AI Companion Users Feel Comforted, But Exposed
StudyFinds — A study of 610 AI companion users links warmth to feeling less vulnerable, while company control is tied to feeling more exposed.
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The Next Cyber Insurance Claim May Start With Authorized AI
Forbes — If the authority budget has expanded, the financial exposure has expanded with it.
AI Spend Hit $177 Billion This Year. Only 22% of It Came Out of Software Budgets. The 4th Annual State of Enterprise AI Report from Menlo Ventures,
SaaStrAI — Menlo Ventures just released its fourth annual State of Enterprise AI report. Enterprises will spend $176.8 billion deploying AI in 2026, up 5.4x from $33 billion in 2025. AI deployment spend now e…
Impart uses AI to build virtual patches without putting models in the traffic path
Help Net Security — Impart’s Runtime Defense Harness uses AI to write and test virtual patches, with human approval before rules protect live traffic.
Together Brings Recursive Self-Improvement To Open Models
AI-generated data found on Nigeria voter roll
semafor.com — The discovery risks further undermining faith in the integrity of January’s presidential election.
Most Venture Capital Is Going To Companies That Are Founded Or Led By Billionaires
Crunchbase News — More than half of all seed- through growth-stage venture capital raised in the U.S. so far in 2026 went to seven companies founded or led by men who are already billionaires. Together, these companies raised more than $260 billion in equity funding in the first 10 months of the year.
Sonos AI coming in controlled beta as company aims to avoid another app disaster
9to5Mac — When Sonos tried a major app update two years ago, things did not go well. Much-loved features disappeared, older speakers...
Democratic victories cloud outlook for AI data center rollout
Tech Xplore — Strong wins for Democratic candidates threaten the prospects for energy-guzzling data centers in key U.S. states, potentially slowing the AI rollout that has carried Wall Street forward over the past four years.
Brazilian court curbs Meta’s use of local media to train AI
semafor.com — The decision follows allegations from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that Meta favored his challenger in recent elections.
Google Photos could finally learn to do your photo chores
Android Authority — Google Photos' Ask Photos feature could evolve into an AI-driven task engine that can edit photos, create albums, automate chores, and more.
ADNOC to become first energy company to deploy OpenAI’s Frontier technology
Fortune — In this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief.
Abnormal AI's new CMO says 'safe is boring' and is ditching the B2B marketing playbook
Business Insider — Don Jeter plans to use unconventional marketing techniques to grab attention in the fiercely competitive and increasingly noisy AI market.
Dario Amodei wants 'a country of geniuses in a data center.' Realizing that vision requires risky financial mechanics, Anthropic's IPO filing shows
Fortune — Anthropic has used convertible notes and a Broadcom deal to finance its compute. Analysts say it won't be able to tap investment-grade funding for long.
Fake AI Nudes Target 1 In 14 Adults, Survey Finds
StudyFinds — Roughly 1 in 14 adults in three countries say someone used AI to make a fake nude of them. Here is how victims responded.
Cyber researchers issue warning over 'hybrid AI' ransomware capabilities after attacks on schools
IT Pro — A campaign by the 3AM ransomware group saw hackers wage AI-automated attacks
Sinch Announces Joining the Inaugural SpaceX Super Intelligence Network as Marketplace Partner
MarTech Series — Sinch AB (publ) has announced that it has been named a Marketplace Partner in the SpaceX Super Intelligence (SpaceXSI) Partner Network, bringing trusted voice, verification, messaging and email infrastructure directly into enterprise applications built in Grok Build (formerly Cursor).
I used Claude Code to control apps that weren't built for AI, and it opens up a whole new workflow
XDA — Time to give my apps a new operator
How CIOs can retain control as AI writes more code
CIO — AI coding tools can do many tasks traditionally fulfilled by skilled developers. But agents can’t be left to work alone. Digital leaders must establish policies and guidelines for AI-enabled development.
Don't want Google using your Gmail or Photos info for ads? Here's how to stop it
Android Authority — Google updated its policy with an ad-targeting exception for your Gmail and Photos data, and you might not like it.
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