Halluminate raises $30M for AI financial training environments
Halluminate raised a $30M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total funding to $38.5M, Fortune reported. The nine-person San Francisco startup builds environments for training AI to perform complex financial work, giving the f...
Suno opens public beta for speech generation with optional music
Suno has launched Speech in public beta on its web and mobile platforms, extending its AI music service to spoken voice generation, The Verge reported. Users can generate voiceovers and accompanying background music together, or s...
Amazon says it has ended government NDAs for data center projects
Amazon announced Friday that it has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies on data center projects, Yahoo Finance reported. Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer David Zapolsky said local officials must b...
Micro Center buyer reports ID checks and no-export pledge for RTX 5090
A Micro Center customer in Tustin, California, reported being required to sign a declaration barring export before buying a workstation containing an RTX 5090, Tom's Hardware reported, citing the customer's Reddit post. The form ...
Gemini 4 Argon cuts hallucinations in tests but answers fewer questions correctly
Google's Gemini 4 Argon matched GPT-6 Astra's score of 53 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the benchmarking firm said. Its hallucination rate on a factual knowledge test was 15%, compared with Astra's 51%, but it ans...
HCA nurses allege Palantir-based scheduling tool disrupts staffing and care
Nurses at HCA Healthcare allege that its Palantir-based scheduling tool leaves shifts understaffed or short of experienced nurses and overrides scheduling preferences, WIRED reported after interviewing six nurses. HCA has deployed...
