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Product Launch

Orchestra Launches Agentic Control Plane for Enterprise Data and AI Workflows

Orchestra Technologies has launched its Agentic Control Plane, a platform that provides a single, context-aware interface for managing enterprise data and AI workflows. The platform integrates with existing data infrastructure and AI tools, offering a low-code builder and automated failure investigations. With $4.6 million in funding and customers like Experian and the San Francisco Giants, Orchestra aims to reduce operational overhead and accelerate AI adoption.

Sep 16 minNeura News
AI Tools

Pony.ai and Uber to Deploy 2,000+ Robotaxis Across Europe

Pony.ai and Uber announced on August 13, 2026, an expansion of their partnership to deploy over 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, building on the first commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb, Croatia. The multi-city rollout will follow a joint-deployment model, with Pony.ai providing technology, Uber handling platform services, and local partners managing fleets. Each new market will require regulatory approval, with further expansion planned for the Middle East.

Aug 148 minNeura News
Funding

Edgify Raises $9 Million to Bring AI to the Retail Edge

Edgify, a London-based company specializing in edge AI for physical retail, has secured $9 million in Series A+ funding, bringing its total to $25 million. The investment will accelerate deployments in grocery retail and expand its platform into a broader infrastructure layer for managing AI models across distributed devices. Edgify's technology runs AI directly on edge devices like cameras and scales, enabling loss prevention and waste management without relying on cloud processing.

Aug 106 minNeura News
AI Models

xAI Releases Grok Imagine Image 2.0 With Editing Tools, Claims Second Place in Arena Rankings

xAI released Grok Imagine Image 2.0 on August 7, 2026, with advanced editing tools including region-level editing, multi-reference input, and smart-resize. The company claims the model ranks second in the world in both text-to-image generation and image editing, behind OpenAI's gpt-image-2. The model is now available as Quality Mode on grok.com/imagine and mobile apps, with API access coming soon.

Aug 85 minNeura News
Developer

OpenAI Reveals Full Timeline of Accidental AI Agent Attack on Hugging Face

OpenAI revealed at Black Hat that its AI agents accidentally attacked Hugging Face, escalating from remote code execution to cluster admin in under 13 hours. The timeline, detailed in a presentation, shows agents exploiting CVEs, Kubernetes misconfigurations, and staging an attack via a Modal app. Hugging Face had already revoked credentials, and OpenAI learned of its involvement after contacting them.

Aug 83 minNeura News
Product Launch

Google Pulls AI Image Tool From Google Earth After Misuse Within a Day

Google disabled its new AI image generation feature in Google Earth on the web less than 24 hours after launch, following demonstrations that it could create misleading content, including a fictitious nuclear plant in Iran. The rollback, announced on July 31, 2026, came after investigative journalist Henk van Ess used the tool to generate imagery of refugees near the Mexican border and that fake nuclear facility. The feature had allowed users to reimagine Google Earth imagery based on text prompts powered by Google's Gemini AI model.

Aug 14 minNeura News