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• SkyfireAI meraih pendanaan sebesar $11 juta untuk memajukan otonomi berbasis AI pada drone keamanan publik dan pertahanan, yang diumumkan minggu ini di tengah melonjaknya investasi AI. • Pendanaan tersebut mendukung pengembangan teknologi drone otonom yang dirancang khusus untuk misi kritis, memposisikan startup ini dalam aplikasi pertahanan berisiko tinggi. • Hal ini mencerminkan melonjaknya kepercayaan investor terhadap integrasi perangkat keras AI, menyusul pendapatan Big Tech yang didorong oleh pengeluaran AI dari Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, dan Meta.

• SkyfireAI Inc., a US-based autonomous drone startup, raised $11 million in new funding to advance dual-use technology. • The investment targets AI autonomy for public safety, defense, and commercial drone applications. • This funding accelerates development amid rising demand for intelligent unmanned systems in critical sectors.

Corporation welcomes three-year settlement as it continues to push for government to take on all of service’s costsThe BBC World Service will be given increased government funding as part of a three-year deal after ministers concluded it was needed to counter the rise of global disinformation.The Guardian understands that Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has agreed an additional £11m a year for the next three years on the government’s grant to the service. Continue reading...