EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5 million to a company with ties to founder Jia Yueting.
Faraday Future paid about $7.5 million in 2025 to a company controlled by founder Jia Yueting, according to new regulatory filings. The long-struggling electric vehicle startup paid off its bills in a year, delivering just four vehicles and incurring nearly $400 million in losses. The company has shifted its focus to selling inexpensive vans and […]
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including partnership with Yubico
OpenAI takes account security seriously. The company launched Advanced Account Security (AAS) on Thursday. This is an opt-in protection set for ChatGPT users designed for high-value individuals, but available to anyone who wants it. As part of its new program, digital security provider Yubico announced that it is partnering with OpenAI to link two new […]
Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI model
OpenAI and Anthropic have recently been waging war against third-party efforts to train new AI models by encouraging publicly accessible chatbots and APIs (a process known as “distillation”). The conversation focuses on how Chinese companies are using distillation to develop open-weight models that perform nearly as well as U.S. products, but are available at a […]
BioticsAI Founder on FDA Approvals, Funding, and the Reality of Building Healthcare
Founders building in healthcare can do more than just build fast and destroy. The timelines are longer and the stakes are higher. Success depends on a navigation system that emphasizes rigor over speed. That’s exactly the reality that Robhy Bustami, co-founder and CEO of BioticsAI, has been building. His company is developing an AI co-pilot […]
Google’s Gemini AI assistant is on the road in millions of vehicles
Google announced Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to Google-powered cars, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Google’s commitment to bringing more advanced conversational AI to the driving experience. The announcement largely follows news from General Motors, which revealed yesterday that it will ship approximately 4 million […]
Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that can also be used by autonomous AI agents
Financial services platform Stripe is introducing a digital wallet purpose-built for the AI era. This digital wallet allows autonomous agents to perform tasks such as shopping, paying for reservations, and purchasing tickets. At its annual conference this week, the company announced Link, a wallet that lets you connect to different payment methods, track your spending, […]
Robhy Bustami of BioticsAI maintains momentum and morale during the long road to FDA approval
Surviving the long road to FDA approval requires more than just building great technology. It’s important to keep your team motivated, find the right investors, and learn how to operate when schedules are uncertain. In this week’s Build Mode, Isabelle Johannesen speaks with Robhy Bustami, co-founder and CEO of BioticsAI, a Startup Battlefield winning company […]
PyTorch Lightning and Intercom Client Suffer Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials
Ravi LakshmananApril 30, 2026Supply chain attacks/malware In yet another software supply chain attack, attackers compromised the popular Python package Lightning and pushed two malicious versions to perform credential theft. According to Aikido Security, OX Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both published on April 30, 2026. The campaign […]
X unveils AI-powered reinvented advertising platform
Elon Musk’s X is still trying to lure advertisers back, but this time it’s a reimagined AI-powered ad platform that began rolling out Thursday. The tech company initially struggled to grow advertising revenue during the first few years of the Musk administration, leading it to shift its focus to other monetization channels such as AI […]
SMS Blaster Busts, OpenEMR Flaws, 600K Roblox Hacks and 25 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News The internet is noisy this week. We are seeing some wild new tactics, like people using fake cell towers to send scam texts, while some developers are accidentally downloading tools that peek into their private files during a simple install. It is definitely a busy time to […]