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Laura Cress has the highlights from Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in the world.
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
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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
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