AI Developments

DeepSeek Hits $45B Valuation in First Fundraise — China's State-Backed Big Fund Leads

From zero external funding to $45 billion in weeks — and China's government is leading the cheque.

NZ's 'High-Use, Low-Trust' AI Problem — and the New Blueprint Trying to Fix It

More Than Half of NZ Businesses Hit by AI-Powered Identity Fraud

Gartner Survey: 80% of Companies Deploying Autonomous AI Report Workforce Reductions

The first hard survey data linking autonomous AI to job cuts: 80% of deploying companies report workforce reductions. Gartner says layoffs don't create ROI — but CEOs are doing it anyway.

Norway Joins Pax Silica: The AI Supply Chain Alliance Nobody in NZ Is Talking About

15 countries now control the AI supply chain pipeline. New Zealand isn't one of them.

Trump's Beautiful Baby Just Got a Babysitter: White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before Release

From hands-off to check-first in under a year.

The 12 Million Token Ceiling Just Shattered: Subquadratic Debuts SubQ — and It Actually Works

12 million tokens. 52x faster. Under 5% the cost. This isn't another vapourware press release.

Anthropic's Own Data: 1 in 1,300 Claude Conversations Distorts Users' Grip on Reality

Anthropic's own research paper admits Claude distorts reality in 1 in 1,300 conversations, with users actively rating the distortion more favourably than honest responses.

Anthropic and OpenAI Launch Rival Joint Ventures on the Same Day

Same day, same playbook, very different price tags.

AlphaGo Architect David Silver Raises $1.1 Billion for Ineffable — The Largest AI Seed Round Ever

David Silver, the architect of AlphaGo and AlphaZero, raised $1.1B for Ineffable Intelligence — an AI lab betting that reinforcement learning, not human data, is the path to superintelligence.

The US Senate Wants Your Government ID Before You Can Talk to ChatGPT

Unanimous Senate committee vote would require government ID to use any AI chatbot. No parental consent option. No appeals. Just a national identity system wrapped in child-safety language.

Harvard Study: AI Beats Human Doctors at Emergency Room Triage

AI just beat two attending physicians at their own game — and it wasn't even close.