Meta on September 2, 2026 released Muse Spark 1.3, the latest model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, making it available the same day in Muse Code and in Meta Model API. Meta said the update delivers improved performance across agentic and coding tasks and is easier to use in real-world settings, drawing on what the company…
Every enterprise moves through the same AI adoption stages, whether it plans them or not. The path runs from scattered tool use to first pilots, then into live production, and finally into shared systems the whole business relies on. Each move happens gradually, so companies usually reach a new stage well before anyone recognizes it….
Lemonade launched its Lemonade Car insurance product in Missouri on September 2, 2026, and simultaneously brought its Autonomous Car pricing to the state, giving Missouri Tesla drivers 50% off every mile driven using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) from the first day of availability. The dual debut marks the first time Lemonade has introduced its standard car…
LivePerson stockholders voted to approve the company’s acquisition by SoundHound AI at a special meeting held on September 2, 2026, clearing the deal’s final shareholder hurdle and putting the transaction on track to close within days. LivePerson announced the result through its investor relations channel, stating that the transaction is expected to close on September…
Tim Hudson is co-author of SSLeay and one of the organizers of the OpenSSL Conference, Prague October 13-15 2026. He has over 30 years of experience in system and network security and is President of OpenSSL Corporation and Chief Technology Officer at Cryptsoft Pty Ltd. Since 1995, his work has included co-founding SSLeay with Eric…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration now trusts Anthropic, telling Axios in an interview on September 1, 2026, that the AI company has done what the administration asked of it. The statement closes months of open conflict between the government and the Claude maker over national security and AI safeguards. Asked directly whether…
iPronics has raised $125 million in Series B funding to accelerate the commercial deployment of its programmable optical networking technology for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The round was co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with NVIDIA joining as an investor alongside Triatomic Capital, Bosch Ventures, Catalight Capital, the European Innovation Council Fund…
HiddenLayer, an Austin-based AI security company, announced on September 2, 2026 that it has raised a $100 million Series B round led by Delta-v Capital, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, and Booz Allen Ventures. The company said it will use the funding to deepen its enterprise platform, including…
Huskeys has raised $27 million in Series A funding, led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, as the cybersecurity startup looks to address a growing problem created by fragmented cloud infrastructure and rapidly increasing AI-driven internet traffic. The round brings Huskeys’ total funding to $35 million following an earlier $8 million seed round. The Wall Street Journal…
Self-driving cars are often controlled by deep learning models that sometimes fail in unexpected situations. For instance, the car might inexplicably brake and block the path of an oncoming emergency vehicle. A human driver or passenger may need to react rapidly to prevent a collision. To help humans better anticipate a vehicle’s mistakes, researchers from…