AI News Archive: April 28, 2026 — Part 12
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- Facial recognition data is a key to your identity. If stolen, you can't just change the locks
A woman strolls into a grocery store, thinking about grabbing some apples. Before she even reaches the produce aisle, a security camera has scanned her face. Whether the system is checking for shoplifters or simply logging her arrival, her face has joined a digital ledger, a trace she can't easily erase. Retailers, banks, airports, stadiums and office buildings are doing the same.
- Stockholm’s Redpine raises €6.8 million to unlock licensed premium data for AI agents
Redpine, a Stockholm-based AI startup, has raised €6.8M in Seed funding to power AI companies and agents with access to licensed, high-quality and multimodal data, securely and at scale. The round was led by NordicNinja, with participation from fellow Nordic firms Luminar Ventures and node.vc. Alongside the Seed funding, Redpine has received investment from strategic […] The post Stockholm’s Redpine raises €6.8 million to unlock licensed premium data for AI agents appeared first on EU-Startups .
- Amazon Earnings Preview: AI Momentum In Focus, But This Number Could Be 'Messy'
Amazon stock is picking up strength as the tech giant prepares to report its first-quarter results late Wednesday. The post Amazon Earnings Preview: AI Momentum In Focus, But This Number Could Be 'Messy' appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
- Redpine secures €6.8M to power AI with premium data
Swedish AI company Redpine hasraised €6.8 million in a seed funding round led by NordicNinja, withparticipation from Luminar Ventures and node.vc. The investment will supportthe company’s internationa...
- Amazon Connect’s second act: From contact center to agentic AI suite
It has been just under a decade since Amazon Web Services Inc. launched Amazon Connect, taking its own internal contact center-as-a-service solution and commercialized it. At the time, there were many doubts about whether it could succeed in a mature market with several established vendors. The company loaded Connect up with artificial intelligence features long before AI […] The post Amazon Connect’s second act: From contact center to agentic AI suite appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
GitHub says it can no longer absorb "escalating inference cost" from it heaviest AI users.
- Why all eyes are on AI spending at Microsoft and Amazon
Amazon and Microsoft report earnings at the same time on Wednesday. What does Wall Street want to see?
- Startup Lovelace targets contextual AI engine at mission-critical use cases
Lovelace AI Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today with an approach to enterprise artificial intelligence that it says is necessary for high-stakes decision-making, particularly in environments where errors can have significant consequences. At the core of the company’s approach is a “context engine” builder called Elemental that’s designed to sit between AI agents and […] The post Startup Lovelace targets contextual AI engine at mission-critical use cases appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Kaseya shifts from AI ‘insights’ to autonomous action with new agentic platform
Kaseya shifts from AI ‘insights’ to autonomous action with new agentic platform IT Pro
- Iran parades armed women in streets as questions over AI videos grow
Videos emerging on social media from Iran appear to show armed Iranian women parading with IRGC in several cities in an upsurge of nationalist and religious fervour, dubbed as a “jihad of women”, but some clips spark AI editing doubts and remain unverified.
- Amazon AWS launches AI-powered office tools to challenge Microsoft and Salesforce
The move signals Amazon.com Inc.’s growing focus on AI-driven applications beyond cloud infrastructure
- SAS expands agentic AI and governance capabilities with broad platform updates
SAS Institute Inc. is using its SAS Innovate conference this week to introduce a sweeping set of product updates aimed at helping enterprises operationalize artificial intelligence with stronger governance, integrated data management and expanded agentic AI capabilities. The announcements center on a new governance layer, enhancements to the SAS Viya platform and a growing portfolio […] The post SAS expands agentic AI and governance capabilities with broad platform updates appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- AWS accelerates enterprise agentic automation with expanded Amazon Connect portfolio
Amazon Web Services Inc. is moving agentic artificial intelligence up the software stack with the launch today of an expanded Amazon Connect portfolio, which has evolved into four distinct offerings that aim to automate complex, industry-specific workflows. The expansion effectively rebrands the original Amazon Connect cloud contact center service into Amazon Connect Customer AI, while […] The post AWS accelerates enterprise agentic automation with expanded Amazon Connect portfolio appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Here’s your first look at Google’s upcoming ‘Proactive Assistance’ feature for Gemini
The new feature will make Gemini better at anticipating your needs and provide help even before you ask for it.
- Freepik rebrands as Magnific, unifying its AI creative stack as enterprise and “no-collar” growth accelerates
Freepik today announced its relaunch as Magnific, a new identity that confirms its transformation into the world’s most comprehensive AI creative platform, set against the backdrop of a new creative i...
- Amazon's cloud unit is launching AI software to conduct job interviews and manage supply chains
Amazon Web Services packaged its own hiring and logistics expertise into 2 new products called Connect Talent and Connect Decisions
- Google Signs Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Backlash
The agreement reportedly allows the U.S. military to use Google’s AI models for classified work including 'any lawful government purpose.'
- Google Gemini Proactive Assistance Handles Tasks Before You Ask for Them
Google Gemini Proactive Assistance Handles Tasks Before You Ask for Them PCMag Australia
- A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left
“THE PUBLIC TRUST HAS BEEN VIOLATED." The post A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left appeared first on Futurism .
- OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS
OpenAI GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available on AWS, enabling enterprises to build secure AI in their AWS environments.
- Amazon targets mass hiring with agentic software, goal to humanize AI
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- Aexa Aerospace® and SpacePort Australia® Work together to create the world’s first deductive medical AI
Aexa Aerospace® and SpacePort Australia® Work together to create the world’s first deductive medical AI The Arizona Republic
- UAE students build AI tools to predict heart attacks, prevent amputations
UAE students build AI tools to predict heart attacks, prevent amputations
- AWS brings OpenAI’s AI models and Codex programming assistant to its cloud
Amazon Web Services Inc. today made OpenAI Group PBC’s large language models available on its cloud platform. The algorithms are accessible through Amazon Bedrock alongside Codex, the ChatGPT developer’s programming assistant. In addition, AWS is rolling out a new offering called Bedrock Managed Agents. It’s designed to ease the task of building OpenAI-powered AI agents. “This […] The post AWS brings OpenAI’s AI models and Codex programming assistant to its cloud appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future Boston Herald
- OpenAI is bringing its AI models and coding agent to Amazon's cloud platform
AWS customers can access OpenAI's latest models and its Codex coding agent through Amazon Bedrock, initially in limited preview
- Japan Airlines to test humanoid robots for airport ground handling work
Japan Airlines to test humanoid robots for airport ground handling work The Japan Times
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future The Mercury News
- Musk and Altman show up for trial that could reshape AI
The bickering billionaires' early-morning appearances foreshadow what could be a dramatic start to a legal drama that is expected to be brimming with intrigue and potentially embarrassing details about the two tech moguls.
- What to know about how a suspect in the killing of two Florida students used ChatGPT
Prosecutors have revealed that a suspect in the deaths of two University of South Florida students asked ChatGPT about body disposal
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future Inquirer.com
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future The Denver Post
- What to know about how a suspect in the killing of two Florida students used ChatGPT
What to know about how a suspect in the killing of two Florida students used ChatGPT Toronto Star
- OpenAI's latest AI models, Codex now available on Amazon Bedrock
A day after the ChatGPT creator loosened its ties with Microsoft.
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future
Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, world’s richest man and OpenAI’s cofounder, took the stand Tuesday in a high-stakes trial revolving around a bitter feud between himself and former friends Sam Altman and Greg Brockman that could reshape the future development of artificial intelligence.
- Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon announced what it called a "major expansion" of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft.
- Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen Boston Herald
- Sevii Launches Cyber Swarm Defense to Make Agentic AI Security Costs Predictable
Agentic AI can be expensive to use, causing further and unpredictable pressure on tight budgets. The post Sevii Launches Cyber Swarm Defense to Make Agentic AI Security Costs Predictable appeared first on SecurityWeek .
- OpenAI Models, Codex Now Available in AWS Bedrock
OpenAI Models, Codex Now Available in AWS Bedrock The Information
- Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment
Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages Japan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff at Tokyo’s Haneda airport – although their new colleagues will need to take regular recharging breaks. Japan Airlines will introduce humanoid robots on a trial basis from the beginning of May, with a view to deploying them permanently as a solution to the country’s chronic labour shortage . Continue reading...
- Move Over, Anthropic: Google Signs Deal to Supply Pentagon With Gemini AI for Classified Work
Anthropic and the Department of Defense had a blow-up over military use of AI. Now Google has stepped into the fray.
- Google Signs A.I. Deal With the Pentagon
The Pentagon has also signed deals for using A.I. on classified networks with OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, amid a dispute with Anthropic.
- Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon announced what it called a “major expansion” of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft
- Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen Houston Chronicle
- Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon announced what it called a “major expansion” of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft.
- Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen San Francisco Chronicle
- Amazon tells its engineers to avoid the 'bleeding edge' in new 6-point AI adoption guidelines
Amazon is formalizing AI integration into its engineering culture with six AI-native tenets. The guidelines aims to optimize AI use without compromising on understanding or traceability.
- Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen Toronto Star
- LSL CPAs Selects Fieldguide to Transform Financial Audit Delivery with AI-Powered Platform
LSL CPAs Selects Fieldguide to Transform Financial Audit Delivery with AI-Powered Platform Toronto Star