Category: Top News

IBL News | New York

N8n, a German startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence agents, has raised $180 million, valuing it at $2.5 billion.

Venture firm Accel led the funding, and Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures participated in the round, n8n said in a statement this month.

The company stated that it will utilize its new funding to hire additional staff and enhance its platform, expanding its collection of integrations with third-party applications.

Founded in 2019, n8n offers an open-source platform for creating automation workflows.

The company generates revenue through several paid versions of its open-source platform, which offer a cloud-based version and additional features.

For non-technical users, n8n provides a visual interface that enables these workflows using drag-and-drop controls.

Coders can write n8n workflows in TypeScript, an enhanced version of JavaScript developed by Microsoft Corp. TypeScript includes syntax modifications that make it easier to avoid certain types of software errors.

The platform supports LangChain, an open-source toolkit, and there are several hundred prepackaged automation workflows.

Cybersecurity teams use the software to automatically enrich breach alerts with threat intelligence from external sources.

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IBL News | New York

OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at up to $1 trillion when it is listed in 2027, according to Reuters. This IPO could be one of the largest in history.

A successful offering would be a major win for investors such as SoftBank, Thrive Capital, and Abu Dhabi’s MGX. Microsoft, one of the company’s biggest backers, now owns approximately 27% of the company after investing $13 billion.

OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026.

These plans come as a complex restructuring that reduces its dependence on Microsoft has been completed.

An IPO would allow OpenAI to raise capital more efficiently and enable larger acquisitions using public stock.

Moreover, it would help finance CEO Sam Altman’s plans to invest trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure.

With an annualized revenue run rate expected to reach about $20 billion by year-end, losses are also mounting inside the $500 billion company, the people said to Reuters.

OpenAI is still controlled by a nonprofit, now called the OpenAI Foundation, that has a 26% stake in the company.

This Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company to reach a $5 trillion market capitalization, driven by a rally that has solidified its position at the center of the global AI boom.

IBL News | New York

Anthropic this month announced Skills for Claude, a tool that loads folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that follow the organization’s brand guidelines.

People can also build their own Skills for Claude relative to their specific jobs and use them across Claude.ai, Claude Code, Anthropic’s API, and the Claude Agent SDK.

Box, Rakuten, and Canva have already used the tool, according to Anthropic’s press release.

Essentially, it seeks to prevent the user from spending much time writing the perfect prompt or referring to past context each time he or she tries to accomplish a task.

Brad Abrams, a product lead at Anthropic, explained, “Skills provides organizations building agents a way to teach Claude to do a good job in their specific context.”

IBL News | New York

Kaplan this month released its new AI-driven learning and study tools for personalized, in-context, unlimited support, immediate feedback, test prep, and advising at scale.

“We are combining decades of experience, highest quality course material, pedagogical best practices, psychometric rigor, and unique data with state-of-the-art models and technology architecture,” said Sergo Grigalashvili, a top executive at Kaplan. “Feedback from our students is overwhelmingly positive.”

Kaplan AI includes test-prep models that predict learners’ scores and outcomes, as well as their learning behaviors and patterns.

Its AI mentor is designed to provide instant, detailed answers that understand the explanation behind every question. The learner can also tailor the way it explains the information.

This AI Tutor is already available in many of Kaplan’s products, including ACT, AP, Bar, GMAT, MCAT, SIE, and USMLE prep.

For essay grading, the AI assistant provides instant, strategic feedback, pinpointing users’ strengths, identifying areas for improvement, and giving them a competitive edge in their applications, according to the company.

The college advising test prep pro, essay editor, and industry insider tool is built on 85+ years of data.

Beyond the educational industry, Kaplan has issued a wealth management professional assistant for financial advisors. This AI tool, intended to save time day to day and elevate client services, includes fact-checking for real-world, complex client scenarios and real-time insights.

[Disclosure: ibl.ai, parent company of iblnews.org, provides AI technology services to Kaplan]

IBL News | Tempe, Arizona

“AI empowers learners to drive their own journeys,” said ASU President Michael Crow in an opening speech during the two-day conference “Agentic AI and the Student Experience”, which took place in Tempe, Arizona, last week. “No two people learn the same way.”

During his keynote, Crow explored the concept of learning without limits and stated.

“You have a right to learn the way that you want to learn, the right to learn in the way that your intelligence works, your right to learn the way your mind works to achieve these things that you want to achieve.”

As an advocate for the transformative potential of technology, Crow shared his vision: “AI is the first tool that allows us to both confront technological threats and seize new opportunities.”

He encouraged attendees not to succumb to the technological disruption but to create new sociological opportunities. We never had anything like that that worked in both directions.”

“The most complicated object in the universe is your brain. I don’t believe you were given that, only to not use it to its maximum potential, creativity, and individual learning.”

As one of the nation’s top schools in innovation, Crow called on leaders to explore how agentic AI can help dismantle traditional barriers to education and expand access at scale.

During the event, representatives of ASI showcased the institution’s new AI platform, CreateAI, for building internal projects.

IBL News | New York

AI-powered dolls are helping seniors in South Korea to combat loneliness.

