Cybersecurity
Anthropic Says Claude Outperforms Human Teams in Some Cybersecurity Tasks
In one example, the model cracked a malware task in 38 minutes, while human experts might take an hour.
The Left Shift Bureau
AI News
OpenAI’s Sora Becomes No. 1 App on U.S. App Store Within Days of Launch
Sora recorded 56,000 downloads on day one and 164,000 installs within its first two days (September 30–October 1)
Acquisition
OpenAI Acquires AI Finance App Roi to Bolster Personalisation Push
Roi CEO and co-founder Sujith Vishwajith announced the deal on social media.
AI Models
IBM Launches Granite 4.0 Hybrid AI Models
Granite 4.0 is the first open model family to earn ISO 42001 certification for AI governance, privacy, and accountability.
AI Startups
Writesonic Launches GEO Platform in India to Boost AI Visibility for Businesses
The platform is designed to help brands track how they appear in AI-powered search platforms.
Quantum
Google Accelerates Quantum Ambitions with Atlantic Quantum Acquisition
This integration addresses one of the industry's significant challenges: reducing noise and improving coherence times in quantum systems.
Data Centre
Two Largest Memory Chip Producers Join Stargate Initiative
The partnerships aim to scale advanced memory chip production and expand data centre capacity in Korea.
Funding
Neo4j Commits $100 Mn to Power Agentic AI Systems with Graph Technology
Neo4j unveiled Aura Agent, now in preview, which lets enterprises build and deploy AI agents directly on their data using graph retrieval-augmented generation.
AI Startups
Perplexity Makes Comet Browser Available Worldwide — Free for All Users
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas framed the move as part of a mission to make a better internet accessible to everyone.
AI News
Tenable Uncovers ‘Gemini Trifecta’ Vulnerabilities in Google’s AI Suite
In Gemini Cloud Assist, attackers could plant poisoned log entries, which later triggered hidden malicious instructions.
Developer's Corner
Google Brings On-Device GenAI to Chrome, Chromebook Plus, and Pixel Watch via LiteRT-LM
LiteRT-LM has already supported wide deployment of Gemini Nano and Gemma models inside Google products.
AI News
Udemy Report Highlights Soaring Demand for AI Skills in India
The findings show a staggering 1,526% surge in Prompt Engineering skills among Udemy learners in India.