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• SkyfireAI arrecadou US$ 11 milhões em financiamento para avançar a autonomia impulsionada por IA em drones de segurança pública e defesa, anunciado esta semana em meio ao boom de investimentos em IA. • O financiamento apoia o desenvolvimento de tecnologias de drones autônomos adaptadas para missões críticas, posicionando a startup em aplicações de defesa de alto risco. • Isso reflete a crescente confiança dos investidores em integrações de hardware de IA, após lucros de Big Techs impulsionados por gastos em IA de Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft e 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...