Governance

Anthropic’s Settlement Shows the U.S. Can’t Afford AI Copyright Lawsuits

(Stewart Baker – Lawfare – 8 September 2025) Anthropic just paid $1.5 billion to settle a copyright case that it largely won in district court. Future litigants are likely to hold out for much more. A uniquely punitive provision of copyright law will allow plaintiffs who may not have suffered any damage to seek awards in the trillions. (Indeed, observers estimated that Anthropic dodged $1 trillion in liability by settling.)  The avalanche of litigation, already forty lawsuits and counting, doesn’t just put the artificial intelligence (AI) industry at risk of spending their investors’ money on settlements instead of advances in AI. It raises the prospect that the full bill won’t be known for a decade, as different juries and different courts reach varying conclusions. A decade of massive awards and deep uncertainty poses a major threat to the U.S. industry. The Trump administration saw the risk even before the  Anthropic settlement, but its AI action plan offered no solution. That’s a mistake; the litigation could easily keep the U.S. from winning its race with China to truly transformational AI. The litigation stems from AI’s insatiable hunger for training data. To meet that need, AI companies ingested digital copies of practically every published work on the planet, without getting the permission of the copyright holders. That was probably the only practical option they had. There was no way to track down and negotiate licenses with millions of publishers and authors. And the AI companies had a reasonable but untested argument that making copies for AI training was a “fair use” of the works. Publishers and authors disagreed; they began filing lawsuits, many of them class actions, against AI companies. – https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anthropic-s-settlement-shows-the-u.s.-can-t-afford-ai-copyright-lawsuits

Washington and Brussels Vie for Control Over Big Tech

(Mark Scott – Tech Policy Press – 8 September 2025) When US lawmakers gathered in Washington last Wednesday for a hearing about European online safety rules, you could be forgiven for thinking the almost 5-hour hearing would focus on the policy complexities of the European Union’s Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act. Instead, the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee hearing became a physical representation of how the culture wars, which began in the United States, but have subsequently spread across most democratic countries, have engulfed global attempts at policing the digital world. – https://www.techpolicy.press/washington-and-brussels-vie-for-control-over-big-tech/

Empowered Workers Are a Bulwark Against Illegal Monopoly

(Stephen McMurtry – Tech Policy Press – 8 September 2025) Last week, US District Court Judge Amit Mehta issued his decision on remedies in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google’s search monopoly. The ruling was widely viewed as a victory for Google, as the judge rejected most of the DOJ’s proposed remedies as “overreach” and accepted Google’s claim that it now competes in a broader information retrieval market being rapidly upended by the rise of LLM-powered chatbots and search engines such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthorpic’s Claude, Perplexity’s search engine, and even Google’s own Gemini chatbot. Google still faces a ban on exclusive distribution agreements and some data sharing requirements—a far cry from the DOJ’s push for divestment of Chrome and Android and a blanket prohibition on distribution agreements with partners such as Apple. – https://www.techpolicy.press/empowered-workers-are-a-bulwark-against-illegal-monopoly/

European Commission proposes mutual data flow agreement with Brazil

(DigWatch – 8 September 2025) The European Commission has initiated the adoption of a data protection adequacy decision with Brazil, recognising that the country offers a level of data protection comparable to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The agreement will enable seamless data transfers between the EU and Brazil across sectors, including business, government, and research. This mutual decision marks one of the broadest scopes of data adequacy granted by the EU and is expected to boost economic ties between the two regions, which together serve 670 million consumers, Tech Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen said. – https://dig.watch/updates/european-commission-proposes-mutual-data-flow-agreement-with-brazil – https://www.eureporter.co/world/brazil/2025/09/08/commission-proposes-to-create-area-of-free-and-safe-data-flows-between-the-eu-and-brazil/

ITU warns global Internet access by 2030 could cost nearly USD 2.8 trillion

(DigWatch – 7 September 2025) Universal Internet connectivity by 2030 could cost up to $2.8 trillion, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Saudi Arabia’s Communications, Space, and Technology (CST) Commission. The blueprint urges global cooperation to connect the one-third of humanity still offline. The largest share, up to $1.7 trillion, would be allocated to expanding broadband through fibre, wireless, and satellite networks. Nearly $1 trillion is needed for affordability measures, alongside $152 billion for digital skills programmes. – https://dig.watch/updates/itu-warns-global-internet-access-by-2030-could-cost-nearly-usd-2-8-trillion – https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-09-01-Connecting-Humanity.aspx

