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Sebastian Pellejero / Reuters: The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max’s $652 to GPT-5’s $5,679  —  Turn an artificial-intelligence bot into a trader and it… Read More »The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max’s $652 to GPT-5’s $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)

Sean O’Kane / TechCrunch: Rivian spins off Mind Robotics as a new stand-alone industrial AI and robotics company; Mind Robotics raised a $115M seed led by Eclipse  —  Rivian has created its second spinoff company this year: an industrial AI… Read More »Rivian spins off Mind Robotics as a new stand-alone industrial AI and robotics company; Mind Robotics raised a $115M seed led by Eclipse (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

Atharva Singh / Reuters: Swedish investment firm EQT agrees to invest $930M in Douzone Bizon, a South Korea-based provider of ERP and business software to SMBs, for a 37.6% stake  —  Swedish investment firm EQT (EQTAB.ST) said on Friday it… Read More »Swedish investment firm EQT agrees to invest $930M in Douzone Bizon, a South Korea-based provider of ERP and business software to SMBs, for a 37.6% stake (Atharva Singh/Reuters)

Magdalena Petrova / CNBC: Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout  —  Over 95% of international data and voice call… Read More »Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout (Magdalena Petrova/CNBC)

Janne Knodler / Bloomberg: As US schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-powered monitoring tools like GoGuardian to scan students’ chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm  —  As US educators embrace AI in the classroom, firms… Read More »As US schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-powered monitoring tools like GoGuardian to scan students’ chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)

Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal: Chinese robotaxi companies’ tech and rider experience are generally similar to Waymo’s, as they build businesses at home while also expanding internationally  —  While U.S. companies dominate their home market, other countries look to… Read More »Chinese robotaxi companies’ tech and rider experience are generally similar to Waymo’s, as they build businesses at home while also expanding internationally (Peter Landers/Wall Street Journal)

Jonathan Burgos / Forbes: Several of Asia’s top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years  —  The buildout of AI infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific… Read More »Several of Asia’s top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years (Jonathan Burgos/Forbes)

George Steer / Financial Times: A look at Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors, two little-known boutique banks that have helped finance the Trump family’s flurry of crypto deals this year  —  Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close… Read More »A look at Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors, two little-known boutique banks that have helped finance the Trump family’s flurry of crypto deals this year (George Steer/Financial Times)

Mihir Sharma / Bloomberg: OpenAI, Alphabet, and Perplexity offering free access to their paid tiers in India suggests the country may be the biggest and safest bet for broad AI adoption  —  Everyone is looking for the next big AI… Read More »OpenAI, Alphabet, and Perplexity offering free access to their paid tiers in India suggests the country may be the biggest and safest bet for broad AI adoption (Mihir Sharma/Bloomberg)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Apple Music’s growth may be stymied by the lack of a free tier as a funnel; Midia: on a weekly level, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple  —  The service’s lack of… Read More »Apple Music’s growth may be stymied by the lack of a free tier as a funnel; Midia: on a weekly level, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)