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15 Apr 2026

Artemis Raises $70M to Fight AI-Powered Attacks With AI-Native Security Platform

Six-month-old cybersecurity startup Artemis emerged from stealth with $70 million in combined seed and Series A funding to combat AI-powered attacks that move at machine speed. Founded by former AWS and Abnormal Security leaders, the company offers an AI-native protection platform that replaces traditional rule-based systems with adaptive, automated threat response.

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EU threatens interim ban on Meta over WhatsApp AI policies blocking rival AI chatbots

The European Commission rejected Meta's pay-for-access remedy for third-party AI providers on WhatsApp, threatening interim measures to restore full access. The EU antitrust watchdog says Meta's fee-based approach is equivalent to an outright ban and constitutes abuse of dominant position, potentially harming competition in the AI assistant market.

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Pharos Network partners with Hong Kong university to explore AI in prediction markets

Pharos Network has launched a joint academic research project with the University of Hong Kong's FinTech Academy to study AI's role in prediction markets. Eight Master's students will conduct a three-month study using on-chain datasets, with promising projects fast-tracked into Pharos' $10M incubation program for real-world deployment.

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Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave AI cloud, takes $1 billion equity stake

Quantitative trading firm Jane Street has signed a $6 billion AI cloud agreement with CoreWeave and invested $1 billion in equity at $109 per share. The deal grants Jane Street access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin chips and marks CoreWeave's third multi-billion-dollar agreement this month, following deals with Meta and Anthropic.

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Trump backs AI safeguards in banking system, acknowledges risks after cybersecurity warnings

President Donald Trump acknowledged that artificial intelligence could undermine confidence in the banking system and endorsed government safeguards, including a potential kill switch. His comments follow cybersecurity warnings about Anthropic's Mythos AI model potentially supercharging complex cyberattacks against banking infrastructure.

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Emergent's Wingman AI agent tackles routine tasks through WhatsApp and Telegram messaging

SoftBank-backed Emergent has launched Wingman, an autonomous AI agent that automates routine tasks across popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. Unlike competitors, Wingman operates with trust boundaries, seeking user confirmation for consequential actions while handling low-stakes tasks independently. The move signals Emergent's expansion beyond its vibe-coding platform into the rapidly growing AI agent space.

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Duolingo scraps AI performance reviews after employees push back on flawed metrics

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn has reversed course on evaluating employees based on AI usage after internal confusion and pushback. The company's AI-first push highlighted a growing problem: measuring AI adoption doesn't equal measuring actual work quality. This cautionary tale arrives as tech giants from Meta to Google continue tying AI tool usage to employee performance reviews.

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AI Agents Hijacked via Prompt Injection: Bug Bounties Paid, Security Advisories Withheld

Security researchers exploited prompt injection vulnerabilities in AI agents from Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft, stealing API keys through GitHub Actions integrations. All three companies paid bug bounties ranging from $100 to $1,337 but issued no CVEs or public advisories, leaving users on older versions exposed to potential attacks.

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Tesla completes AI5 chip design with 40X performance leap, but deployment still years away

Elon Musk announced Tesla's successful tape-out of the AI5 chip, designed to power Full Self-Driving systems in vehicles and Optimus robots. The chip promises up to 40x performance improvement over its predecessor, featuring 12 memory packages and a 384-bit interface. However, the milestone comes nearly two years behind schedule, with volume production not expected until mid-2027.

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North Korean Hackers Use AI Social Engineering in $100,000 Crypto Attack on Zerion

North Korean-affiliated hackers used AI social engineering to steal $100,000 from crypto wallet company Zerion's hot wallets. The attack marks the second major DPRK-linked breach this month, following Drift Protocol's $280 million exploit. Security experts warn that AI-driven threats are making attacks more sophisticated and harder to detect.

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Crypto Exchanges Face New AI Cybersecurity Risk as Anthropic's Mythos Exposes Software Flaws

Major crypto exchanges including Coinbase and Binance are preparing their defenses against Anthropic's Mythos, an AI model capable of finding software vulnerabilities at extreme speed. While Bitcoin's blockchain remains secure, exchanges handling billions in digital assets face heightened threats from AI-driven attacks that could exploit security flaws faster than human defenders can patch them.

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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm invest $60M in Wayve's self-driving tech platform

UK autonomous driving startup Wayve raised $60 million from semiconductor giants AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm, extending its Series D funding round to $1.2 billion. The strategic investment gives Wayve access to virtually every automotive compute platform, supporting its hardware-agnostic AI Driver that works across different chips and vehicles without location-specific engineering.

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Adobe Firefly AI Assistant orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, and Creative Cloud apps

Adobe launches Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational AI editing tool that executes multi-step workflows across Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator. Previously known as Project Moonlight, the assistant enters public beta soon and marks Adobe's shift toward agentic AI that can automate complex tasks while keeping creators in control.

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Salesforce unveils Headless 360, turning its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

Salesforce introduced Headless 360 at its TDX developer conference, exposing every capability in its platform as APIs, MCP servers, and CLI commands for AI agents. The initiative represents a fundamental operating model transformation, making the CRM giant's entire ecosystem accessible to coding agents without requiring a graphical interface. With over 100 new tools and skills, the company is betting that most future code will be written by agents rather than humans.

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Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as AI tools replace 16% of its workforce in push for profitability

Snapchat's parent company Snap is laying off approximately 1,000 employees—16% of its workforce—as CEO Evan Spiegel points to artificial intelligence advancements that enable smaller teams to handle more work. The company expects to reduce annual costs by over $500 million while pursuing net-income profitability, with AI agents now writing 65% of new code.

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