Sovereign AI for assistive and public technologies: How policymakers can reinforce critical digital capacities

(Yonah Welker – OECD.AI – 5 September 2025) Along with many AI roboticists and other EU tech experts, I recently joined an open study group organised by the Commission’s DG CNECT on AI and robotics that focuses on policy and the deployment of critical digital capacities. This is a reflection of the geopolitical context and intensifying global technological AI race, echoing the EU and Commission’s efforts to address digital resilience and technological sovereignty. It concerns data, AI value, and supply chains, such as Eurostack, the AI Continent Action Plan, AI Factories, EU InvestAI, and the EU Chips Act. Additionally, it includes action plans from the United States and China, spanning from competition in high-performance computing and foundation models to AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and export controls. Our input helped expand this perspective to reflect on how the Commission can better approach public and assistive systems, healthcare, education, vulnerable and emerging humanitarian contexts, including robust and energy-resilient models that can operate offline, on-device or in embodied systems, supported by sensors, 3D models, spatial data, and specialised chips and materials. In fact, the taxonomies of assistive AI technologies continue to expand. The OECD’s repository of AI supporting labour with disabilities at workplaces includes over 140 systems. Cities like Barcelona deploy NaviLens, a computer vision-based system, providing real-time guidance for visually impaired travellers or Singapore’s SiLViA instantly translates spoken and written words into sign language. Furthermore, the World Health Organisation projects that the number of people needing assistive technology will grow from 2.5 to 3.5 billion—approximately 36% of the population—by 2050, yet only 10% have access to such technologies. – https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/sovereign-ai-for-assistive-and-public-technologies-critical-digital-capacities

Perplexing Agents: Redefining the Boundaries of Online Agency

(Siddharth Yadav, Ambika Sondhi – Observer Research Foundation – 5 September 2025) Disagreements and legal actions regarding copyright infringement and intellectual property theft have proliferated since the dawn of large language models (LLMs) in 2022. While LLMs offer unprecedented capabilities to streamline and automate core economic sectors from coding to public service delivery, rapid advancements in AI capabilities have challenged regulators to keep pace with the emergent capabilities of frontier models. The scramble to regulate LLMs is set to become increasingly complicated with AI agents on the algorithmic horizon. Agents are AI systems that offer additional layers of capabilities on top of LLMs, such as executing user commands in virtual environments or edge devices, accessing and retrieving user-requested information from websites, and building and deploying software by automating multi-stage decision-making and execution. While LLMs use a mix of user-generated and synthetic data to provide textual and audio-visual output to user queries, agents are programmed to take actions in the digital space. Traditionally, algorithmic tools such as ‘crawlers’ are deployed to collect data from websites en masse. While agents may be similar to crawlers in the function they perform, they differ in purpose. Crawlers are fundamentally designed to collect information for building databases. Conversely, AI agents are designed to retrieve specific data based on user inputs and can automate and execute entire workflows. While such novel capabilities may be paving the way for a paradigm shift in users’ experience on the internet, they also raise questions regarding the future of an internet increasingly populated by computational entities. A key set of questions has arisen due to a legal battle between the AI company Perplexity and web security solutions provider Cloudflare. In August 2025, Cloudflare accused Perplexity of allowing its AI agents to scrape data from websites that explicitly prohibit data scraping by crawlers. In response, Perplexity argued that agents are different from crawlers in that agents should be seen as extensions of the users themselves. Consequently, an agent accessing a website following a user query should be treated as a user, not a crawler. The difference between AI agents and crawlers may seem pedantic, but such definitional ambiguity can evolve into a fundamental obstacle for AI development and adoption — issues that have become strategic goals for nations across the world. – https://www.orfonline.org/research/perplexing-agents-redefining-the-boundaries-of-online-agency

