Technology and security leaders at major companies have unrealistic expectations for what their AI security plans should look like, a new survey from Accenture finds.
Why it matters: If companies aren't aware of the AI security threats they're up against, they're not going to be able to defend against them.
Satellite navigation startup Xona Space Systems secured $92 million in new funding, the company told Axios on the heels of its successful Pulsar-0 launch.
Why it matters: The modern world would crumble without solid location-and-timing data. Militaries need it. Financial markets need it. A trip to the grocery store needs it.
People who talk to Anthropic's Claude chatbot about emotional issues tend to grow more positive as the conversation unfolds, according to new Anthropic research shared exclusively with Axios.
Why it matters: Having a trusted confidant available 24/7 can make people feel less alone, but chatbots weren't designed for emotional support.
One of the easiest ways to minimize AI's environmental impact may be to move where the processing is done, per new academic research conducted in partnership with Qualcomm.
Why it matters: Running AI on devices instead of in the cloud slashes power consumption of queries by about 90%, the study finds.
Young progressive Zohran Mamdani's historic upset in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary was made possible by a confluence of factors that have left his fans in a fever-dream state Wednesday and his enemies ready to pounce.
Why it matters: No matter where you stand on the self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Mamdani's success offers a playbook to a disillusioned Democratic party whose establishment didn't back him.
Spirit Airlines is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to block a proposed partnership between JetBlue and United Airlines, calling it "anticompetitive."
The big picture: Spirit argues that the deal would make JetBlue a "de facto vassal" of the larger United, and that it would lead to more industry consolidation as other small airlines would feel compelled to accept similar offers from American and Delta.
A new app launching today promises to let anyone digitally clone themselves in under three minutes.
Why it matters: The startup, called 2wai (pronounced "two-way"), was co-founded by Disney Channel actor Calum Worthy and Hollywood producer Russell Geyser, and is designed to give entertainers — and everyone else — lifetime ownership over their AI avatars.
The company dominated the Paris Air Show narrative last week, notching several deals across Europe.
Why it matters: Embraer has said it wants to be a U.S. prime — one of the military-contracting big boys, like Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman.
OpenAI says Chinese competitor Zhipu AI is aggressively courting governments in developing countries, aiming to entrench Chinese AI systems ahead of Western rivals.
Why it matters: OpenAI and others argue that it's a must-win race between U.S. and China over whose technology will control a bot-filled world.
If politics and public debate were a rational, fact-based exercise, the government, business and the media would be obsessed with preparation for the unfolding AI revolution — rather than ephemeral outrage eruptions.
Why it matters: That's not how Washington works. So while CEOs, Silicon Valley and a few experts inside government see AI as an opportunity, and threat, worthy of a modern Marshall Plan, most of America — and Congress — shrugs.
One common question: What can we actually do, anyway?
Silicon Valley's on-again, off-again cycle of engagement with the U.S. military is swinging hard toward defense work.
The big picture: The Trump administration has opened the door to spending, the Pentagon is pushing modernization and a new era of instability and flash wars has engulfed the world just as AI is remaking the entire tech industry.
Generative AI has entered the mainstream faster than any previous new technology. But the tech industry hasn't yet figured out the best ways to build AI products — and fierce competition, along with rapid advances, means nobody stays at the top of the heap for long.
Those are some of the top-line findings of a new report on the state of AI foundation models from Innovation Endeavors, the venture capital firm co-founded in 2010 by former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt.
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