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Spark profit masks underlying weakness
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- August 21, 2026
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Spark’s profit surged in the 2026 financial year, but adjusted earnings fell as the telco restructures its business and shifts towards mobile.
Concern as number of laws rushed through parliament surges
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- August 3, 2026
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Labour says it’s too much, National says it’s all reasonable use. Should the parliament rules be changed? This story was originally published on RNZ The coalition government has passed more legislation in one term under urgency than any other parliament in recent history, according to records dating back to 2008, raising concerns public scrutiny of […]
New benchmark confirms AI models still perform poorly at visual perception
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- August 15, 2026
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Moonshot AI’s PerceptionBench tests how well multimodal AI models can actually “see,” separate from logical reasoning. No frontier model reaches 60 percent accuracy, and GPT-5.6 Sol leads by a narrow margin. Many supposed reasoning errors actually happen as early as the image-reading stage. The article New benchmark confirms AI models still perform poorly at visual […]
Snorkel AI Raises $350M Series E at $3.5B Valuation as Demand for AI Training Data Surges
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- September 23, 2026
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Snorkel AI, which helps AI labs and enterprises build training datasets and simulated environments, has raised a $350 million Series E at a $3.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Insight Partners and S32, with existing investors Addition, Lightspeed, Greylock, GV and Wells Fargo participating. The valuation is nearly triple the $1.3 billion the […]