ALAN buys TANEL to establish itself in West Africa
ALAN acquires TANEL, a digital health company founded in 2021 and present in Senegal and Ivory Coast, for an undisclosed amount. This first African establishment should allow the French insurer to deploy its platform in a regional health insurance market estimated by the company at nearly 600 million euros, with annual growth of around 10%. Co-founders Mouhamed Ndoye and Makhtar Diop will continue to manage local activities.
New York bans AI for 600,000 students until high school
New York public schools, the largest school system in the United States, will ban the use of AI for approximately 600,000 elementary and middle school students; in high school, it will only be authorized in certain cases. No individual screens will be allowed before the third year of primary school, while recommended screen time in middle school will be capped at 45 minutes per day and companion chatbots will be banned at all levels. Teachers will be able to use AI to prepare their lessons or translate content, but not to grade, decide on a class passage or advise a student in crisis. Among the most restrictive in the country, the policy nevertheless retains exceptions for certain approved software, students with disabilities or those learning English.
META launches Muse Voice Transcribe, its real-time transcription model
META launches Muse Voice Transcribe, a model capable of transcribing a live audio stream, distinguishing more than 20 speakers and automatically detecting the end of each speech. Trained on more than 70 languages, including 25 validated at launch, it accepts language changes within the same sentence and dynamically adjusts its latency to balance speed and precision. Available via the Meta Model API for $3 per 1,000 audio minutes, or $0.18 per hour, it also powers META AI dictation on Mac and Muse Code.
GOPRO comes under the control of STARMAN OPTICAL and targets AI and defense
GOPRO has entered into a merger agreement with STARMAN OPTICAL: its shareholders will receive $285 million in cash, or $1.14 per share, while retaining approximately 10% of the new entity; its debt of 92 million will be repaid at closing. The company will remain listed on Nasdaq and continue its consumer business, but will integrate STARMAN’s US-made optical transceivers to target AI data centers, defense, robotics and aerospace.
UBER cuts 3,300 jobs to reallocate its resources to robotaxis
UBER plans to cut around 3,300 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg. The group wants to reduce managerial layers and focus more of its spending on its three priorities: mobility, delivery and robotaxis. This restructuring confirms that autonomous driving is no longer a peripheral bet, but one of the future pillars of the platform.
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