTO record of an employee. Instead of logging onto the HR dashboard and…
Vox AI Raises $8.7 Million to Bring Voice AI to Restaurants
Restaurant-focused voice AI platform Vox AI has raised $8.7 million in seed funding. The new financing, announced Wednesday (Aug. 27),…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is now inside Samsung TVs and monitors
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With…
Google Vids gets AI avatars and image-to-video tools
Google is rolling out a raft of powerful new generative AI features for Vids designed to take the pain out…
Silicon Valley PACs Prepare to Shape AI Debate in 2026 Elections
Silicon Valley is preparing for the 2026 midterms not just with code and capital but with campaign cash. A new…
Zopa: AI to automate banking, threaten finance jobs
AI is transforming the banking industry, but the expected benefits and savings come at great human cost with the impact…
Anthropic and Authors Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Targeting AI Training
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic has reportedly settled a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. authors. The…
Avalue unveils modular embedded system for Edge AI
Avalue Technology has launched the EMS-ARH, a modular, fanless embedded system designed for edge artificial intelligence applications. Powered by Intel’s…