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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.

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Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments

AI leaders have been promising that AI is the key to curing human disease. Anthropic researchers have also been warning that AI might kill us all.

AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation

“It’s important for service members to understand the uncertainty inherent to LLMs,” a GovAI research scholar warns.

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.

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they’re actually building.

Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters

The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company’s first-ever chief technology officer.

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public

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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.