Geostrategies

A Strategic Bet to Advance America’s Quantum Leadership

(Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante – Just Security – 8 September 2025) The Trump administration has rightly cast securing U.S. quantum leadership as a national security imperative. By harnessing the quirks of subatomic physics, quantum technologies promise vast economic gains in sectors spanning pharmaceuticals, transportation, and communications. They also carry profound security stakes, enabling new battlefield advantages and cyber threats that could rebalance global power. But with tightening federal budgets, advancing America’s quantum ambitions will require smart and creative bets with outsized returns, in the words of Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios. Quantum sensing—the most mature quantum technology today—offers just such an opportunity. Targeted federal initiatives could accelerate the deployment of quantum sensors in the next three years. This would unlock substantial defense, security, and economic benefits, while simultaneously strengthening U.S. domestic supply chains and global quantum leadership. Yet timely and decisive action is essential. As Kratsios warned, “There is nothing predestined about technological progress.” – https://www.justsecurity.org/120024/advance-us-quantum-leadership/

Trilateral quantum talks highlight innovation and security priorities

(DigWatch – 8 September 2025) The United States, Japan, and South Korea held two Trilateral Quantum Cooperation meetings this week in Seoul and Tokyo. Officials and experts from government and industry gathered to discuss securing quantum ecosystems against cyber, physical, and intellectual property threats. The US State Department stressed that joint efforts will ensure breakthroughs in quantum computing benefit citizens while safeguarding innovation. Officials said cooperation is essential as quantum technologies could reshape industries, global power balances, and economic prosperity. – https://dig.watch/updates/trilateral-quantum-talks-highlight-innovation-and-security-priorities – https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/09/05/9481757100890

Nigeria sets sights on top 50 AI-ready nations

(DigWatch – 8 September 2025) Nigeria has pledged to become one of the top 50 AI-ready nations, according to presidential adviser Hadiza Usman. Speaking in Abuja at a colloquium on AI policy, she said the country needs strong leadership, investment, and partnerships to meet its goals. She stressed that policies must address Nigeria’s unique challenges and not simply replicate foreign models. The government will offer collaboration opportunities with local institutions and international partners. – https://dig.watch/updates/nigeria-sets-sights-on-top-50-ai-ready-nations – https://gazettengr.com/nigeria-aims-to-be-among-top-50-ai-ready-countries-fg/

China Refocuses Hong Kong Labs on Quantum and National Priorities

(Quantum Insider – 6 September 2025) Hong Kong’s research labs have been restructured to align with Beijing’s national technology goals, with quantum science emerging as a central priority, according to the South China Morning Post. The overhaul closed underperforming labs, rebranded others, and launched new State Key Laboratories, including two focused on quantum information and optical quantum materials. The changes reflect China’s broader strategy to direct scientific resources toward fields like quantum, AI, and brain science, positioning Hong Kong’s universities as instruments in the country’s competition with the U.S. – https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/09/06/china-refocuses-hong-kong-labs-on-quantum-and-national-priorities/

Defence, Warfare

Modern military training demands northern Australian digital upgrade

(John Coyne – The Strategist – 8 September 2025) The wars of the future will be won by those who train together in live, networked and constructive environments that reflect the full complexity of modern conflict. Australia’s training infrastructure has not fully kept pace with this reality, leaving gaps in how the Australian Defence Force prepares for high-end warfighting. To close this gap, Australia must make decisive investments in digital infrastructure across its exercise areas, particularly in the Northern Territory. Modern militaries now require more than vast land or airspace to conduct realistic training; they need digitally networked environments that seamlessly integrate live forces with virtual and constructive elements across geographies. Such live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training allows commanders to rehearse operations with combat-like fidelity, linking sensors, shooters and decision-makers in real time. –  https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/modern-military-training-demands-northern-australian-digital-upgrade/

20kW high-energy laser systems that engage with aerial threats delivered to US Army

(Interesting Engineering – 7 September 2025) A Virginia-based company has delivered two high-energy laser system units to the U.S. Army. Developed by AeroVironment, the 20kW LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) identifies, tracks, and engages a wide variety of targets with hard-kill high energy laser. The company delivered the first two mobile counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) prototype Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) to the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO). The Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) prototype systems feature AV’s 20kW-class LOCUST LWS integrated on the General Motors Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) platform. – https://interestingengineering.com/military/high-energy-laser-systems-engage-threat

US F-15E Strike Eagle jets get laser-guided precision rockets to eliminate attack drones

(Interesting Engineering – 7 September 2025) A new type of weapon system has been integrated into U.S. F-15E fighter jets. The warplanes recently conducted operational flight testing of AGR-20F live fire at targets over land and water. The F-15E Strike Eagle equipped with AGR-20F Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II laser-guided rockets deliver drone targeting capability. The Air Force revealed that the goal of adding this capability to the Strike Eagle’s arsenal was to bring it into the counter-unmanned aerial system fight in a cost-effective way alongside the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Within a week of the demonstrations, Strike Eagles flew with the new weapon in a geographic combatant command’s area of responsibility. – https://interestingengineering.com/military/f15-with-advanced-weapon-eliminate-drone

