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Microsoft Launches MAI Foundation Models for Text, Voice, and Video
Microsoft AI unveils three new foundation models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — signaling its push to build a full multimodal AI stack.
FDA Clears First AI System for Autonomous Cancer Diagnosis Without Physician Oversight
The FDA has granted De Novo authorization to Paige AI's PathAssist system, the first AI capable of making autonomous diagnostic decisions for certain cancer pathology slides without requiring a physician to confirm.
Harvey AI Raises $500M Series D, Now Valued at $5B as Legal AI Market Explodes
Harvey AI, the legal AI platform used by over 200 law firms including all Big Four, has raised a $500M Series D led by Sequoia, reaching a $5B valuation and signaling massive institutional confidence in AI-native legal tech.
Enterprise AI Agents: Why Demos Succeed But Production Stalls
Getting AI agents to work reliably in production is harder than enterprises anticipated. VentureBeat reports on the three disciplines separating demos from real-world deployment.
Google Releases Gemma 4: Open-Source Agentic AI for 140+ Languages
Google DeepMind launches Gemma 4 under Apache 2.0 license, bringing state-of-the-art agentic capabilities and multi-step planning to the open-source community.
UN Launches Global AI Impact Panel Amid Rising Safety Concerns
The UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI — the first global body of its kind — prepares for its inaugural summit to navigate the intersection of AI innovation and ethics.
The Rise of Agentic Workflows: LangGraph vs CrewAI vs OpenAI Swarm
A practical comparison of the three leading agent orchestration frameworks, with real code examples and production deployment considerations.
EU AI Act: High-Risk Compliance Deadline Set for August 2026
The EU AI Act's high-risk provisions take effect August 2, 2026. Over half of organizations lack systematic inventories of their AI systems, and penalties reach €35M or 7% of global turnover.
How Medvi Built a $1.8B Telehealth Company with 2 Employees and AI
Matthew Gallagher used AI tools to build Medvi into a $1.8 billion telehealth startup from his home in LA with just $20,000 and two people.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5 with Unprecedented Reasoning Capabilities
OpenAI has officially released GPT-5, its most advanced language model to date, featuring breakthrough reasoning abilities and multimodal understanding that sets a new benchmark for the industry.
The AI Transparency Crisis: Why Model Makers Are Going Dark
The Foundation Model Transparency Index dropped from 58 to 40 points. Over 90% of frontier models come from private companies, and they are keeping training data, costs, and parameter counts secret.
AI Funding Shatters Records: $297B Raised in Q1 2026
AI companies raised $297 billion in Q1 2026 alone, putting the industry on track to nearly triple last year's total investment.