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Google’s developer conference kicks off today, with a keynote slated to start at 1PM ET. You can watch the stream (here’s how to watch the I/O 2026 keynote) or, if you aren’t able to tune into a video, you can just rely on our liveblog right here! (You can also do both, you multitasker you.)

Nof1, an AI research lab that trains frontier models for financial markets, has raised $15M in Venture funding from investors that include Sui Group Holdings and Karatage. Founded by Jay Azhang in 2023, Nof1 has now raised a total of $25M in reported equity funding.

The first big standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival wasn't for a new film. It was for Guillermo Del Toro, at the conclusion of the Pan's Labyrinth screening. "Fuck AI," he said, to deafening applause. It's a weird Cannes, which means even our annual standing-o-meter is going to be a little funky.

There’s no point. We know what customers need right now.

“I love this event,” said President Alan Garber. “Turning an idea into a pitch, a pitch into a contender, a contender into a finalist, and a finalist into a prize winner. The excitement is palpable. Congratulations to all of you. Your curiosity and drive moved you to action, and we are eager to see where your ambition leads.”

But Hilary O'Meara wonders the same thing - and it's one of the seemingly endless possibilities that the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence development promises in the future.

"We jokingly say that the final boss for AI in games would obviously be Eve Online. Eve is giving insights about our own society and the human condition."

"The model has always been the goal, because a better model means better intelligence," Genesis cofounder and CEO Zhou Xian stated, emphasizing the importance of hardware control in their development process.