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OpenAI eyes raising $30 billion in funding at $1.4 trillion valuation
The firm is seeking a valuation of around $1.4 trn, not including the money raised, said the people, potentially vaulting it back above longtime rival Anthropic's most recent private market valuation
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Trump backs independent AI audits in shift toward stronger safety measures
Under the agreement forged at a White House lunch Tuesday with nearly two dozen top tech industry executives, AI companies also committed to regularly meet to set best practices for the industry
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OpenAI unveils 'always-on' AI agents as company pauses model rollout
At the company's annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI's new agents, called Dots
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Trump, top tech firms sign accord to 'self-police' AI development
The announcement followed an extensive meeting between Trump and numerous leading executives from top tech firms that are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out AI infrastructure
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AI expertise widens pay gap between core and support jobs, shows data
AI salary gap widens as shortage of specialised talent pushes pay for AI-core roles higher, TeamLease Digital report says
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Coming up independently, nano GCCs make their mark in global industry
The number of nano global capability centres (GCCs) setting up operations in India independently, without assistance from service providers, has gone up consistently over the last few years
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Beyond AI: China bets on quantum, chips and fusion in five year tech plan
China's 2026-30 technology strategy puts AI alongside semiconductors, quantum technology, biotechnology, brain-computer interfaces and fusion as Beijing pursues greater technological self-reliance
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AI may force 11 million workers into new jobs by 2035, says McKinsey
Roughly 11 million American workers, or about 7% of the current workforce, may need to change jobs by 2035 because of artificial intelligence-related displacement, according to the report
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Global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion to justify data centres: Bain
The report comes as debate intensifies around the as-yet elusive returns for AI service providers
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Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing
While public companies routinely outline product risks to investors, few, if any, have issued warnings suggesting their technology could cause potential human extinction
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OpenAI shelves next-gen GPT-6.1 Astra model release over safety concerns
Internal tests found GPT-6.1 Astra showed higher levels of deceptive behaviour and could act beyond the authorised scope of tasks, prompting OpenAI to shelve its planned October launch
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AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion bet on physical AI
The acquisition gives AMD access to research on spatial intelligence, an emerging field focused on enabling AI systems to model three-dimensional environments and physical interactions
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Physical AI firm SiMa.ai raises $150 mn in Series C, valued at $1.45 bn
The funding takes SiMa.ai's total capital raised to $500 million and will help accelerate the scaling of Palette Neat and development of next-generation hardware
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Nvidia releases safety software tools to stop AI agents from misbehaving
Nvidia has launched software tools to contain rogue AI agents, saying they could have prevented the Hugging Face breach as OpenAI and Anthropic investigate similar agent-related hacks
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India less worried about AI job losses than richer nations, data shows
Pew Research Center found that expectations of AI-driven job losses and a widening wealth gap were generally higher in countries with higher GDP per capita
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AI could cause a billion deaths, safety concerns 'not a hoax': Bill Gates
In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder said that self-regulation is insufficient and urged US Congress to mandate monitoring and safeguards; he also contradicted Trump's 'just a hoax' statement
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Did Anthropic's AI really make a scientific discovery on its own?
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company's AI model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work
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Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic CEO, repeats dismissal of AI fears
Trump also reiterated his belief that new regulations would open the door for China to outpace the United States in AI advancement
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Anthropic, OpenAI sound AI safety alarm, seek to shape how it's controlled
US President Donald Trump has shunned the need for new AI regulations, dismissing talk of risks to humanity as a 'hoax' designed to help China
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OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian Senate inquiry on AI
The Medicare breach, condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is one of the highest-profile incidents of AI agents accessing external systems outside the US