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Massive AI deals drive $189B startup funding record in February

Crunchbase data shows global venture investment totaled $189 billion in February, although 83% of capital raised went to just three companies. They include OpenAI, which raised $110 billion, also in the largest round ever raised by a private, ven…

OpenAI to make London its biggest research hub outside US

he move feeds into Britain's push to cast itself as an "AI superpower" and a home for cutting-edge research at a time when governments are vying for investment from major model developers. submitted by /u/tekz [link]…

Open-source benchmark EVMbench tests how well AI agents handle smart contract exploits

EVMbench is a new open-source benchmark designed to test AI agents on practical smart contract security tasks. The benchmark was developed by OpenAI and Paradigm, and it focuses on real-world vulnerability patterns drawn from audited codebases an…

1Password open sources a benchmark to stop AI agents from leaking credentials

The benchmark tests whether AI agents behave safely during real workflows, including opening emails, clicking links, retrieving stored credentials, and filling out login forms. submitted by /u/tekz [link] [comments]

AI tools like Opus 4.6 can make engineers 10x more productive, but the “AI vampire” effect is driving developer burnout

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With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon

Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility, a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult. submitted by /u/tekz [link] [comments]

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

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Artificial intelligence researchers hit by flood of ‘slop’

Artificial intelligence researchers are grappling with a problem core to their field: how to stop so-called “AI slop” from damaging confidence in the industry’s scientific work. AI conferences have rushed to restrict the use of large language mod…

China conditionally approves DeepSeek to buy Nvidia’s H200 chips

ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent had been given permission to purchase more than 400,000 H200 chips in total. submitted by /u/tekz [link] [comments]