Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia:
Japan's Sakana AI launches Sakana Chat, its first consumer chatbot, marking a shift from its business focus as competition to localize generative AI intensifies  —  TOKYO — Japan's Sakana AI has launched its first consumer-facing chatbot, marking a shift from being a corporate-focused …

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:
Munich-based Interloom, which aims to capture tacit knowledge for AI agents from businesses' operational records, raised a $16.5M seed led by DN Capital  —  Michael Polyani, the British-Hungarian philosopher, economist, and scientist, is perhaps best known today for coining the term “tacit knowledge.”

David Keohane / Financial Times:
SoftBank says its loan-to-value ratio, a measure of net debt against the value of its holdings, could exceed its 25% limit, as it commits another $30B to OpenAI  —  Masayoshi Son faces investor nerves with massive spending on AI investments  —  SoftBank is testing a key self-imposed borrowing limit …

Wall Street Journal:
How Nvidia became the AI industry's most powerful financier, investing billions in startups and supporting customers who couldn't otherwise afford its chips  —  ‘This is what it is like to be rich!’  CEO Jensen Huang told guests before a recent opera performance.

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
UK-based Internet Watch Foundation says it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, up 14% from 2024  —  Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles.  Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy.