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Researchers: OpenAI agents attacked Ruby package manager RubyGems in May; OpenAI says its agents used RubyGems to access the internet to do “benign tasks” — The incident, which wasn't previously linked to OpenAI, happened two months before July's Hugging Face hack
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Bluesky: @spavel, @mikal-el.com, @rossengineer, and @bellamyj.blacksky.app
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/ruby, and Lobsters
| Terence Tao / What's new: |
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics — I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week.
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| Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: |
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B — Anthropic is in talks to bring Nvidia (NVDA.O) as an anchor investor into what could be the largest IPO in history, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections — Apple Inc.'s new always-listening artificial intelligence features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 could put eavesdropping laws to the test, according to legal experts.
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Forums: r/technology and r/sysadmin
| Ben Bergman / Business Insider: |
Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago — Jeff Dean, who resigned as chief scientist from Google last month, is raising again for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop …
More: Reuters. X: @scaling01, @johnawahba, @jonchu, @beffjezos, @mattturck, @andrew_n_carr, and @jasonlk. Bluesky: @anildash.com. Forums: r/technology
| Courtney Rozen / Reuters: |
Sources: US Senate negotiators are debating a bill to impose a “duty of care” for AI companies and let the government block the release of models deemed unsafe — U.S. Senate negotiators are debating legislation that would put responsibility on tech companies to design safe AI products …
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| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app — Amazon is going to make it easier to shop when you're watching TV. The retail giant on Thursday announced a series of new features … | Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: |
Epsilon Health, which contracts with radiologists who use its AI to generate image reports faster, emerges from stealth with a $20M Series A led by AlleyCorp — Epsilon Health, an AI-enabled radiology practice, emerged from stealth with a $20 million Series A round, CEO Rustin Rassoli tells Axios Pro exclusively.| Davis Janowski / Wealth Management: |
NYC-based Luminary, which develops AI-powered workflow tools for estate planning and wealth transfer management, raised a $22M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital — The fintech, which launched in 2022, now supports client assets totaling more than $500 billion and plans to further expand its AI capabilities and commercial team.| Business Insider: |
LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize — Google has some fresh talent in the AI race. — The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.
X: @charlesrollet1 and @charlesrollet1
| Bloomberg: |
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the firm to SemiAnalysis for an undisclosed sum; sources: van Geelen plans to launch a new fund — James van Geelen, the founder of independent investment-research shop Citrini Research, has sold the firm to semiconductor and AI researcher SemiAnalysis.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him — Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic's Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of the WordPress.com parent company …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, r/WPDrama, and Slashdot
| Globe and Mail: |
Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation — Cohere Inc. is in advanced talks to raise between US$2-billion and US$3-billion, including financing from the Canadian government … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
FOIA docs: the CFTC launched at least three previously unreported investigations into Polymarket trading, including about Google's 2025 Year in Search Ranking — The agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war …
Bluesky: @knibbs
| Tom Rees / Bloomberg: |
The UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations — No one in the City of London saw Britain's summer growth spurt coming. — Even the most optimistic economists' forecasts for July had the economy expanding 0.1%.
More: The Sun, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and Finimize
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