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| Dario Amodei: |
Dario Amodei proposes steps for pacing the frontier: embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies, and global coordination with authoritarian governments — I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life.
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| David Sacks / @davidsacks: |
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework — Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
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| Sam Altman / @sama: |
Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that “committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea”, and OpenAI will do the same — I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We'll have more to share soon.
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| Politico: |
Elon Musk backs Dario Amodei's arguments about pacing the frontier, saying “Dario is right” — Top executives at three of the nation's leading AI labs are calling for a slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence. — The comments are a rare display …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO “with full support of the board”, after an attempted ouster this week — After a tumultuous week, which saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of Automattic …
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| Jason Ma / Fortune: |
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying “given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public” — Wall Street will have to wait for one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed it will not happen in 2026.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Spec sheets show Apple's C2 modem is used in iPhone Duo and 18 Pro worldwide, and in iPhone 18 Pro Max everywhere except the US, where it likely uses Qualcomm — As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages … | Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: |
Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition — Low-profile venture capital firm Vy Capital has emerged as one of the rocket maker's largest shareholders
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| Michael Safi / The Guardian: |
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Dallas-based Perry Weather, a weather monitoring software provider, raised a $110M Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners, taking total funding to ~$131M — As rules about heat and lightning grow nationwide, the Uptown Dallas company is betting AI and automation can take the guesswork out of calls regarding severe weather.| The Washington Sun: |
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