Vance Ai

Microsoft dismantled EvilTokens, an AI-assisted platform that automated account takeovers and compromised approximately 12,000 user credentials. The disruption demonstrates how generative AI lowers the technical barrier for large-scale cyberattacks, reinforcing the need for advanced authentication defenses.

Security • Ars Technica AI

Morphotonics • Series B

Netherlands-based deeptech company Morphotonics raised more than €40 million in Series B funding to scale its manufacturing technology for AI glasses, augmented reality waveguides, and advanced photonics. The company is addressing a manufacturing bottleneck for AI devices.

Anthropic's Claude AI discovered a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats, according to a new life sciences research group at Anthropic. The system was identified from DNA datasets with only high-level direction, and the team is testing it in the lab. This marks a significant advance in AI-driven biological discovery.

Research • Hacker News

Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, adding a real-time interactive avatar to its AI assistant. The release advances Google's push toward more conversational, multimodal AI interfaces.

AI Models • Google DeepMind