Author: Advanced AI Editor
French tech startup Mistral AI recently closed one of the largest fundraising rounds in the history of European tech, raising $2 billion from the who’s who of investors. The Series C round values the company at $14 billion, more than doubling its valuation this year so far and making it Europe’s largest rival to US titans OpenAI and Anthropic. The investment round is an intriguing tale of shifting dynamics in the international world of AI. ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment company, spearheaded the effort with an enormous €1.3 billion investment of approximately $1.5 billion, becoming the biggest single shareholder with…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Restrictive immigration policies are limiting multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) ability to execute on innovation demands. Growing restrictions on the movement of highly skilled professionals across international borders make it challenging for MNEs to assemble co-located teams with the expertise required for specialized innovation. New research in MIT Sloan Management Review introduces four approaches to rethink R&D strategies in order to maintain innovation excellence when talent is geographically dispersed. Four Strategies to Manage Innovation Across Geographical Boundaries Data shows that 1,786 U.S.-based MNE units applied for visas to bring foreign knowledge workers to the U.S. from…
The NFL is reshaping how professional football is played, managed and experienced through data. At the core of this shift is a unified data ecosystem — centralizing collection, storage and usage to accelerate decision-making, deliver sharper insights and fuel continuous innovation. By adopting a unified data ecosystem, the league has modernized operations end to end. The approach is advancing on-field performance, strengthening player safety, streamlining management, personalizing fan engagement and driving commercial success, according to Joe Steinke (pictured), senior director of data management at NFL Enterprises LLC. NFL’s Joe Steinke (right) talks with theCUBE’s Rob Strechay about how a unified…
Oura CEO Tom Hale is trying to set the record straight about the smart ring maker’s partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) and data miner Palantir, which is used by defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies in the United States and elsewhere. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference on Monday, Hale’s interview started off with a bang with his outright denial that the company was sharing user data with the government. “There was a lot of misinformation about this,” he said, referring to the numerous influencer-driven reports that led to a viral backlash against the health tracker. Oura’s rings…
NEW YORK, N.Y. and HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A revolutionary AI video generation platform, LumeFlow AI, is here to transform how creators produce content. Built for the era of viral social media AI video, LumeFlow AI quickly turns static images and text into dynamic, high-quality videos in seconds with just a few clicks. It’s the ultimate tool for anyone who wants to create viral clips, animated stories, or professional product videos without needing complex editing skills.WHAT MAKES LUMEFLOW AI STAND OUTkAm{F>6u=@H px 😀 >@C6 E92? ;FDE 2? px G:56@ 86?6C2E@C – :E’D 2 4C62E:G6 A@H6C9@FD6] (92E…
NEW YORK, N.Y. and HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A revolutionary AI video generation platform, LumeFlow AI, is here to transform how creators produce content. Built for the era of viral social media AI video, LumeFlow AI quickly turns static images and text into dynamic, high-quality videos in seconds with just a few clicks. It’s the ultimate tool for anyone who wants to create viral clips, animated stories, or professional product videos without needing complex editing skills.WHAT MAKES LUMEFLOW AI STAND OUTkAm{F>6u=@H px 😀 >@C6 E92? ;FDE 2? px G:56@ 86?6C2E@C – :E’D 2 4C62E:G6 A@H6C9@FD6] (92E…
HR teams are reprioritizing performance management, according to a new report from Lattice, which happens to be a performance management and engagement platform.Performance management displaced employee engagement as the top priority for the first time in six years, according to the 2026 State of People Strategy Report released Wednesday.“If you do a look back, there’s been so much fluctuation between priorities and [the] state of business between, Covid: send everybody home, bring everybody back; be woke, don’t be woke. There’s been this whiplash effect, and what we’re seeing now is stabilization into the back-to-business basics,” Lattice CEO Sarah Franklin told…
In today’s digital landscape, video content dominates with a staggering 82% of all internet traffic. Yet, content creators and digital marketers face unprecedented challenges in producing high-quality video content at the pace demanded by modern platforms. Traditional video production methods often require extensive resources, technical expertise, and time-consuming workflows that can bottleneck content strategies. Enter AI video generators – revolutionary tools that are reshaping how we approach content creation. These innovative solutions leverage artificial intelligence to transform the video production process, offering a perfect blend of efficiency and creative potential. By automating complex editing tasks and providing intelligent content optimization,…
It turns out Google isn’t planning on making AI Mode the default for Google search anytime soon, but it came with news of more AI slop coming. This all came from rumors that started swirling after a comment from one of the company’s own product leads, who works with Google AI. The reporting started when Logan Kilpatrick, the lead product manager for Google AI Studio, responded to a user’s suggestion that AI Mode should be the default for search. The user posted on Twitter/X, saying, “It must be the default. I know it’s scary, but one more click means infinity.”…
Football—or, for Americans, soccer—has lately traded its stadium roots for streetwear cachet. Designers from Martine Rose to Demna have folded jerseys and cleats into their collections, while “blokecore” has made its way into the wardrobes of Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber. Now Nike is leaning in, reviving its early-2000s Total 90 line and inviting artists and collectives to reinterpret the jersey. The newst contribution comes from Anne Imhof, the German artist whose sprawling performances fuse music, film, and choreography. For her first brand collaboration, Imhof translated the warring “houses” from Doom: House of Hope—her Park Avenue Armory project earlier this year—into rival shirts:…