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XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
OpenAIās rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAIās latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control ā¦
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After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional fuā¦
Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths
"Itās long past time for RFK to stop playing games with peopleās lives."
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Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are stā¦
George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshiās First-Ever Lifetime Ban
The former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulatā¦
How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it hardeā¦
Nvidiaās $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Techās AI chip buildout
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to sā¦
MapQuestās app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario
MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trumpās renaming of Lakā¦
ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules
Explosive growth comes with a new regulatory burden in the European Union.
NASA's next "great observatory" begins mission to widen our view of the Universe
"We would need over half a million 4K TVs to fully display the single Roman image from our largest ā¦
Meeting note-taker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.
