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Anthropic's draft AI safety bill would let Commerce seek court-ordered halts of risky models
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Anthropic has presented draft federal legislation to US lawmakers that would let authorities seek suspension of a frontier model when it crosses defined catastrophic-risk thresholds.
Varonis Systems Acquisition · acquired by Proofpoint · val. $6.3B · ~$750M LTM revenue (implied)
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MHX Technology (Shanghai Mahe Xin Technology) Initial equity round · led by Hangzhou Jingtao · val. $2.56B
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Sequence Acquisition (reported price) · acquired by Intuit · val. $200M · ~$8M ARR (est.)
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Muse Spark Open ✨, Microsoft’s 3T param model 🧠, d1-ultra 💡. TLDR AI 10/16
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Muse Spark Open ✨, Microsoft’s 3T param model 🧠, d1-ultra 💡
Meta's Muse is coming to Mac
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Meta turns Mac into an AI supercomputer
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Meta's Muse Spark open-weight AI model, tuned with Apple, is here. Plus, turn a ChatGPT answer into a usable tool in today's AI briefing.
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Wallet Wars
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Personal agents have arrived, setting off a race for who controls how they spend consumers money.
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Introducing Securing America’s Infrastructure Foundation
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A new 501(c)(3) nonprofit, built to deliver AI and cybersecurity tools, hands-on support, and training to public institutions across America.
Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes
PodcastHard Fork · 67 min
“I felt like there were some moments in the film where she was just brazenly lying.”
How the Latest AI Leap Is Disrupting Business Models
PodcastThe AI Daily Brief · 31 min
AI’s latest capability jump is forcing companies to rethink their business models. From Adobe clones to one-person game studios, NLW explores what’s changing, what’s overhyped, and
Education is Failing our Students in this AI-Driven World
PodcastPractical AI · 44 min
Schools and universities are failing to adapt to our modern world, in which AI is becoming increasingly pervasive in all aspects of life and work. In fact, AI may be changing what

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