Skan AI raises $63m to watch how office staff actually work, then build agents that copy them

Skan AI announced $63m in funding on Wednesday, co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital. What the money is buying is not a model. It is a record of how people at large companies actu [...]

Best HR software with predictive turnover analytics for 2026

The resignation landed on a Tuesday, and the manager never saw it coming. A senior engineer with three years at the company had earned strong reviews and showed no obvious signs of frustration. Then c [...]

Google named the new boss of Gemini 4. Both of Gemini’s co-leads quit the same day

Sundar Pichai’s memo on Wednesday thanked Jeff Dean for “an incredible 27-year run” and said he was off to start a company with Sanjay Ghemawat. He posted the same two names on X. Discovery Loop [...]

Google is killing Assistant on phones September 4. Gemini is the only option left.

Google confirmed in emails to users that Assistant on Android phones will shut down starting September 4, forcing everyone to Gemini. The process may take several weeks to complete, so holdouts may ge [...]

Reddit is replacing Automod with AI that reads intent, not keywords. Old Reddit’s days are numbered.

Reddit announced plans to replace core moderation infrastructure that has run the platform for years. The most significant change: Rules Hub, a new moderation system that uses large language models to [...]

Larper is the internets new favorite insult. Heres what it means.

As social media turns identity into content, "larper" has become the internet's favorite way to accuse someone of playing a role instead of being themselves. [...]

A startup that slashes AI agent bills just raised $35M. Anthropic is a backer.

Sapiom is a San Francisco startup that sits between AI agents and the models they run on. It has raised a $35 million Series A. Dragonfly led the round. It comes 11 months after the company launched, [...]

Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers

Google is laying off around 52 employees in Washington state, according to a WARN notice it filed on Wednesday and first reported by GeekWire. The letter gives no reason for the cuts. It says only tha [...]

Anthropic built an inspection layer that lets enterprises block sensitive data before it reaches Claude

Anthropic launched inference hooks for Claude Enterprise, a system that routes every prompt and tool call through a customer’s own security server before Claude processes anything. The company’s D [...]