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TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > meta-ray-ban-prescription-smart-glasses-scriber-blazer

Meta launches prescription Ray-Ban smart glasses to reach billions of eyewear buyers

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1130+ words) Meta is preparing to launch two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models designed specifically for prescription wearers, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. The models, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, were first spotted in Federal Communications Commission filings and are…...

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > kandou-ai-225m-copper-interconnect-ai-infrastructure

Kandou AI raises $225M from SoftBank and Synopsys to solve AI's memory wall

3+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1062+ words) Kandou AI raises $225M from SoftBank and Synopsys to solve AI's memory wall'The Next Web Kandou AI, a Swiss semiconductor company that builds chip-to-chip interconnect technology, has raised $225 million in what it calls a Series A round, led by Maverick Silicon…...

TNW | Future-Of-Work
thenextweb.com > news > gen-z-ai-job-interviews-class-2025-hiring

Gen Z is using AI in job interviews as graduate unemployment climbs

6+ hour, 26+ min ago  (247+ words) The class of 2025 graduated into the worst entry-level job market in five years. Now a growing number of them are using AI tools during live job interviews, and a cottage industry of startups is rushing to sell them the means…...

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > meta-9-trillion-valuation-executive-stock-options-layoffs

Meta grants executives up to $921M in stock options as it lays off 700 | TNW

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1122+ words) Meta disclosed in SEC filings on Tuesday that it had granted stock options to six of its most senior executives, the first such awards since the company's 2012 IPO. Hours later, it laid off approximately 700 employees across Reality Labs, recruiting, sales,…...

TNW | Startups-Technology
thenextweb.com > news > keith-ai-law-firm-2m-seed

Keith raises £2M to become the UK’s most automated law firm

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (437+ words) Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman, who built THIS into a market-leading plant-based food brand, are pivoting hard. Keith is an AI-native regulated law firm targeting conveyancing first, with a 24/7 AI client agent and a target of reducing transaction times by…...

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > openai-isara-ai-agent-swarms-650m-valuation

OpenAI invests in Isara, a $650M startup building AI agent swarms

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1069+ words) Isara, a San Francisco startup that is building software to coordinate thousands of AI agents on complex analytical tasks, has raised $94 million at a $650 million valuation, with OpenAI among the investors. The company was founded nine months ago by two…...

TNW | Offers
thenextweb.com > news > activecampaign-free-trial-marketing-automation

ActiveCampaign free trial: 14 days of AI automation | TNW

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (324+ words) Most marketing platforms promise automation. In practice, what they deliver is a glorified email scheduler with a few if-then rules bolted on. ActiveCampaign is one of the few tools where the automation actually lives up to the branding, and right…...

TNW | Apps
thenextweb.com > news > openai-shelves-adult-mode-sora-disney-retreat

OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1178+ words) OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt'The Next Web OpenAI has shelved its plans to add an erotic "adult mode" to ChatGPT indefinitely, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, capping a five-month saga in which the feature was…...

TNW | Health-Tech
thenextweb.com > news > blossom-health-ai-copilot-psychiatry-funding

Blossom Health raises $20 million to put AI copilots alongside psychiatrists

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (1033+ words) Blossom Health, a New York-based telepsychiatry startup founded in 2024, has raised $20 million in combined seed and Series A funding to scale an AI-powered platform that pairs psychiatrists with clinical copilots and automated administrati Blossom Health, a New York-based telepsychiatry startup…...

TNW | Opinion
thenextweb.com > news > ai-amplifies-whatever-you-feed-it-including-confusion

AI amplifies whatever you feed it, including confusion

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1239+ words) Most organizations are not failing at AI because of technology. They are failing because they do not know which data actually matters, and they are scaling that confusion faster than ... Most organizations are not failing at AI because of technology....