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Clark raises $11M to put AI 'Clerks' to work on company audits

New York startup Clark raised an $11M seed round led by Touring Capital for Clerks, AI agents that do audit work for CPA firms, backed by a guarantee.

KLA Q1: The More Complex Chips Become, The More Valuable KLA Gets (Upgrade)

KLA Corporation Q1 beat estimates and raised guidance as AI chip demand boosts growth. Click for this KLAC stock earnings update.

Businesses Are Starting to Pay for AI Agents: 4 Stocks Building in the Space (CHGA, META, CRM, NOW)

Change Agents recently announced the commercial launch of Beacon, a subscription-based agentic generative search optimization platform designed to help small businesses improve their visibility across five leading AI assistants: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, and Claude.

OpenAI says its AI is getting better at doing things humans do, like shopping and meal planning

OpenAI on Monday announced a new internal tool for assessing how AI handles tasks like these, along with research on how its own models performed.

Before You Deploy an AI Agent, Try to Break It

Building effective AI agents requires governance from day one, with clear boundaries, rigorous testing, data protection, and human oversight.

AI model tracker: latest Claude, GPT and Gemini models

Track the latest AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, with model names checked against each company's official documentation.

AI Agent Plugin Backdoor Steals Credentials Without a Model Tool Call

AI chip shortage split 2026 camera market: Buy compact now, wait on full-frame mirrorless

Camera shipments 2026 data from CIPA confirms a structural market split driven by AI memory chip shortages: compact cameras grew 15.3% year-over-year as interchangeable-lens volumes fell 9.3%, Fujifilm has already raised Japan prices by 23%,

Google's space AI is online and writing poetry

Google's space AI is online and writing poetry - Project Suncatcher prototype is part of growing race to place artificial intelligence in orbit

The Rise of LLMJacking: How Threat Actors Monetize Compromised Cloud and Model Resources

Mandiant reveals how LLMJacking attacks cost victims hundreds of thousands in fraudulent cloud bills, with underground markets targeting LLM credentials.