Security

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026

(Tim Starks – Cyberscoop – 8 September 2025) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is delaying finalization of a rule until May of next year that will require critical infrastructure owners and operators to swiftly report major cyber incidents to the federal government, according to a recent regulatory notice. Under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) of 2022, CISA was supposed to produce a final rule enacting the law by October of this year. But last week, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs published an update that moved the final rule’s arrival to May 2026. A CISA official told CyberScoop that the move would give the agency time to consider streamlining and reducing the burden on industry of a previously proposed version of the rule, citing public comments in response to that version, as well as harmonizing the law with other agencies’ cyber regulations. – https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-pushes-final-cyber-incident-reporting-rule-to-may-2026/

MostereRAT Targets Windows Users With Stealth Tactics

(Alessandro Mascellino – Infosecurity Magazine – 8 September 2025) A phishing campaign delivering a new strain of malware, MostereRAT, has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targets Microsoft Windows systems and gives attackers complete control over compromised machines. According to FortiGuard Labs, which discovered the threat, what sets this campaign apart is its layered use of advanced evasion techniques. The malware is written in Easy Programming Language (EPL), a Chinese-based coding language rarely used in cyberattacks, and relies on multiple stages to hide malicious behavior. It can disable security tools, block antivirus traffic and establish secure communications with its command-and-control (C2) server using mutual TLS (mTLS). – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/rat-targets-windows-users-stealth/

Remote Access Abuse Biggest Pre-Ransomware Indicator

(James Coker – Infosecurity Magazine – 8 September 2025) Abuses of remote access software and services are the most common ‘pre-ransomware’ indicators, according to new research from Cisco Talos. Adversaries frequently leverage legitimate remote services such as RDP, PsExec and PowerShell, the researchers observed. Additionally, remote access software such as AnyDesk, Atera and Microsoft Quick Assist were often exploited. Cisco identified these tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) as part of efforts by cybercriminals to gain enterprise-level domain administrator access in compromised systems. Pre-ransomware refers to the stage in an attack where adversaries conduct activities such as privilege escalation, credential harvesting and remote access deployment without yet executing full-scale encryption.   – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/remote-access-abuse-pre-ransomware/

Qualys, Tenable Latest Victims of Salesloft Drift Hack

(Infosecurity Magazine – 8 September 2025) Cybersecurity providers Tenable and Qualys are the latest in a growing list of companies affected by a significant supply chain attack targeting Salesforce customer data. The campaign involved the theft of OAuth authentication tokens connected to Salesloft Drift, a third-party application integrated with Salesforce used to automate workflows and manage leads and contact information. In a security alert on September 3, vulnerability assessment firm Tenable said that an unauthorized user gained access to a portion of some of its customers’ information stored in the company’s Salesforce instance. – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/qualys-tenable-salesloft-drift-hack/

GhostAction Supply Chain Attack Compromises 3000+ Secrets

(Phil Muncaster – Infosecurity Magazine – 8 September 2025) Hundreds of GitHub users and repositories have been hit by another supply chain attack, in which threat actors have already stolen more than 3000 secrets, according to GitGuardian. The security vendor first noticed suspicious activity related to a GitHub repository associated with the FastUUID project, on September 5. A compromised maintainer had pushed a malicious commit three days earlier. This contained a GitHub action workflow file designed to steal secrets, specifically a PyPI token. – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ghostaction-supply-chain-3000/

Canadian investment platform Wealthsimple disclosed a data breach

(Pierluigi Paganini – Security Affairs – 8 September 2025) Canadian investment platform Wealthsimple disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers. The company discovered the security breach on August 30, which stemmed from a supply chain attack via a trusted third-party software package. “On August 30th, Wealthsimple detected a data security incident. All accounts remain secure, and no funds were accessed or stolen.” reads the security update published by the company. “We acted quickly and in a few hours the issue was contained. Our security team, with the help of external experts, immediately began a thorough investigation. We learned that a specific software package that was written by a trusted third party had been compromised. This resulted in personal data belonging to less than 1% of our clients being accessed without authorization for a brief period.” – https://securityaffairs.com/181999/data-breach/canadian-investment-platform-wealthsimple-disclosed-a-data-breach.html

