AI and National Security: The New Battlefield

Artificial intelligence is changing how nations protect themselves. It has become essential for cybersecurity, weapon development, border control, and even public discourse. While it offers significant strategic benefits, it also introduces many risks. This article examines how AI is reshaping security, the current outcomes, and the…

Hirundo Raises $8M to Tackle AI Hallucinations with Machine Unlearning

Hirundo, the first startup dedicated to machine unlearning, has raised $8 million in seed funding to address some of the most pressing challenges in artificial intelligence: hallucinations, bias, and embedded data vulnerabilities. The round was led by Maverick Ventures Israel with participation from SuperSeed, Alpha Intelligence…

The AI blockchain: What is it really?

Artificial intelligence needs no introduction, driving new innovation and transforming the way people work. But the adoption of AI and our increasing reliance on it also raises questions about the centralised nature of the infrastructure it runs on, and the risks that poses. Cryptocurrencies have taught…

Magistral: Mistral AI challenges big tech with reasoning model

Mistral AI has pulled back the curtain on Magistral, their first model specifically built for reasoning tasks. Magistral arrives in two flavours: a 24B parameter open-source version called Magistral Small that anyone can tinker with, and a beefier enterprise edition, Magistral Medium, aimed at commercial applications…

OpenAI’s second largest paying market gets its own office: The South Korean story

When ChatGPT’s user base exploded from 980,000 to over 10 million in South Korea within a year—an eleven-fold increase that outpaced growth in any other market—OpenAI’s executives knew they had discovered something extraordinary. This wasn’t just viral adoption; it was a powerful market signal that drove the company to fast-track…

TSMC reports record AI chip demand amid Trump tariff uncertainty

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) finds itself at the centre of a perfect storm: unprecedented AI chip demand that it cannot fully satisfy, escalating trade tensions that threaten its business model, and geopolitical risks that expose the fragility of global semiconductor supply chains. Speaking at TSMC’s…

Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping user data to train AI

Reddit is taking Anthropic to court, accusing the artificial intelligence company of pulling user content from the platform without permission and using it to train its Claude AI models. The lawsuit, filed in a California state court, claims Anthropic made more than 100,000 unauthorised requests to…