Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off

Toward More Controllable AI Video Editing: An Early Research Exploration at Netflix

Netflix giới thiệu hai mô hình chỉnh sửa video AI giai đoạn đầu là Vera và VOID. Vera sử dụng mô hình diffusion phân lớp, chỉ tái tạo vùng chỉnh sửa (kèm alpha matte) thay vì toàn bộ clip, bảo toàn nội dung chưa chỉnh sửa. VOID chuyên xóa vật thể trong video với kỹ thuật inpainting hợp lý vật lý, tái tạo cảnh thực tế khi vật thể bị loại bỏ. Cả hai mô hình đều vượt trội so với các phương pháp hiện có trong nghiên cứu.

Lập trình viên muốn phát triển các giải pháp AI tiên tiến trong xử lý video nên tham khảo để hiểu cách thiết kế mô hình hiệu quả như Vera và VOID, từ kiến trúc đặc biệt đến kỹ thuật điều khiển chi tiết để nâng cao chất lượng và tính khả thi của các ứng dụng AI video trong tương lai.

Europe’s Crypto Reset Is Underway as Venga Joins the First Wave of MiCA-Approved Firms

Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) has replaced fragmented national crypto licensing with a single EU-wide framework. Of over 3,000 previously registered firms, only 244 had secured authorization by May 2026. Barcelona-based Venga is among the first wave, receiving CASP authorization from Spain's CNMV, granting it passporting rights across all 27 EU member states. Even major players like Binance failed to meet the deadline and are winding down EU services. MiCA requires firms to demonstrate compliance across governance, capital adequacy, cybersecurity, and customer protection, with ongoing supervision thereafter. The regulation is expected to accelerate industry consolidation while raising consumer protection standards, though critics warn it may disadvantage smaller startups.

MDOTM raises $27M for its AI wealth-management platform

London-based MDOTM has raised $27M in a growth-equity round led by Expedition Growth Capital, bringing total funding to $36.5M. The company sells an AI platform called Sphere to banks and asset managers, which now supports over $100B in assets across 60+ institutions including Morgan Stanley, Amundi, and Zurich Bank. Sphere automates the tedious middle-office work of portfolio rebalancing, aligning portfolios with house views, and generating client reports via a generative AI layer called StoryFolio. The funding will support hiring and expansion into US and European markets. The company operates under FCA oversight and emphasizes human control and AI explainability to satisfy regulatory requirements.

Europe Launches Quantum Skills Academy to Expand Workforce Development

The European Commission has officially launched three digital skills academies covering Quantum, Generative AI, and Virtual Worlds, representing one of Europe's largest coordinated workforce development efforts. The European Quantum Academy (EQA) launches with €19.8 million in funding, 70 partner institutions, and over 100 affiliated organizations, targeting at least 600 trained quantum professionals and 5,000 learners through six regional hubs. The initiative aims to distribute quantum talent development across all EU member states, not just established tech hubs. Alongside the academy launches, the European Digital Skills Awards 2026 recognized five initiatives advancing AI literacy, digital inclusion, cybersecurity education for children, women in ICT, and research data management.

AI shopping beat search on Prime Day, rattling Amazon

During Prime Day 2026, AI chatbot referrals outperformed all other traffic sources in purchase conversion rates for the first time, with AI-referred shoppers 40% more likely to buy than those from search, email, or social. Adobe Analytics data shows generative-AI traffic to US retail sites nearly doubled year-on-year on day one, and AI-referred traffic rose 393% in Q1. This shift threatens Amazon's core model, which depends on being the starting point for product discovery. If shoppers begin their journey with ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity, the discovery layer — and its ad revenue — moves to AI firms. Amazon is responding with Alexa+ and Rufus, but general-purpose chatbots are already handling top-of-funnel discovery. The piece also notes that most retail sites remain poorly machine-readable, and that OpenAI is entering the advertising business, potentially positioning chatbots as full marketplaces.

Book Review: Fake Creativity by Blake Loch

A book review of 'Fake Creativity' by Blake Loch, a self-published novel exploring an author's paranoid descent as he believes an AI is plagiarising his work. The story raises questions about whether AI can replicate genuine human creativity and what it means to prove authorship. The reviewer notes the novel contains an AI-generated novel-within-a-novel as a deliberate stylistic contrast, and predicts AI anxiety will become a common literary theme much like pandemic allegories.

Lumo 2.0: Proton's Private Alternative to ChatGPT and Claude Just Got Better

Lumo 2.0 của Proton bổ sung bộ nhớ do người dùng kiểm soát, cải tiến tìm kiếm web theo thời gian thực, khả năng phân tích/chỉnh sửa/tạo ảnh, cùng hai phiên bản mô hình (Lite và Max). Mặc dù web search và bộ nhớ hoạt động tốt, nhưng tính năng render văn bản trong ảnh vẫn gặp lỗi đáng kể. Phiên bản này có sẵn miễn phí cho khách truy cập, cùng các gói trả phí (Lumo Plus, Lumo for Business) và mã nguồn mobile app trên GitHub.

Lumo 2.0 là một công cụ AI riêng tư mới, đặc biệt phù hợp với lập trình viên muốn kiểm soát dữ liệu cá nhân và thử nghiệm các tính năng tiên tiến như xử lý nhớ, tìm kiếm web thực thời và xử lý hình ảnh—đặc biệt khi cần so sánh với các AI công cộng như ChatGPT hoặc Claude mà họ đã quen thuộc.