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Alice raises $140mn to stress-test the models Anthropic and Google…

WNWNIAI Newsroom26 August 2026 1 min read(updated 26 August 2026)

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Alice raises $140mn to stress-test the models Anthropic and Google… — illustrative image — Image: The Next Web

The Next Web reports that one company spent eight years cataloguing the worst material on the internet. It has now raised $140mn to point that archive at AI models. Alice, formerly ActiveFence, announced the round on Tuesday. Apax Digital Funds led it,…

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.

Why it matters

AI changes can quickly flow into the tools Australians use at work and at home. The practical impact is whether this saves time, raises costs, or creates new risks that businesses need to manage.

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