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appeal 9.0Fika Jobs Funds AI Hiring Platform
Fika Jobs secured $4 million to build a video-first hiring platform using Google Gemini-powered AI agents for candidate interviews. This shifts screening towards soft skills but introduces new bias risks, while offering procurement teams reduced recruitment costs.
AI's rapid adoption outpaces governance, creating risks in education and security. Geopolitical tensions restrict model access, while cost-efficiency drives adoption of Chinese AI. Companies focus on specialised, reliab…
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- FUNDINGFika Jobs Fika Jobs raises $4 million pre-seed funding9.0
- RELEASEOpenAI OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5-Cyber and Security Plugin9.0
- RESEARCHUCLA Health UCLA Health develops AI cancer screening platform9.0
- PARTNERSHIPGetty Images Partners OpenAI for ChatGPT display9.0
- OPENSOURCEOpenAI OpenAI partners Trail of Bits for open-source security8.0
- PARTNERSHIPSpaceX SpaceX signs compute deal with Reflection AI8.0
- INVESTMENTAlphabet Alphabet drops 6% on AI spending concerns8.0
- SECURITYKlue Klue suffers data breach via Icarus hackers8.0
- RELEASEGoogle Google releases Interactions API for Gemini8.0
- POLICYAnthropic US orders Anthropic to suspend foreign AI access9.0
- RESEARCHKorea Deep Learning AI model tops global document parsing benchmark8.0
- PRODUCTAmazon Amazon offers Trainium chips externally8.0
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OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber Tools
OpenAI expanded its Daybreak cyber defence initiative, updating Codex Security and launching GPT-5.5-Cyber. This shifts the cybersecurity bottleneck from vulnerability discovery to patching, providing tools for security teams and open-source projects to fix issues at machine speed.
UCLA Unveils AI-Powered Cancer Screening
UCLA Health researchers developed an AI-powered platform combining 3D bioprinting and advanced imaging to rapidly screen cancer therapies on patient-derived organoids. This mechanism accelerates drug discovery and enables personalised treatment decisions by tracking individual organoid responses.
Getty Images Partners OpenAI for ChatGPT Display
Getty Images' new "display agreement" with OpenAI shifts its AI strategy from litigation to partnership, allowing ChatGPT to use licensed Getty photos. This deal sets a precedent for AI content licensing, but the undisclosed terms regarding model training create a critical gap for content creators and legal teams.
OpenAI Launches Open-Source Patching
OpenAI's "Patch the Planet" initiative, in partnership with Trail of Bits, will reduce critical vulnerabilities in open-source projects. This provides security architects and platform engineers a mechanism for proactive, AI-assisted remediation, enhancing software supply chain integrity.
SpaceX Secures Reflection AI Compute
SpaceX signed a $6.3 billion compute deal with Reflection AI, providing Nvidia GB300 access from its Colossus infrastructure. This monetises scarce GPU resources, forcing procurement teams to factor sovereign premiums into frontier model access, especially for open-source AI initiatives with government ties.
Megacaps Slide on AI Spend
US tech megacaps saw significant market value drops, including Alphabet's $256B loss, driven by investor concerns over unproven returns on massive AI infrastructure spending. This intensifies pressure on founders and procurement teams to demonstrate clear AI ROI.
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