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AI researchers back an extinction warning as the Pentagon rejects it
A warning from a departing Anthropic researcher has drawn a wave of responses this week. Senior scientists at rival labs backed the claim that AI could threaten humanity, while a top Pentagon official rejected it. The reaction followed Jacob Coxon’s resignation from Anthropic. In...
thenextweb.com | -137 mins agoAnthropic details how Claude was misused for surveillance and weapons
Anthropic has published its most detailed account of Claude misuse, laying out how people tried to use its models for harm. The company said it detected and shut down these operations. They ran across cyberattacks, state surveillance, influence campaigns, conventional weapons wor...
thenextweb.com | -121 mins agoBaseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
AI inference company Baseten has acquired Blaxel, a startup that builds secure execution environments, or sandboxes, for AI agents. Baseten co-founder and chief technology officer Amir Haghighat told Axios Pro about the deal, which the outlet reported first on Thursday. Baseten l...
thenextweb.com | -32 mins agoTAR raises $120m at a $1bn valuation to build off-grid power for AI
TAR has raised a $120m Series A led by Spark Capital at a $1bn post-money valuation. The Austin company builds off-grid power systems for AI data centres. The company announced the round on Thursday. Prior investors Buckley Ventures and Align Fund also took part, Bloomberg report...
thenextweb.com | -17 mins agoMotive pulls its IPO filing after raising $1.3bn from General Catalyst
Motive has secured more than $1.3bn in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, the company announced on Thursday. Because of the financing, Motive has withdrawn its previously filed S-1 registration statement for an initial public offering. The San Francisco...
thenextweb.com | -8 mins agoSpain gives WeRide and Uber its first permit for Level 4 self-driving cars
WeRide, Uber and AVOMO have received Spain’s first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles on public roads, the three companies announced on Thursday. Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) issued it under its ES-AV framework for autonomous vehicles. Reute...
thenextweb.com | 9 mins agoVisa, Mastercard and Ant International team up on ID checks for AI agents
Ant International, Mastercard and Visa have begun working together on a shared Know-Your-Agent framework. It covers AI agents that make purchases on behalf of users. The three companies announced the collaboration on Thursday, Singapore time. Reuters and CNBC also reported it. Ac...
thenextweb.com | 51 mins agoGreece picks its first astronaut for a 2027 Vast mission to the ISS
Adrianos Golemis is set to become Greece’s first astronaut, subject to approval by the space station partners. The European Space Agency has signed an agreement on behalf of Greece with the US company Vast. Vast plans the mission to the International Space Station for 2027, the c...
thenextweb.com | 1 hour agoBNP says AI borrowing will end the credit bull market, and it is lending to AI too
BNP Paribas expects the years-long rally in corporate bonds to break as hyperscalers flood the market, forecasting some $400B of their bond sales next year and a record $3.7T of net fixed income supply. The ECB reached a similar conclusion in August, finding US tech now accounts ...
thenextweb.com | 1 hour agoAndrew Tulloch, Meta’s star AI recruit, is leaving after less than a year
Andrew Tulloch is leaving Meta less than a year after he joined. His reported pay offer from the company had made him a symbol of the AI talent war. Reed Albergotti first reported the departure for Semafor on Wednesday, citing a person briefed on the matter. The Wall Street Journ...
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