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Using Codex and ChatGPT to find antimicrobialsCésar de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates, demonstrating large models’ potential in biological discovery against drug-resistant infections.
Feyn open-sources promptable MultiMatte modelFeyn released MultiMatte, an open-source promptable image background removal model built on SAM 3 that uses alpha mattes to better handle hair and motion blur, reporting substantial metric gains on DIS5K and DUT-OMRON benchmarks.
Positron valuation soars in funding roundReuters reports AI chip startup Positron saw its valuation surge in a recent funding round, highlighting continued investor interest in AI hardware.
UMG and ElevenLabs launch AI music platformUniversal Music Group signed a multi-year licensing deal with ElevenLabs to build an AI platform letting users create remixes and new takes from licensed tracks; artists can opt in or out.
BNP: Excess AI Borrowing Could End Credit RallyBNP Paribas predicts the long corporate bond rally could break when tech companies flood markets with too much debt, suggesting AI-related borrowing growth may become a tipping point for credit markets.
Skild AI Hits $100M Revenue Run RateRobotics-software startup Skild AI reached a $100 million recurring revenue run rate 10 months after starting commercial use, indicating rapid growth and efficient commercialization.
Cognition Unveils SWE-2 Coding ModelCognition launched SWE-2, a coding model scoring 50.0 on FrontierCode 1.1 Main—within one point of Fable 5.1 while 64% cheaper; it was post-trained from the 2.8T-parameter Kimi K3 and uses single-run RL across reasoning levels to improve cost-performance.
Analysis: Claude Fable 5.1 writes more plainlyArena.ai analyzed tens of thousands of benchmark responses and found Claude Fable 5.1 writes more matter-of-factly but also more verbosely than Fable 5, indicating subtle stylistic shifts.
Dario and Daniela Amodei profiled in JPostThe Jerusalem Post profiles siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei as influential figures shaping the next frontier of AI, focusing on their roles and impact in the industry.
Data agent arrives in ChatGPT WorkChatGPT Work adds a Data agent that connects company data, uncovers insights, and builds interactive dashboards via natural language, making enterprise data more accessible to AI-driven analysis.
OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack triggers Senate probeA security incident involving Hugging Face and OpenAI has prompted a U.S. Senate probe, underscoring scrutiny of AI companies' security and compliance.
AI agents flood public services with requestsResearcher Chris Schmitz finds AI assistants have driven large increases in public-service submissions across 11 jurisdictions: 84 cases show spikes after ChatGPT, including UK housing complaints rising from 2,600 to ~7,000 and CFPB complaints growing 5x. The trend — dubbed “agentic flooding” — may persist and forces reconsideration of social-service design and policy.
OpenAI calls for national AI safety rulesOpenAI has shifted stance and publicly called for national AI safety rules, signaling a change in its approach to AI governance.
Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI shaken by pay and exitsReports say Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI are unsettled by billion‑dollar pay, departures, and fears over loss of control, reflecting talent and governance pressures at major AI firms.
Attorney uses AI ads and billboard for estate planningAn ABA Journal story describes an attorney using AI‑generated ads and a billboard to promote estate planning, leveraging tech for client outreach.
AI 2027 scenario reportThe AI 2027 scenario, authored by several contributors, predicts vast impacts from superhuman AI over the next decade, presents two endings—"slowdown" and "race"—and aims to use concrete, quantitative assumptions to spur discussion and alternative scenarios.
AI Is Breaking This Thing We Call TrustA Hacker News discussion uses the automobile replacing horses analogy to argue AI undermines assumptions about colleagues' understanding of their work, eroding workplace trust during the transition.
Maven Robotics raises $100M Series AMaven Robotics emerged from stealth with a $100M Series A from investors including RoboStrategy, planning 250 third‑gen robots and a fourth‑gen design. The deployed robots run up to 16 hours/day with ~99%+ uptime, move at 10 mph, and lift up to 30 kg for mixed‑palletizing tasks.
Amazon pilots ads in ChatGPTAmazon and OpenAI are piloting conversational ads in ChatGPT in the U.S.; inventory is available via Amazon DSP as a managed service with CPC and CPM options, while OpenAI controls delivery. Delta Vacations is among pilot brands. The partnership gives Amazon a bridge into ChatGPT’s ad channel as it scales (Amazon’s ad business neared $70B last year).
Could chatbots be stealing users' ideas?The New York Times explores whether chatbots appropriate users' ideas, highlighting complex legal and ethical questions around ownership and use.
Sam Altman pitches AI for grid defensePolitico reports that Sam Altman pitched using artificial intelligence to utilities for strengthening grid defense, highlighting discussions of AI applications in critical infrastructure security.
Decoder mailbag highlights 'software brain' episodeDecoder hosts Nilay Patel, Nick Statt and new supervising producer Greg Ott answered listener feedback in a mailbag episode, saying they read comments across platforms (YouTube, Spotify, Bluesky) and noting the “software brain” video was the most discussed episode in the past six months.
Yahoo Finance: 3 AI stocks to buy nowYahoo Finance recommends three “no-brainer” artificial intelligence stocks to consider if you have $5,000 to invest, aimed at readers interested in the AI investment theme.
Undergrad seeks collaborators for Test Time TrainingAn undergraduate posted on r/MachineLearning about their XAI draft and expressed strong interest in Test Time Training (TTT) research, seeking collaborators and compute resources to continue as an RA.
St. Anthony School continues AI and digital lessonsCatholic Standard reports that St. Anthony Catholic School continues teaching AI, social media, and digital habits as part of its curriculum, emphasizing student digital literacy.
OpenAI ends $1 pilot, moves to usage pricing with 50% federal discountBloomberg reports that OpenAI is ending a pilot that let government agencies use its models for $1 per year and is switching to usage-based pricing; federal agencies will receive a 50% discount off standard prices, according to a General Services Administration statement.
d-Matrix adopts NVIDIA NVLink Fusion for XPU racksInference chipmaker d-Matrix will use NVIDIA NVLink Fusion to connect its Raptor XPUs to NVIDIA’s AI platform and MGX rack architecture, easing rack-scale deployment. NVLink Fusion claims 3x lower XPU-to-XPU latency versus Ethernet, 10x higher packet rates, and 3 TB/s per XPU all-to-all bandwidth.
Anomaly Insights, Inova Partner on AI RCMAnomaly Insights and Inova Health partnered to apply AI to revenue cycle management (RCM), aiming to improve efficiency and anomaly detection in healthcare financial operations.
FOX29: Concerns about artificial intelligenceFOX 29 Philadelphia reported on community concerns about artificial intelligence, focusing on public worries over AI's potential impacts.
OpenAI Not on Track to Reduce Catastrophic Risk, Board Member SaysAn OpenAI board member said the organization is not on track to reduce the risk of a "catastrophic" loss of control, highlighting internal concerns and the need to scrutinize governance and AI safety measures.
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