Y Combinator insurance tech alum Angle Health hits $2.7B valuation

Angle Health has grown to 5,000 customers and become profitable by helping small businesses get “level-funded” health insurance.

A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers

Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence.

Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.  On… Continua a leggere Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?

Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops

Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.

FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading toward US coast

The feds are said to be investigating the compromise of the tankers’ networks, which in one case interfered with one of the tanker’s navigation and propulsion systems.

Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI

Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws.

PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI

If AI lab PrismML isn’t on your radar yet, it should be.

Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear

An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

The new institute aims to surface differing views between Google, Google DeepMind, and the broader global research community around AGI. “They will not always agree, and they will likely change their minds, as more data and information comes to light at the fast-moving frontier.”

Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular ‘AI factories’

The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.