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DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI founder with $36 billion net worth

Liang Wenfeng has emerged as the world's richest AI founder after DeepSeek's $7.4 billion funding round catapulted his net worth to $36 billion. The Chinese entrepreneur now surpasses Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Greg Brockman, while retaining an unusual 78% stake in his company—a level of control rarely seen among Silicon Valley peers.

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DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI founder with $36 billion net worth

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MiniMax raises $2 billion as CEO forgoes salary until AGI amid 80% stock slump

Chinese AI company MiniMax closed a $2 billion fundraising round through discounted share placement and convertible bonds, even as its stock has lost 80% since March. CEO Yan Junjie pledged to forgo salary until the company achieves artificial general intelligence and give away 5% of his shares to employees and open-source projects.

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MiniMax raises $2 billion as CEO forgoes salary until AGI amid 80% stock slump

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Fidji Simo stepping down from OpenAI leadership role after extended medical leave for chronic illness

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role and transitioning to part-time advisor after a severe exacerbation of POTS, a chronic neuroimmune condition she's managed for seven years. The departure adds to ongoing leadership changes at OpenAI as the company prepares for its anticipated IPO in 2027 and consolidates its product strategy around a unified super-app experience.

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Fidji Simo stepping down from OpenAI leadership role after extended medical leave for chronic illness

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AI companies retreat from safety pledges as industry-wide rankings reveal troubling decline

The Future of Life Institute's latest AI Safety Index shows a troubling trend: no AI company earned an A grade in any category, with top-ranked Anthropic receiving only a C+. Major AI labs including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta have weakened or eliminated earlier commitments to pause development if systems approached danger thresholds, signaling the erosion of voluntary safety frameworks before governments establish durable alternatives.

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AI companies retreat from safety pledges as industry-wide rankings reveal troubling decline

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AI leaders call for kill switch as race to superintelligence accelerates beyond control

Major AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind are warning that the race toward superintelligence is moving dangerously fast. Leaders are calling for an 'off switch' and coordinated global action to slow frontier AI development, as Claude Mythos demonstrates unprecedented hacking capabilities that found vulnerabilities in every major operating system.

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AI leaders call for kill switch as race to superintelligence accelerates beyond control

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DeepSeek launches massive hiring spree to double workforce after $7.4 billion funding round

Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced plans to double the size of all departments following a $7.4 billion fundraising round. The hiring push targets technical and engineering talent as the company shifts from pure research toward commercialization, intensifying China's AI talent war with rivals like ByteDance and Xiaomi actively poaching staff.

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DeepSeek launches massive hiring spree to double workforce after $7.4 billion funding round

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AI researchers pivot from chatbots to world models as physical AI emerges as next frontier

AI entrepreneurs and prominent scientists are shifting focus from large language models to world models that teach AI systems how to understand and interact with physical environments. This AI research shift, led by pioneers like Yann LeCun and Fei-Fei Li, addresses fundamental limitations of chatbots and opens pathways to smarter robots and immersive simulations.

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AI researchers pivot from chatbots to world models as physical AI emerges as next frontier

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Chinese AI models close gap with Anthropic and OpenAI as GLM-5.2 tops open-weight rankings

Beijing-based Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an open-weight AI model that ranks fourth globally on intelligence benchmarks while costing a fraction of Western alternatives. Trained entirely on Huawei Ascend chips, the model arrives as US export controls on AI face scrutiny and Anthropic's Fable 5 remains restricted, shifting the competitive landscape.

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Chinese AI models close gap with Anthropic and OpenAI as GLM-5.2 tops open-weight rankings

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Masayoshi Son calls AI bubble talk 'blasphemy' as SoftBank targets $6.2 trillion valuation

At SoftBank's annual shareholder meeting, founder Masayoshi Son rejected concerns about an AI investment bubble, declaring it an insult to the technology. The 68-year-old CEO outlined plans to lead the company into his 70s, targeting a $6.2 trillion net asset value built on artificial superintelligence and physical AI. With a $64.6 billion bet on OpenAI, Son is reshaping SoftBank as an AI-era industrial holding company.

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Masayoshi Son calls AI bubble talk 'blasphemy' as SoftBank targets $6.2 trillion valuation

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DeepSeek closes $7B+ funding round with unusual structure that keeps founder in control

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first outside funding round, raising approximately $7.4 billion at a valuation exceeding $50 billion. The deal features an unusual structure where founder Liang Wenfeng commits nearly $3 billion himself to maintain control, while investors face a five-year lock-up period and forfeit voting rights. Major backers include Tencent and battery giant CATL.

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DeepSeek closes $7B+ funding round with unusual structure that keeps founder in control

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Generalist AI raises $400M at $2B valuation to scale general intelligence for robotics

Generalist AI has secured $400 million in robotics funding at a $2 billion valuation to advance its vision of general-purpose robotics. The round was led by Radical Ventures with participation from Nvidia, Bezos Expeditions, and AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li. Founded by former DeepMind scientists, the company's GEN-1 model demonstrates how AI foundation models for robot learning can handle complex physical tasks with adaptive intelligence.

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Generalist AI raises $400M at $2B valuation to scale general intelligence for robotics

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says AI revolution is 50x bigger than dot-com boom, eyes robotics

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son declared the AI revolution is 50 times larger than the dot-com boom and identified physical AI and robotics as the next trillion-dollar opportunity. The announcement came as SoftBank unveiled an $87 billion investment to build AI infrastructure in France, including 5 GW of AI data center capacity by 2031.

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says AI revolution is 50x bigger than dot-com boom, eyes robotics

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DeepSeek seeks $45 billion valuation while prioritizing AGI over short-term profits

DeepSeek is pursuing a $10 billion funding round that could value the AI startup at $45 billion, with founder Liang Wenfeng telling investors the company will focus on artificial general intelligence rather than commercialization. The Hangzhou-based startup continues to offer open-source AI models and a free chatbot despite generating limited revenue, setting it apart from global AI leaders focused on monetization.

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DeepSeek seeks $45 billion valuation while prioritizing AGI over short-term profits

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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI by 2030 as Google unveils its Einstein Test

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis declared at I/O 2026 that Artificial General Intelligence will arrive around 2030, plus or minus a year. He introduced the Einstein Test as the benchmark: train AI on physics up to 1901, then see if it can replicate Einstein's groundbreaking 1905 discoveries. As Google invests $180 billion in AI infrastructure, Hassabis warns that society needs to prepare for what he calls "10 times the impact of the industrial revolution, and 10 times faster."

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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI by 2030 as Google unveils its Einstein Test

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Anthropic warns US has until 2028 to secure AI dominance over China or risk authoritarian control

AI developer Anthropic issued a stark warning that the US must tighten chip export controls and model access restrictions before 2028 to maintain its lead in the US-China AI race. The company paints two scenarios: one where democracies set AI norms, another where authoritarian regimes shape global AI governance through surveillance and censorship technologies.

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Anthropic warns US has until 2028 to secure AI dominance over China or risk authoritarian control

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