AI-generated summary SaaStrAI launched an alternative solution after an artificial intelligence agent replaced a core vendor that experienced a twenty-four hour outage. The agent spun up the replacement within hours so the work could keep moving after the vendor provided no estimated time of arrival or root cause.
thenextweb.com — Meta and TikTok joined Google in opposing Indonesia’s copyright revisions, which would make platforms pay publishers and set rules for AI.
fortune.com — Exclusive: The company has raised $100 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation.
tech.eu — Tano will use the new funding to hire additional engineers and creator strategists, further develop its platform and expand its creator advertising operations.
IEEE Spectrum — Sometimes mechanical buttons and switches are better than fully-automated appliances
The Decoder — US data brokers like Mercor, Surge AI, and AfterQuery are selling roughly half a billion dollars' worth of AI training data to Chinese labs, according to a ChinaTalk investigation. That includes the same RL environments previously built for OpenAI or Anthropic. At least nine firms are involved, and export controls barely apply.