These companion robots are produced by a local startup called Hyodol, named after the Confucian value of caring for elders.

The cherished robots, priced at the equivalent of $1,150 each, strike up conversations using ChatGPT.

They remind elders to take their medication or eat a meal. They can also alert social workers and families during emergencies or encourage seniors by saying, “Grandma, I miss you even when you’re by my side.”

If an infrared sensor on its neck detects no movement for 24 hours, it alerts the team. A microphone in its chest records the user’s answers to daily questions, such as “How are you feeling today?” and “Are you in pain?”

South Korea, a rapidly aging nation, hosts many adults profoundly lonely, with many suffering from depression, dementia, and chronic illnesses. Suicidal rates are among the highest in developed nations.

What most fear is not death but loneliness, say experts.

Currently, there are over 12,000 Hyodols robots distributed across the country.

Korea’s challenges are mirrored in other developed nations.

• In Japan, Paro, a pet robot, provides companionship to older adults.
• In apartments across New York City, ElliQ, an AI robot resembling a Pixar lamp, discusses the meaning of life.
• In Singapore, humanoid robot Dexie leads bingo sessions at senior care facilities.

As a company, Hyodol is aiming for a U.S. debut in 2026.

The eldercare robot market is projected to hit $7.7 billion by 2030, according to Research and Markets, a market research firm.

IBL News | New York

OpenAI introduced a new free web browser for macOS yesterday, built with ChatGPT at its core.

This browser, named ChatGPT Atlas, follows the company’s introduction of a web search in ChatGPT last year; today, it is one of the most used features.

Atlas allows the user to complete tasks on the browser without copying and pasting or leaving the page. The Windows, iOS, and Android versions “are coming soon.”

ChatGPT Atlas understands what the user is looking at and stores this information in its memory, allowing conversations to draw on past chats.

It also remembers history and context from the sites visited. It means that, for example, the user can ask: “Find all the job postings I was looking at last week and create a summary of industry trends so I can prepare for interviews.

Atlas can also work while browsing using agent mode, automating tasks, researching and analyzing, and planning events or booking appointments as you browse. This feature is available in preview for Plus, Pro, and Business users.

This feature of the ChatGPT agent⁠ comes natively in Atlas.

OpenAI warns about the risks of agents as they might hide malicious instructions in a website or email, overriding the ChatGPT agent’s intended behavior. “This could lead to stealing data from sites you’re logged into or taking actions you didn’t intend.”

As outlined in the ChatGPT agent system card⁠, we’ve run thousands of hours of focused red-teaming and have placed a particular emphasis on safeguarding ChatGPT from such attacks, including designing our safeguards so they can be quickly adapted to novel attacks.

“Our safeguards will not stop every attack that emerges as AI agents grow in popularity.”

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IBL News | New York

Google launched its AI Literacy Hub, with its latest AI resources and learning tools for parents and guardians, students, and educators. It includes:

• Podcast for parents: “Raising kids in the age of AI” is a series offering expert perspectives on how AI is enhancing the future of learning and education.
• Using Google’s latest AI tools to support kids’ learning: A new video series teaches parents how to use our newest AI features like Guided Learning to break down homework questions step-by-step, and how to help their children prepare for exams with custom study guides, or kick off a creative project or essay.
• New AI Literacy curriculum from Be Internet Awesome: Foundational AI literacy lessons designed to help educators prepare elementary and middle school students for safe interactions.
• AI Quests: This game-based, code-free AI learning experience created by Google Research and the Stanford Accelerator for Learning allows middle school students to step into the shoes of researchers and experience the AI lifecycle firsthand.
• New AI literacy resources and training for educators, provided by Google for Education’s Champions and Partners through dedicated courses and a Gemini space, come together on the company’s Community Platform.
• AI Literacy Public Notebook on NotebookLM, which is populated with over 25 of top AI literacy resources.

IBL News | New York

OpenAI released a large study on how people use ChatGPT, highlighting that the tool creates value through personal benefit and increased productivity.

Three-quarters of conversations focus on writing and seeking practical guidance and information. Coding and self-expression remain niche activities.

About half of the messages (49%) are Asking, indicating that ChatGPT is mostly used as an advisor rather than solely for task completion.

– Doing (40% of usage) encompasses task-oriented interactions such as drafting text, planning, or programming.

– Expressing (11% of usage) involves personal reflection, exploration, and play.

Approximately 30% of consumer usage is related to work and productivity, while about 70% is for non-work daily life activities.

The study has been released as a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper by OpenAI’s Economic Research team and Harvard economist David Deming. It analyzed 1.5 million conversations since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022.

With 700 million weekly active users, ChatGPT has become a global tool, with rapid growth in low- and middle-income countries.

• Read the full working paper⁠.

OpenAI just revealed exactly how it decides what ranks #1, and it’s not what you think.

After analyzing over a million conversations, OpenAI exposed how people actually use ChatGPT to research, compare, and buy.

This isn’t just a shift in behavior, it’s the birth of a new… pic.twitter.com/eNReVKvXBG

— Neil Patel (@neilpatel) October 8, 2025