today's ai news

 AI NEWS              1️⃣ 🤖 Cerebras raises $1.1B to scale accelerator production Cerebras closed a roughly $1.1 billion financing round to accelerate wafer-scale accelerator manufacturing, software tooling, and system shipments for hyperscale and specialty clouds. The funding strengthens its balance sheet as the company moves from prototypes toward larger commercial deployments. Management says proceeds will speed production ramps and customer integrations across cloud and enterprise accounts. The raise underscores continuing investor appetite for alternative accelerator architectures beyond mainstream GPUs. 2️⃣ ☁️ CoreWeave inks a multibillion cloud pact with Meta CoreWeave agreed a major multi-billion dollar contract to supply Meta with large volumes of GPU capacity and managed AI infrastructure under a long-term arrangement. The deal cements CoreWeave’s role as a specialist GPU cloud supplier and shows how big platforms are locking capacity...

 AI NEWS 1️⃣ 🇨🇳 DeepSeek releases ‘intermediate’ model DeepSeek unveiled an “intermediate” generation model positioned as a practical stepping stone toward next-generation systems, aiming to improve multimodal and code-reasoning tasks while lowering compute per token. The release emphasizes stronger safety filters and efficiency tradeoffs so domestic cloud partners can deploy higher-quality capabilities in production. The model improves context handling for large prompts and targets practical developer and enterprise use cases. Observers see it as part of a rapid cadence of incremental capability launches from major labs. 2️⃣ 🔐 OpenAI adds parental controls to ChatGPT OpenAI introduced parental-control tools that let families link parent and teen accounts, set quiet hours, restrict sensitive features, and manage whether chats feed model training while preserving transcript privacy. The system offers optional alerts for high-risk signals and an age-prediction option to apply te...

AI NEWS  1️⃣ 🤝 Nvidia to invest up to $100B in OpenAI                                                          Nvidia announced a strategic arrangement to invest and supply massive GPU capacity to OpenAI, aiming to speed up large-scale model training and deployment. The pact tightly links a leading chipmaker’s supply pipeline with a top model developer’s compute needs, accelerating the push for ever-larger training runs. Industry observers are debating how such deep financial and supply ties will affect competition and access to scarce chips. If completed, the deal would reshape vendor dynamics and procurement strategies across the AI ecosystem. 2️⃣ 🤯 OpenAI testing compute-heavy features, gating early access to Pro users OpenAI is piloting very compute-intensive features and will initially offer early access to Pro subscribers or ...

 AI NEWS 1️⃣ 💼 Touring Capital closes $330M fund to back AI software startups                  Touring Capital closed a $330 million fund focused on early-stage AI software companies, signaling continued LP appetite for sector-specific venture bets. The firm plans to back founders building AI-native developer tools, vertical SaaS, and infrastructure that speed model adoption. The oversubscribed raise positions Touring as a new significant backer in the AI startup ecosystem. Founders say the fund will accelerate regional deal flow and provide deeper operational support than typical seed investors. 2️⃣ 🧠 Alibaba debuts Qwen3-Max — a >1 trillion-parameter foundation model Alibaba unveiled Qwen3-Max, a new foundation model with over one trillion parameters designed for multilingual, multimodal, and agentic workloads across cloud and edge. The model targets improvements in code generation, autonomous agent behaviors, and enterprise int...

 AI NEWS 1️⃣ 🪪 UAE bans AI-generated images of national figures and symbols The UAE’s media authority announced rules banning AI-generated images of national leaders, flags, and official symbols unless explicitly authorized. Platforms and creators must remove or clearly label unauthorized synthetic depictions and comply with enforcement directives. The policy aims to curb disinformation and protect national identity while allowing legitimate creative uses under strict controls. Expect publishers and social apps operating in the region to update moderation and takedown processes quickly. 2️⃣ 🌉 California nears landmark AI-safety law (SB 53) — governor signals support California’s legislature passed a transparency-and-safety bill for frontier AI and the governor has indicated likely support, which would require major AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report critical incidents. The proposed statute includes whistleblower protections and contemplates state-run complian...

 AI NEWS 1️⃣ 🏢 Tokio Marine partners with OpenAI to build AI agents Tokio Marine is teaming with OpenAI to develop AI agents that support product planning, customer engagement, and branch-level operations. The pilots will combine domain expertise with generative models to speed workflows and improve client service. The company emphasizes safe deployment with human oversight and auditable processes. If successful, the model could shape how insurers adopt AI for modernization. 2️⃣  📈 ‘ChatGPT, what stocks should I buy?’ fuels robo-advisor boom                                        New data shows increasing numbers of retail investors are relying on AI chatbots to get stock picks and market analysis. Platforms combining conversational models with real-time market data are seeing adoption, though critics caution about hallucinations or risky prompts. Regulators and brokerages ar...