Venezuela’s President Maduro said his Huawei Mate X6 cannot be hacked by US cyber spies

(Pierluigi Paganini – Security Affairs – 8 September 2025) Last week, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro showcased a Huawei Mate X6 smartphone, reportedly gifted by China’s President Xi Jinping, claiming that US cyber spies cannot hack it. Venezuelan President Maduro said that his device is “the best phone in the world”. “Impressive, I find out everything through this, the phone that Xi Jinping gave me. Look, Xi Jinping gave me this, a Huawei, the best phone in the world, the Huawei, and the Americans can’t hack it, neither their spy planes, nor their satellites.” said Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro during a press conference on September 1st, 2025. Is Huawei Mate X6 smartphone really difficult to hack? Why? – https://securityaffairs.com/181984/security/venezuelas-president-maduro-said-his-huawei-mate-x6-cannot-be-hacked-by-us-cyber-spies.html

Insider Threats Surge: What CISOs Must Know to Protect Their Organizations

(Phil Muncaster – Infosecurity Magazine – 8 September 2025) People are often described as one of the biggest security threats to any organization. At first glance, it would be hard to argue with such a sweeping statement. Whether the result of malice or negligence, the  ‘human element’ featured in around 60% of data breaches over the past year, according to Verizon. A recent spate of attacks targeting corporate Salesforce instances highlights the evolving nature of the social engineering threat – and just what’s at stake. The challenge for CISOs is that insider risk is not just about negligence. Those intent on wrongdoing are usually harder to spot and exact a much heavier toll on their employer. To coincide with International Insider Threat Awareness Month, we take a look at what CISOs can do to push back the tide. – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/insider-threats-what-cisos-must/

Czech cyber agency NUKIB flags Chinese espionage risks to critical infrastructure

(Pierluigi Paganini – Security Affairs – 8 September 2025) The Czech Republic’s National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) warns of growing risks from Chinese-linked technologies in critical sectors like energy, healthcare, transport, and government. The agency warns of risks from Chinese-made devices (phones, cars, cameras, LLMs). “The penetration of these technologies and devices into critical industries (such as transport, energy, healthcare, public administration and others) is growing and will continue to grow in the future. Current critical infrastructure systems are increasingly dependent on storing and processing data in cloud storage and on network connectivity that allows remote operation and updates.” reads the statement published by NUKIB. “In practice, this means that suppliers of technological solutions have the ability to fundamentally influence the operation of critical infrastructure and/or access important data, and trust in the reliability of the supplier is therefore absolutely crucial. “. Czech agency warns of data transfers and remote asset control from China-linked threat actors. The entities under the Cyber Security Act must address the threat. – https://securityaffairs.com/181976/intelligence/czech-cyber-agency-nukib-flags-chinese-espionage-risks-to-critical-infrastructure.html

NSA, CISA and others urge for unified approach to strengthen cybersecurity resilience

(DigWatch – 8 September 2025) The National Security Agency (NSA) has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other partners to release a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) titled ‘A Shared Vision of Software Bill of Materials’ (SBOM) for Cybersecurity. Aimed at promoting the adoption of SBOM practices, the report highlights their role in improving transparency and addressing risks within the software supply chain. – https://dig.watch/updates/nsa-cisa-and-others-urge-for-unified-approach-to-strengthen-cybersecurity-resilience

Cyberfraud epicentre: Myanmar scam centres are a global cyber and humanitarian threat

(Nathan Ruser – ASPI The Strategist – 8 September 2025) Myanmar has rapidly become the global epicentre of a burgeoning cyberfraud industry, a crisis deeply interwoven with the dynamics of the post-coup conflict that has overtaken the country since 2021. This industry now poses an unprecedented global cybersecurity threat. And it isn’t just a cyber or economic problem, but a humanitarian catastrophe, reliant on human trafficking and forced labour to enable malicious scamming. This shows how conflict and transnational crime syndicates intersect to build an empire of fraud. A new ASPI report, Scamland Myanmar, reveals the explosive growth of dedicated scam compounds along the Thailand-Myanmar border since 2021, increasing from 11 dedicated compounds to 30, and being constructed at an average of 13.5 acres (around 54,000 square metres) per month for the past four years. – https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cyberfraud-epicentre-myanmar-scam-centres-are-a-global-cyber-and-humanitarian-threat/

