As the artificial intelligence arms race intensifies in 2025, Scale AI has emerged as a dominant force in the industry’s investment landscape. The company, known for its critical role in training data infrastructure and machine learning operations, recently secured a monumental $1 billion funding round—placing it among the largest AI investments in history and signaling…

The release of the bipartisan Senate RISE Act in early 2025 has sent ripples across the tech industry and governmental regulatory circles. Presented by Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), the “RISE” acronym stands for “Reporting Instances of Suspected Exploitation,” and the legislation seeks to impose new transparency requirements on…

The marriage between artificial intelligence and live-action filmmaking stands today not just as a futuristic experiment, but as a living, evolving force redefining the boundaries of visual storytelling. This transformation has moved far beyond the proof-of-concept stage. With powerful text-to-video models such as Google DeepMind’s Veo and OpenAI’s Sora, the technical foundation for this revolution…

For early-stage startups navigating uncertain terrain, access to early capital can spell the difference between stagnation and scale. Yet not long ago, young ventures often struggled to capture the attention of traditionally conservative angel investors, many of whom made solitary, cautious bets on local markets they knew well. Today, angel investing has undergone a global…

The science of weather forecasting has never stood still, but in 2025, the field made its most significant leap in decades. At the forefront of this transformation is DeepMind, the UK-based artificial intelligence lab owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. DeepMind’s latest innovation, dubbed “GraphCast,” has redefined how humanity predicts one of nature’s most daunting…

In a bold legal maneuver, Meta Platforms Inc. has initiated a lawsuit against developers of AI-powered “nudifying apps”—tools that exploit generative artificial intelligence to undress images of women without their consent. Filed in federal court in California in June 2024, this case marks a pivotal moment for technology regulation, privacy enforcement, and the ethical governance…