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OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, its latest AI model available to ChatGPT paid users and through its API. The model comes in three versions—Instant, Thinking, and Pro—offering improvements in reasoning, coding, and long-context understanding, as the company refocuses on core products amid competition from Google and Anthropic.
Token Security has launched AI Privilege Guardian, a free tool designed to help organizations define and right-size permissions for AI agents, ensuring adherence to least-privilege principles.
Tel Aviv-based startup Shapes has raised $24 million in Seed and Series A funding to expand its AI-native PeopleOS, a system designed to unify HR, IT, and finance operations into a single adaptive platform.
Netwrix's 2025 Cybersecurity Trends Report shows that over one-third of organizations have changed their security strategies to address AI-driven attacks, with rising adoption of AI tools for defense and compliance.
Quadric has appointed Ravi Chakaravarthy as Vice President of Software Engineering to lead development of its embedded AI software stack for the Chimera processor IP. Chakaravarthy previously led AI software development at AMD and has extensive experience in machine learning technologies.
AI-driven law enforcement platform eSleuth has appointed Smita Nair as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. Nair will lead the company's engineering organization and oversee the expansion of its AI-powered investigative tools.
OpenText, Capgemini, and Sogeti have released the World Quality Report 2025, showing that while 89% of organizations are piloting or deploying generative AI in quality engineering, only 15% have reached enterprise-wide implementation due to integration, privacy, and skill challenges.
Synopsys has introduced a simulation-driven framework for real-time optimization of manufacturing processes, demonstrated at Microsoft Ignite. The system integrates NVIDIA Omniverse, Microsoft Azure, and GPU-accelerated Synopsys physics to enable near real-time digital twin simulations.
Spherea will acquire Averna to create a combined test and quality engineering systems organization with over 1,800 employees across 13 countries. The deal, backed by Andera Partners and Walter Capital Partners, is expected to close by the end of December 2025.
Maya HTT has signed an agreement with Siemens Digital Industries Software to include the Altair suite in its engineering software portfolio, expanding its AI-powered digital twin and simulation capabilities.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has begun funding its first target validation projects under the multi-year Targets to Therapies Initiative, focusing on biological targets such as NOD2, OGA, and TRPML1 to advance new Parkinson’s treatments.
Tidal Cyber has released its first annual Threat-Led Defense Report, built on real-world adversary behavior data collected through its platform and AI engine NARC. The report maps attack techniques to defensive controls using frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND, providing detailed insights into evolving cyber threats.
ChemLex has raised $45 million and established its global headquarters and self-driving laboratory in Singapore to accelerate AI-driven chemical discovery for pharmaceuticals.
Shanghai-based robotics company Agibot has rolled out its 5,000th mass-produced humanoid robot, marking a major milestone in its embodied intelligence production lines.
Debt.com's annual survey finds identity theft in the U.S. surged from 43% to 78% in one year, with 90% of respondents worried about AI-driven scams and a sharp rise in child identity theft and credit damage.
Canadian fintech Tuhk Inc., founded by veterans of Ethoca and NuData Security, has secured $6 million in seed funding led by FINTOP, with participation from Lloyds Banking Group and Capital One Ventures. The funding will support the launch of Tuhk’s real-time data collaboration platform in the UK, US, and Canada.
Marvell Technology announced it will acquire Celestial AI for $3.25 billion in cash and stock, aiming to expand its optical interconnect capabilities for next-generation AI and cloud data centers. The deal includes Celestial AI's Photonic Fabric technology, designed to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency optical connections.
IBM and Bayer 04 Leverkusen have developed an AI-based system to enhance football game and training analysis, using IBM Cloud and watsonx technologies to automate data and video processing.
Hack The Box has introduced HTB AI Range, a controlled environment designed to test and benchmark the performance and safety of autonomous AI security agents alongside human operators.
Clipbook has raised $3.3 million in seed funding co-led by Mark Cuban, Commonweal Ventures, and Carpenter Capital to enhance its AI platform for communications and public affairs.
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