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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
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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| 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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| 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.
More: Bloomberg, Livemint, Sweden Herald, Times of India, The Information, Tech in Asia, and Finimize
| 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 …
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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
| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
Q&A with AI researchers John Schulman, Beren Millidge, and Charlie O'Neill on steelmanning the case against RSI, Chinese labs' progress, long-horizon RL, more — “We're nowhere near the ceiling.” — New episode with John Schulman, Beren Millidge and Charlie O'Neill.| Daniel Tudor / Financial Times: |
South Korea's espionage laws, broadened for the first time in over seven decades, take effect on Sept. 13 as foreign spies increasingly target its chip sector — Seoul broadens its espionage legislation for the first time in more than seven decades — South Korea is arming itself … | 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 …
More: Reuters, Seoul Economic Daily, PCMag, and The American Bazaar
| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
More: New York Times, Washington Examiner, and Modern Diplomacy
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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.| 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.| 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
| 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
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