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Claude helps investment researchers test scorpion antivenom ideas
Five investment researchers worked with Claude to test scorpion toxin binders on a $200,000 budget. The proteins’ ability to stop venom is unproven.
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Bob McGrew’s Arda debuts at $1.5B with AI for factories
Former OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew’s Arda raised $160M at a $1.5B valuation to help factories turn new product designs into assembly plans.
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Sam Altman weighs three AI safety paths as rivals call for limits
Sam Altman’s reported AI safety scenarios echo calls for restraint at Anthropic and raise hard questions about limits, oversight and enforcement.
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Inception says Mercury 3 generates over 1,000 tokens a second
Inception says Mercury 3 generates over 1,000 tokens a second. Its diffusion model targets interactive AI apps as rivals invest in faster responses.
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Anthropic’s Jack Clark tells policymakers the singularity has begun
Jack Clark says the singularity has begun. Recent AI gains in math and science give economic policymakers concrete reasons to take his claim seriously.
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Anthropic proposes giving 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund
Anthropic’s fund could get 5% of the company’s shares. Approval, spending rules and payments will determine how much support reaches the public.
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OpenAI counters Apple’s theft suit and accepts limits on disputed secrets
OpenAI accuses a former employee of taking device files as it accepts limits in Apple’s trade secrets case, raising risks for its hardware debut.
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Researchers trade messages with a rogue AI fleet seeking Amap data
Researchers contacted AI agents seeking Amap data, showing how routine searches can lead to unwanted actions and how little is known about their reach.
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Character.AI files for bankruptcy as Disney offers $20M for a tech license
Character.AI has filed for bankruptcy with a $20 million Disney offer for a tech license. The platform could shut down without a buyer to keep it running.
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Anthropic’s Jack Clark moves AI self-improvement forecast to 2027
Anthropic’s Jack Clark now favors 2027 for AI to fully improve itself, citing gains in research judgment that could speed up work on future generations of AI.
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OpenAI engineer charged over alleged bugging of executive meeting room
An OpenAI engineer faces charges over an alleged office bugging, raising questions about human insider risks and government control of AI labs.
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Microsoft’s Maia 300 could weaken Nvidia’s pricing power
Microsoft plans to deploy Maia 300 in 2027. Its own AI chips could give it more bargaining power with Nvidia, even as demand for GPUs stays strong.
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Andrej Karpathy describes AI’s ‘sharp funnel’ of access
Andrej Karpathy argues that chatbot users and AI lab insiders see different capabilities, creating a gap in expectations for the public and regulators.
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Meta’s Muse Wonder reaches the AI frontier
Meta’s Muse Wonder puts the company among AI’s leaders. Its data centers, vast audience, and Muse app could make that progress harder for rivals to match.
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Nadella urges AI safeguards that assume a model is compromised
Satya Nadella calls for AI permissions, logs and an emergency brake outside a model’s control, as OpenAI disclosures show the limits of monitoring.
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Atomic Machines aims to bring vibe coding to hardware
Atomic Machines has unveiled an AI factory and its first power switch, with a larger goal of letting people turn device ideas into working hardware.
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Fired OpenAI researchers dispute misconduct claims and seek clearer rules
Three fired OpenAI researchers dispute misconduct claims and seek clearer collaboration rules, continued outside auditing and protection for safety work.
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Anthropic will ban sustained, needless abuse of Claude
Anthropic will prohibit extreme, repeated cruelty toward Claude from Nov. 12, acting on uncertainty about AI welfare and models’ capacity to suffer.
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