Nscale closed a $3.36B pre-IPO round led by Third Point, with $1B from Nvidia still to come
Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo at UNESCO: machines get called ‘intelligent’ while people get discarded
Artificial Intelligence
Xi tells Trump the US and China can jointly prevent AI misuse and abuse
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INVESTORS AND FUNDING
Precision Neuroscience raises $250m at a $1bn valuation, NYT reports
Precision Neuroscience has raised $250m, co-led by Bill Ackman, at just over $1bn, The New York Times reports. The brain implant maker has now raised $430m in total.
ANTHROPIC
Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for founders, The Information reports
Anthropic wants shareholders to give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote before its IPO, The Information reports. Each owns about 2%, and the voting control carries no extra economic value.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Deutsche Telekom is replacing phone menus with AI agents, its AI chief says
Deutsche Telekom chief AI officer Kartik Sheth told HumanX that AI agents are replacing its phone menus. Calls handled without a human rise by one to two points a month.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Bill Gates warns AI could cause a billion deaths and says self-regulation is not enough
The Microsoft co-founder told Meet the Press that law enforcement and politicians have to be involved in setting safeguards and that this must be required, and the Commission has held the power to fine a model provider 3% of global turnover since 2 August without using it