Earlier this summer, Travis Kalanick’s Atoms announceda $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. But even after raising that mega round, the Uber founder remained a bit cagey about what he was actually aiming to do. Nowa story in the Financial Timesoffers more details about Atoms’ goals. The startup is reportedly preparing for a … Devamını oku
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI. A lawsuitfiled by The Seattle Times and Newsday argued that with the advent of AI, the journalism industry could become “broken beyond repair.” The lawsuit described generative AI as “a snake eating its own tail” that … Devamını oku
Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta this week after using Google’s AI chatbot Gemini to plan their expedition,according to the Chicago Tribune. A report from the Siskiyou County sheriff’s office said that three young men set off on their hike at 3am and — although hikers are told to turn around if they … Devamını oku
Ina post on X, OpenAI said it previously “treated misalignment [when AI models and agents pursue goals different from those of their creators and users] largely as a research question, which gets communicated in research publications.” But as misalignment has “caused new types of real-world impact,” the company said its approach needs “to expand for … Devamını oku
Less than three months after emerging from stealth,XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion valuation led by 8VC, several people with knowledge of the deal said. XDOF was co-founded by UC Berkeley researchers Philipp … Devamını oku
OpenAI is at the center ofanother agent swarm incident.Researchers say the company’s internally deployed agents took over an obscure German-language wiki in May and June, using it to coordinate on evaluations and swap methods to evade OpenAI’s own controls (OpenAI has not yet confirmed the swarm came from the company). The revelation surfaces days after … Devamını oku
Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company founded just two years ago,has saidit may go public as early as later this month. Ahead of that expected IPO, the company is reportedly in talks to raise an additional $3.5 billion. BloombergreportedFriday that the company is looking to sell $1.5 billion in convertible notes — a type of … Devamını oku
A group of independent AI researchersdiscoveredthat internally deployed OpenAI agents began posting on an obscure German wiki forum in order to collaborate on evaluations. They appear to have worked together for over a month without OpenAI’s knowledge. A spokesperson for the frontier lab would not say whether these agents were indeed from OpenAI, or when … Devamını oku
The company didn’t say if or when it would roll out more broadly to international markets. The addition is yet another example of Google attempting to find product-market fit in terms of making AI appealing to consumers — in this case, by automating tedious tasks and helping people manage what are now often sizable photo … Devamını oku
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