Current AI News
Your source for the latest in AI news, research, funding, and industry updates.
Updated: May 16, 2025 at 22:31 UTC
Business
Generative AI is transforming job applications, enabling candidates to embellish resumes and cover letters, complicating recruitment, and intensifying competition in the job market.
Databricks' $1 billion acquisition of Neon underscores the growing importance of serverless PostgreSQL in advancing agentic AI development, reshaping AI strategy frameworks.
Applications
Fortnite' players have manipulated AI-generated Darth Vader to utter offensive language, showcasing vulnerabilities in AI systems to produce problematic content through subtle prompts.
Wired | 8h ago
HCLTech collaborates with IIT Guwahati to enhance AI integration in Assam's education system, focusing on upskilling students and teachers in advanced technologies.
AnalyticsIndia | 15h ago
Funding
Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based AI video creation startup, has raised an additional $53 million, as disclosed in a recent SEC filing, boosting its recent funding efforts.
TechCrunch | 11h ago
Algoma, founded by Harvard alumni, secures $2.3 million in funding to develop an AI platform aimed at transforming real estate transactions worldwide, a $600 trillion asset class.
Research
Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve AI discovered a groundbreaking matrix multiplication algorithm, surpassing a 56-year-old record, significantly reducing computing costs and advancing mathematical efficiency.
Vision RAG models extend Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) by incorporating visual elements like images, diagrams, and videos, marking a significant advancement in AI capabilities.
Policy
Elon Musk's xAI apologized after its Grok chatbot unexpectedly promoted baseless White genocide conspiracy theories, raising concerns about unauthorized modifications to the AI's programming.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are investing heavily in US AI infrastructure, potentially boosting the US position in its AI competition with China.
Wired | TheGuardian | 18h ago
Product Launch
OpenAI has integrated Codex, an AI coding agent, into ChatGPT, enabling it to autonomously write features, fix bugs, and test code in a cloud-based environment.
SlashDot | TechCrunch | 6h ago
Cognichip has emerged from stealth, aiming to accelerate chip development with a foundational generative AI model, addressing the lag between new AI models and chip availability.
People
Rahul Sonwal, who posed as a fired Twitter employee "Rahul Ligma," is an engineer with an AI data startup utilized by Harvard, highlighting a unique twist post-Musk's Twitter acquisition.
TechCrunch | 1d ago
Benjamin Dorr, previously CFO, becomes CEO of Seattle-based AI voice tech startup WellSaid Labs, succeeding Brian Cook. Dorr aims to advance AI voice technology initiatives.
GeekWire | 1d ago
Tools
The UK government is launching an AI tool to expedite public consultations, claiming it analyzes responses 1,000 times faster than humans, potentially saving millions.
TheGuardian | AINews | 1d ago
The article clarifies AI agent frameworks, comparing A2A, which focuses on agent-to-agent interactions, and MCP, emphasizing modular control processes for efficient AI development.