OpenAI reversed ChatGPT's latest update Tuesday after users complained about the AI's strange behavior. The bot had started agreeing with everything - even dangerous ideas.
Jeff Bezos just showed everyone how to dance with Donald Trump. Their Tuesday tango started with threats and ended with compliments - all before dinner time.
Meta launched an AI app that uses your Facebook and Instagram history to personalize responses from day one. Built on their Llama 4 model, the app transforms years of social media data into an AI that claims to understand your preferences, habits, and interests.
Swap, a London-based startup founded in 2022, just secured $40 million in Series B funding to streamline e-commerce operations.
The platform consolidates everything from cross-border shipping to inventory forecasting into one system, saving online retailers from juggling multiple service providers.
The company serves brands making between $5M and $100M in revenue, including fashion labels Nadine Merabi and The Frankie Shop. With AI tools powered by Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT, Swap helps predict inventory trends and handles complex tasks like international tax calculations.
ICONIQ Growth led the round, with QED Investors and others joining in. The funding will fuel Swap's international expansion, with new offices planned across Australia, Europe, Canada, and the US.
Why this matters:
While competitors offer piecemeal solutions, Swap is betting that retailers would rather have one Swiss Army knife than a drawer full of single-purpose tools
The e-commerce back-end is finally getting its "there's an app for that" moment – just one app, not twenty
Benchmark just placed a massive bet on Chinese AI startup Manus, leading a $75 million funding round that values the company at half a billion dollars. Not bad for a startup whose AI agents sometimes crash while ordering takeout.
A new tool helps catch data mistakes before they mess up AI systems. Recce, which makes data review tools, just raised $4 million and launched a cloud platform to help teams spot problems early.
Venture capital firms are hitting pause on new investments, reports Lauren Goode at WIRED. The reason? Donald Trump's erratic trade policies have thrown Silicon Valley into a cold sweat.
