Rivian buys Third Dimension AI to turn real roads into 3D test worlds
Rivian buys Third Dimension AI to turn real roads into 3D test worlds

Rivian has bought Third Dimension AI, a startup that turns real-world camera footage into 3D scenes. The carmaker will use them to train and test its driver assistance and self-driving software. Rivian announced the deal on Thursday and did not disclos…

Maxinsights raises $30M to turn everyday chores into robot training data
Maxinsights raises $30M to turn everyday chores into robot training data

Maxinsights pays people to wear cameras while they cook, clean and work. The Santa Clara startup has now raised $30M in seed funding to turn that footage into training data for robots. Peak XV led the round, the company announced on Thursday. Tola Capi…

Claude and Grok among AI agents used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions
Claude and Grok among AI agents used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions

Claude and Grok are among the AI agents that are being used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions, including banks and payment apps, by a group calling themselves CyberCartel.

Meta had to ask Stripe to raise limits as Muse shoppers poured in
Meta had to ask Stripe to raise limits as Muse shoppers poured in

Purchase volumes on Muse came in “above what any of us expected”, Mark Zuckerberg said. Meta had to ask Stripe to raise its credit limits. He spoke on Meta’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. More than 10 million people in the US and Canada hav…

Nvidia has put $170bn on the line for neoclouds, The Information reports
Nvidia has put $170bn on the line for neoclouds, The Information reports

Jensen Huang told CNBC on Thursday that demand for neoclouds is “off the charts”, Business Insider reported. His company has put more than $170bn on the line for them and other large customers, according to an analysis of its filings by The Information…

Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits
Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits

Walmart will let AI agents shop for customers on Walmart.com and at Sam’s Club, each with its own profile, spending limit and purchase history. The retailer announced Agent Profiles, a gateway built for agents and a set of terms they must follow on Wed…

LiteLLM says hackers poisoned it with GitHub tokens leaked via Claude Code
LiteLLM says hackers poisoned it with GitHub tokens leaked via Claude Code

LiteLLM says hackers took the keys they needed from its own logs. They used them to publish a poisoned version of its software on Wednesday. The open-source AI gateway explained it in an incident report. Its chief executive, chief technology officer an…

Meta fixes Muse links that let anyone find loan files and revenue data
Meta fixes Muse links that let anyone find loan files and revenue data

Meta has switched Muse sharing back on. It paused the feature on Tuesday. That came after Ars Technica asked about research showing that anyone could find pages shared from its AI agent. David Singleton, who works on Muse at Meta, announced the fix on …

Microsoft AI tool beat generalist doctors at step-by-step diagnosis
Microsoft AI tool beat generalist doctors at step-by-step diagnosis

Microsoft has developed an AI diagnostic tool that solved complex medical cases more than twice as accurately as generalist doctors in a study published in Science. Unlike many medical AI systems, it works through a case step by step, deciding which qu…

Grok Bot can now add events, set reminders, and even turn off your lights for you

Grok Bot can now connect with Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Messages, and more on your phone, turning the chatbot into a proper assistant.