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Kyiv's statements about satellite communication restrictions have again drawn attention to the differences between Starlink and Starshield. According to Elon Musk, Starshield is owned and controlled by the US government, and restrictions on its use are determined by the American military or the president. Starlink remains SpaceX's commercial service.
Sardor QodirovAccording to Kun.uz, citing Ars Technica, Amazon's robot fleet has exceeded one million units. The company employs more than 1.5 million people. George Mason expert Brad Greenwood notes the convergence of human and robot work zones and the possible pressure of work pace on employees.
Sardor QodirovFlipkart, owned by Walmart, is testing a food delivery service internally — the number of participants has grown from several hundred to more than 8,000. The service operates via ONDC and its own Ekart courier network; a public launch is expected by the end of October with expansion to 5–6 cities. Flipkart has offered restaurants a commission of about 10% versus the 20–25% charged by market leaders.
Sardor QodirovAt the 'People's AI Assembly' event in Manhattan, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said federal authorities have completely abdicated AI regulation and urged city residents not to treat the technology's spread as inevitable. He recalled the ban on AI in elementary and middle schools and the requirement to disclose AI generation in real estate listing photos.
Sardor QodirovA month after announcing a $45 billion deal, Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale, according to Bloomberg, are close to signing another agreement for the same amount. Negotiations are ongoing and details may change. Both companies are preparing for IPOs.
Sardor QodirovIrene Solaiman, head of policy at Hugging Face, said at TechCrunch Disrupt that AI model evaluation methods have not yet matured into a coherent science: results are hard to reproduce and compare with each other. The idea of built-in third-party evaluators, promoted by labs as an alternative to government regulation, requires standardization; Anthropic's decision to hire Accenture drew criticism.
Sardor QodirovMicrosoft announced new security features for monitoring AI agents, including Guardian Agents as part of Project Perception. Satya Nadella and security business chief Hyeite Gallo warn that frontier models are unpredictable and cannot be considered safe by default.
Sardor QodirovAWS introduced TorchNeuron, which allows PyTorch applications to run on Trainium chips by changing a single line of configuration. The company is challenging Nvidia's software advantage (CUDA) and promises to make changes to PyTorch itself to decouple the framework from specific vendors.
Sardor QodirovAn attack on OpenCode Console affected 1.4% of users of the online platform who had stored API keys. Users reported unauthorized charges of up to $1000 or more. Anthropic and Google blocked the compromised keys, and OpenAI refunded the funds. The incident intensified the debate over whether AI models' safety filters hinder responses to attacks.
Sardor QodirovTolan, a startup behind an AI companion for managing everyday tasks and emotional support, raised $30 million from Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew. According to Upstarts Media, the company's valuation exceeded the previous $120 million; PitchBook values it at more than $268 million. The app has more than 250,000 active users.
Sardor QodirovReplika founder Eugenia Kuyda has officially launched Wabi 2.0, a personal AI assistant in messenger format featuring multiple threads and automatically generated applications. The concept dates back to the IO chatbot presented at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2014. The product is currently free, the business model remains undefined, and the company is negotiating a new funding round.
Sardor QodirovThe US Department of Homeland Security ordered the removal of technology from Chinese company DeepSeek from civilian agency systems, including Treasury, the State Department and the Department of Justice. The ban has been in effect since late July but was only made public on Monday. DHS cited risks of sensitive data being transferred to China; DeepSeek and the Chinese embassy have not yet commented on the decision.
Sardor QodirovTenstorrent, the startup led by Jim Keller, raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, with investors including Fidelity, Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, SanDisk and T. Rowe Price. Five months earlier, Intel and Qualcomm had reportedly shown interest in acquiring the company.
Sardor QodirovSan Francisco startup Town, which builds AI assistants for businesses, raised $108 million in a Series B round led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures, reaching unicorn valuation. The company was founded by former Plaid CTO Jean-Denis Greze and publicly launched just four months ago, reporting millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue.
Sardor QodirovLaplace Intelligence, a startup founded by University of Michigan alumni, is developing automated red-teaming testing of physical AI — robots and autonomous vehicles — in a high-fidelity simulation built on Nvidia Cosmos. The company is already generating revenue from autonomous driving clients and is competing in the Startup Battlefield 200 contest at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Sardor QodirovRivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said at TechCrunch Disrupt that autopilot will open up new design formats for personal vehicles. The company is developing a driver assistance system, preparing to launch the R2, and plans robotaxis based on the R2 in the Uber app.
Sardor QodirovAmazon will become the first buyer of energy from a planned 960 MW nuclear plant in Indiana, consisting of 12 X-energy Xe-100 small modular reactors. The operator will be American Electric Power. The site is a former coal plant south of Terre Haute. Timelines depend on X-energy's first project in Texas, over which the state has filed a lawsuit.
Sardor QodirovFormer OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, is accused of installing an audio recorder in a company meeting room in San Francisco. Prosecutors say he maintained contact with a member of the Saudi royal family and received support from a Saudi military official. Judge Alex Tse deemed his flight risk significant and denied bail.
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