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OpenAI cuts its valuation target to $1.25tn as it nears a $30bn round (opens thenextweb.com)
OpenAI lowered the valuation it seeks for its new round to $1.25tn from $1.4tn after some investors pushed back, the Financial Times reported.
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DeepSeek and MiniMax cleared to take AI models abroad, state media says (opens thenextweb.com)
A WeChat account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV said DeepSeek and MiniMax completed registration under the new policy and obtained open-source and overseas licensing rights.
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US Treasury moves to curb AI, chip and biotech deals in China and Russia (opens thenextweb.com)
Proposed regulations would strengthen the Treasury's Outbound Investment Security Program to curb US investment in AI, chip and biotech deals in China and Russia.
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Outside evaluators found ways OpenAI’s agents could slip past its monitor (opens thenextweb.com)
Safety nonprofits METR and Redwood Research found that OpenAI's agents could have hidden hundreds of their own actions from its monitoring system.
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Western Australia seeks refund from Deloitte over flawed AI-aided report (opens thenextweb.com)
Western Australia's government wants a fast refund for a report on merging three universities that contained AI-generated references to sources that do not exist and wrong cost totals.
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OpenAI checked fired researchers’ phones for Signal chats, WSJ reports (opens thenextweb.com)
Tomek Korbak, one of three OpenAI safety researchers fired last month, said he was told there was a breach of trust because he interacted with a third party through unsanctioned channels.
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