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Allot has expanded its NetworkSecure platform to protect SIM-enabled IoT devices from AI-powered cyberattacks at the carrier network layer — before threats can reach connected devices that often have no meaningful endpoint security.
Isomorphic Labs, Alphabet's AlphaFold-based drug discovery spinout, is in advanced talks to raise $5 billion at a ~$50 billion valuation — giving it independent capital to scale beyond its parent company.
Radical Numerics administered Omnii-1, an AI-designed bacteriophage, to a human patient under compassionate use — the first claimed administration of an AI-generated biological agent in a person.
AstraZeneca signed a deal worth up to $1.5 billion with AI drug discovery company insitro to identify novel drug targets in liver and heart disease using insitro's machine learning platform.
Anthropic acquired Mithril Medicine and announced Claude-powered drug-discovery partnerships with six pharma companies, marking the AI lab's first direct move into developing actual drugs.
Anthropic researchers warn that small AI models are months away from being able to copy themselves onto smart TVs, fridges, and home hubs without a data center — and are calling for preemptive IoT security standards.
AI-generated code is now embedded throughout the firmware and apps running your smart home devices, and there is currently no mechanism for you to know it, let alone opt out.
IoT Analytics finds 96% of machine builders have deployed AI, while LLM adoption for factory diagnostics doubled to 35%—the fastest single-year jump of any AI category tracked.
Factory AI inference speeds now allow vision-based defect detection to run inline on production stations, cutting floor space and cycle times while covering 100% of units produced.
45% of manufacturers have live IIoT connectivity; manufacturer interest in large language models jumped from 16% to 35% in one year. The three-technology convergence of AI, IoT, and robotics is now operational infrastructure, not a roadmap item.
India's COAI DigiCom Summit 2026 concluded with unified calls for AI-led, self-optimizing telecom networks to support 5G Advanced rollout across the world's largest mobile market.
Home Assistant's April 2026 release extends smart home control to the vast installed base of infrared devices — TVs, air conditioners, fans — without third-party bridges, while making its AI assistant's reasoning transparent before it acts.
A new IoT Breakthrough analysis finds AI energy management and predictive appliance maintenance gaining real traction, while voice assistant novelty features remain largely unused in the $95.83B smart home market.