Frontiers

What Are The Top Universities For Students Interested in AI? Study Shows Stanford, Princeton and MIT Among Leaders Driving Global AI Research

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) U.S. universities — including Stanford, Princeton, MIT, and Johns Hopkins — dominated the list of top U.S. universities for students who want to study AI. A new study by Studocu analyzed global academic output to identify the universities and countries driving the most influential AI research. The United States led with over 232,000 AI-related publications in the past four years, followed by China with 217,000 and the United Kingdom with more than 109,000. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/what-are-the-top-universities-for-students-interested-in-ai-study-shows-stanford-princeton-and-mit-among-leaders-driving-global-ai-research/

XiFin Accelerates AI-Driven RCM Future with New Growth Funding and Addition of Visionary Leader Jeff Margolis to Its Board

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) XiFin secured new growth capital led by Goldman Sachs External Investing Group and Avista Healthcare Partners, following 19% year-over-year growth driven by adoption of its AI-powered RCM platform, XiFin® Empower. The funding will accelerate innovation in revenue cycle management, unifying automation, data analytics, and AI to improve financial performance, streamline workflows, and enhance patient and provider experiences. Healthcare IT veteran Jeff Margolis, founder of TriZetto and Senior Advisor to Blackstone, has joined XiFin’s Board of Directors, bringing over 35 years of leadership in healthcare technology and AI innovation. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/xifin-accelerates-ai-driven-rcm-future-with-new-growth-funding-and-addition-of-visionary-leader-jeff-margolis-to-its-board/

Polestar Analytics Raises $12.5M to Advance AI Capabilities & 1Platform for Converged Data Ecosystem

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) Polestar Analytics has raised $12.5M in growth capital to accelerate R&D in artificial intelligence and strengthen its proprietary 1Platform for enterprise-scale analytics. The company appointed veteran telecom and tech executive Michel Combes as Chair of the Board, bringing decades of global leadership experience at firms including SoftBank, Sprint, Altice, Alcatel-Lucent, and Vodafone Europe. With fresh investment and seasoned leadership, Polestar Analytics aims to scale globally, enhance its AI capabilities, and deliver advanced data convergence and analytics solutions to enterprises worldwide. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/polestar-analytics-raises-12-5m-to-advance-ai-capabilities-1platform-for-converged-data-ecosystem/

X Square Robot Raises USD $140M in Series A+ Round Led By Alibaba Cloud

(AI Insider – 8 September 2035) X Square Robot secured nearly RMB 1 billion in Series A+ funding co-led by Alibaba Cloud and CAS Investment, marking Alibaba Cloud’s first investment in embodied AI and signaling rising strategic interest in the sector. The startup, founded in late 2023, has developed breakthroughs including the WALL-A Vision–Language–Action model with zero-shot task generalization, an embodied chain-of-thought framework, and the open-sourced WALL-OSS foundation model. Funds will accelerate training of large embodied AI models, advance hardware like the Quanta X2 humanoid robot, and expand real-world deployments across industrial and service applications. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/x-square-robot-raises-usd-140m-in-series-a-round-led-by-alibaba-cloud/

Hypershell Launches Outdoor Exoskeleton

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) Hypershell launched the X Ultra, its next-generation outdoor exoskeleton and IFA Innovation Award 2025 winner, designed to enhance human performance across hiking, running, cycling, and climbing, available globally starting today. Powered by the AI MotionEngine Ultra and new M-One Ultra Motors, the exoskeleton reduces exertion by up to 39% in cycling and 20% in walking, while offering 42,000 steps per battery and a range of 60 km with dual batteries. Featuring five intelligent modes, watchOS integration, and validation from SGS, the lightweight 1.8 kg device aims to democratize exoskeleton technology by delivering lab-verified performance in a consumer-ready form factor. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/hypershell-launches-outdoor-exoskeleton/

Perplexity For Government Launched

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) Perplexity launched Perplexity for Government, offering federal users free access to its most advanced AI models with “secure-by-default” protections that prevent government data from being used to train systems. The company also introduced Enterprise Pro for Government, a tailored version of its enterprise platform priced at $0.25 per agency for the first 15 months, with integration of both Perplexity and third-party models. The initiative aligns with the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan and GSA’s OneGov strategy, as Perplexity positions itself as a trusted AI provider for U.S. agencies amid rising pressure for secure, frontier AI adoption. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/perplexity-for-government-launched/

