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Meta Superintelligence Labs delivers first internal AI models, CTO Andrew Bosworth reveals

Meta's newly formed Superintelligence Labs has delivered its first high-profile AI models internally, just six months after its establishment. CTO Andrew Bosworth called the models "very good" while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, signaling progress in Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive push to compete at the AI frontier.

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Meta Superintelligence Labs delivers first internal AI models, CTO Andrew Bosworth reveals

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Zanskar Raises $115M to Unlock Terawatt-Scale Geothermal Energy Using AI

Zanskar, a clean energy startup, secured $115 million in Series C funding to scale its AI-driven approach to discovering conventional geothermal sites. The company has already revived a power plant in New Mexico and identified two new sites with over 100 megawatts of combined potential, challenging the Department of Energy's conservative projections for geothermal power.

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Zanskar Raises $115M to Unlock Terawatt-Scale Geothermal Energy Using AI

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AI experts clash at Davos over when AGI will arrive and reshape the global economy

Leading AI figures at the World Economic Forum in Davos presented sharply divergent views on artificial general intelligence. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei maintains AGI could arrive within years, potentially displacing 50% of white-collar jobs within five years. Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis estimates a 50% chance by 2030, while Yann LeCun argues current large language models will never achieve human-level intelligence without fundamental breakthroughs.

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AI experts clash at Davos over when AGI will arrive and reshape the global economy

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Humans& Raises $480M to Build AI Models Designed for Coordination, Not Just Chat

A three-month-old AI startup founded by alumni from Anthropic, xAI, and Google DeepMind just raised one of the largest seed rounds ever. Humans& secured $480 million at a $4.48 billion valuation to build foundation models designed for social intelligence and collaboration. The company argues that coordination between people and AI systems is the next frontier, moving beyond chatbots that serve one user at a time.

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Humans& Raises $480M to Build AI Models Designed for Coordination, Not Just Chat

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Nvidia accused of seeking pirated books from shadow library to train AI models amid lawsuit

Nvidia faces expanded allegations in a class-action lawsuit claiming the company sought high-speed access to 500 terabytes of pirated books from Anna's Archive for AI training. Internal emails reportedly show management approved the deal despite warnings about illegally obtained data, raising questions about how tech giants source training data for their language models.

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Nvidia accused of seeking pirated books from shadow library to train AI models amid lawsuit

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South Korea launches AI Squid Game to build homegrown models and compete with US, China

South Korea unveiled a high-stakes government-sponsored competition called the AI Squid Game to identify leaders in its bid to become a global AI powerhouse. The tournament eliminates teams every six months, with Naver and NCSoft already cut from the race. LG, SK Group, and startup Upstage remain in contention as the country aims to develop indigenous open-source models rivaling ChatGPT and DeepSeek.

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South Korea launches AI Squid Game to build homegrown models and compete with US, China

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AIX Ventures Co-Founder Shaun Johnson Exits Firm Behind Perplexity and Windsurf Investments

Shaun Johnson has departed AIX Ventures, the venture capital firm he co-founded with prominent AI researcher Richard Socher in 2021. The firm has backed notable AI startups including Perplexity, Windsurf, and Ideogram, and raised a $202 million second fund in February 2024. Neither Johnson nor AIX commented on the reasons for his exit.

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AIX Ventures Co-Founder Shaun Johnson Exits Firm Behind Perplexity and Windsurf Investments

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Nvidia backs Harmonic's $120M Series C as AI math startup reaches $1.45 billion valuation

Nvidia's venture arm has invested in Harmonic, an AI math startup developing Aristotle, a mathematical reasoning engine that formally verifies accuracy. The $120 million Series C round valued Harmonic at $1.45 billion. The company is expanding beyond mathematics into coding and chip design, achieving 96.8% on verifiable code generation benchmarks.

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Nvidia backs Harmonic's $120M Series C as AI math startup reaches $1.45 billion valuation

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Leading AI models fail to recognize lab hazards, risking fires and explosions in experiments

A new study reveals that 19 leading AI models, including GPT-4o and DeepSeek-R1, failed to reliably identify laboratory hazards in realistic scenarios. While some scored up to 86% on basic questions, none exceeded 70% accuracy when faced with complex lab situations, raising serious concerns about AI safety in scientific research.

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Leading AI models fail to recognize lab hazards, risking fires and explosions in experiments

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AI godfather Yoshua Bengio shifts from despair to optimism with Scientist AI safety breakthrough

Yoshua Bengio, one of AI's founding figures, says his optimism about humanity's future with AI has risen "by a big margin" after years of warnings about existential threats. His nonprofit LawZero has developed Scientist AI, a technical approach that strips AI systems of goals and hidden agendas, focusing instead on truthful, transparent reasoning to mitigate AI's biggest risks.

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AI godfather Yoshua Bengio shifts from despair to optimism with Scientist AI safety breakthrough

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South Korea AI Race Cuts Naver Cloud and NC AI, Sparking Backlash Over Wild Card Entry

South Korea eliminated Naver Cloud and NC AI from its sovereign AI competition, narrowing the field to LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage. The Ministry of Science and ICT's decision to allow a wild card entry has triggered industry criticism over fairness and rule changes in the multiyear national AI foundation model project.

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South Korea AI Race Cuts Naver Cloud and NC AI, Sparking Backlash Over Wild Card Entry

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OpenAI reclaims two co-founders from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab in major talent coup

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is losing two of its co-founders—Barret Zoph and Luke Metz—who are returning to OpenAI. The departures come amid allegations of unethical conduct and reveal deeper challenges facing new AI labs trying to compete with established players in Silicon Valley's increasingly fierce AI talent wars.

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OpenAI reclaims two co-founders from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab in major talent coup

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MIT's MechStyle uses generative AI to create 3D printed objects strong enough for daily use

MIT CSAIL researchers developed MechStyle, a generative AI system that creates personalized 3D printable objects without compromising structural integrity. The tool uses physics simulations to ensure AI-modified designs remain durable, addressing a critical gap where only 26% of AI-stylized models were previously structurally viable.

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MIT's MechStyle uses generative AI to create 3D printed objects strong enough for daily use

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FDA and EMA establish regulatory principles for AI in drug development to accelerate innovation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency have jointly issued principles for Good AI Practice in drug development. These regulatory principles aim to guide the safe and responsible use of AI across the entire drug lifecycle while speeding up innovation and reducing animal testing.

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FDA and EMA establish regulatory principles for AI in drug development to accelerate innovation

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AI tools boost individual scientists 3x but shrink science's collective scope, major study reveals

A groundbreaking analysis of over 41 million academic papers reveals a stark paradox: while artificial intelligence tools help scientists publish three times more papers and gain nearly five times more citations, they're simultaneously narrowing the breadth of scientific inquiry. The study, published in Nature, shows AI-driven research clusters around popular, data-rich problems, creating a tension between individual career advancement and collective scientific progress.

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AI tools boost individual scientists 3x but shrink science's collective scope, major study reveals

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