Living Optics Showcases Real-Time Hyperspectral Imaging on NVIDIA Jetson

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) Living Optics unveiled a real-time blood perfusion demo on NVIDIA’s Jetson platform, showcasing how its hyperspectral imaging (HSI) can distinguish oxygenated from deoxygenated blood at the edge for surgical, triage, and monitoring use. The company’s compact, software-defined platform brings lab-grade spectral vision to healthcare, robotics, food inspection, and industrial applications, while meeting the power and size constraints of real-world edge systems. Backed by $25 million in Series A funding, the Oxford spinout is expanding globally, positioning its spectral intelligence as a transformative tool for machine vision across industries from healthcare to environmental monitoring. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/living-optics-showcases-real-time-hyperspectral-imaging-on-nvidia-jetson/

U-M to Lead $19.4 Million DOE-Funded AI Project for Hypersonic Flight

(AI Insider – 8 September 2025) The University of Michigan will lead a $19.4 million Department of Energy–funded center to use artificial intelligence for solving complex physics problems, with applications in hypersonic flight. The Center for Prediction, Reasoning and Intelligence for Multiphysics Exploration (C-PRIME) will develop AI agents that build trustworthy physics models, run simulations on supercomputers, and support the design of rotating detonation combustors. The project involves 13 Michigan investigators, partners from Princeton University, and collaborations with Sandia, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/08/u-m-to-lead-19-4-million-doe-funded-ai-project-for-hypersonic-flight/

Quantum Leaders: Quantum is Moving From Lab to The Marketplace

(Quantum Insider – 8 September 2025) Quantum computing is moving from research into commercial use, with experts emphasizing it will complement rather than replace classical high-performance computing. Panelists from Fujitsu, Oxford Instruments, Quantinuum, and D-Wave highlighted early applications including error-corrected qubits, cryogenic infrastructure, verifiable randomness for cybersecurity, and annealing for optimization. The discussion stressed that adoption depends on hybrid integration, accessibility, and education, with the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology aiming to raise awareness and reduce skepticism. – https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/09/08/quantum-leaders-quantum-is-moving-from-lab-to-the-marketplace/

Superradiance Discovery Extends Quantum Entanglement Range 17-Fold

(Quantum Insider – 7 September 2025) Researchers from the University of Namur, Harvard, Michigan Technological University, and Sparrow Quantum have shown that near-zero refractive index materials enable long-range quantum superradiance, advancing prospects for scalable quantum technologies. Their theoretical model demonstrates a photonic chip that can extend entanglement between emitters up to 17 times farther than in a vacuum, using nitrogen vacancy diamonds. The work suggests practical applications in quantum computing, secure telecommunications, and advanced sensing, while highlighting the need to move from simulations to experimental realizations. – https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/09/07/superradiance-discovery-extends-quantum-entanglement-range-17-fold/

Ronovo Surgical Closes Series D Financing

(AI Insider – 6 September 2025) Ronovo Surgical closed a $67 million Series D financing round led by Johnson & Johnson’s JJDC, with participation from Lilly Asia Ventures, INCE Capital, and Granite Asia, bringing its 2025 fundraising total to over $100 million. The company signed a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Medical (Shanghai) to expand access to Carina™, its flagship modular robotic surgery platform, in select China markets alongside Johnson & Johnson MedTech technologies. Carina™ became the first modular surgical robotic system approved by China’s NMPA across four specialties and is now advancing global expansion with regulatory submissions in Europe and South America. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/06/ronovo-surgical-closes-series-d-financing/

Why Do Language Models Hallucinate? OpenAI Scientists Say LLMs Rewarded For Being Too Cocky

(AI Insider – 6 September 2025) An OpenAI team of scientists report that language models hallucinate because their training and evaluation processes reward confident guesses over admitting uncertainty. Hallucinations are predictable statistical errors that arise during pretraining and persist because benchmarks penalize responses that express doubt. Fixing the problem requires changing mainstream evaluations to credit uncertainty, aligning incentives toward more trustworthy AI systems. – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/09/06/why-do-language-models-hallucinate-openai-scientists-say-llms-rewarded-for-being-too-cocky/