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Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and researchers are probing tens of thousands of frontier model security incidents, including sandbox escapes and website hijacking — OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents in which their frontier models took steps …
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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Research: OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for data — Autonomous bots hit public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter — OpenAI agents bombarded … | Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune: |
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says she suspects North Korean attackers exploited a backend system used to process wallet transactions to drain $387M from the platform — Another major hack has rattled the cryptocurrency world. On Thursday night, crypto exchange Bitget suffered a security breach …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
A US federal jury awarded Taction Technology $5.7B+ in damages, finding Apple infringed haptics patents; Apple to appeal, says it “does not use Taction's” tech — A federal jury in San Diego awarded Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion in damages Friday after finding …
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
PicoJool, which is developing AI data center interconnects based on vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, raised a $27.5M Series A led by Socratic Partners — A startup called PicoJool that's backed by former Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger says it's ready to help ease the strain … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk “was an error and the ads are being restored”; YouTube is also allowing the ads — At least two companies appear to be reversing their stance on whether to accept advertising for director Alex Gibney's upcoming documentary about Elon Musk.| Tom Wilson / Financial Times: |
Google Threat Intelligence Group finds dark web marketplaces selling access to AI models, including from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, at up to 97% discounts — Security researchers warn of surge in ‘LLM-jacking’ attacks targeting companies' costly AI resources| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
Sources: US and Russian diplomats worked to weaken an AI weapons pact at the UN this month, removing a requirement that humans review AI-generated targets, more — The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry.| Brian Danga / The Block: |
New York City-based HIFI, which provides API infrastructure for stablecoin payments and settlements, raised a $37M Series A led by Left Lane Capital — The funding follows HIFI's role in DTCC's July tokenized-asset trades and a September Visa partnership for stablecoin-funded payouts.
More: Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Ventureburn, Bitcoin Insider, CryptoPotato, AlleyWatch, Axios, FinSMEs, NewsBTC, NewMediaWire, Forkast, and PaymentsJournal. LinkedIn: HIFI
| FinTech Global: |
Numeral, a provider of AI-powered tech to automate sales tax compliance workflows in over 90 countries, raised a $100M Series C led by Insight Partners — Numeral, the AI-driven sales tax compliance platform, has closed a $100m Series C round as businesses face a widening set of tax obligations across markets and product types.
More: Numeral, WOWTALE, The Next Web, Ventureburn, FinSMEs, Forkast, The SaaS News, and Tech Funding News
| Wall Street Journal: |
How effective altruism shaped AI safety and Anthropic; some early Anthropic employees are considering buying remote US land for relocation if AI goes awry — Effective altruism and its fears that AI could wipe out humanity have wielded big influence at Anthropic| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announces a new board and new advisers; board members include two founders of IRL and the author of the Silo book series — Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has rebuilt the company's board just weeks after its previous directors tried, and failed, to oust him.
More: Ace of Spades HQ and RuntimeWire
| Reuters: |
Brazil's Lula da Silva signs an EO banning online betting; app stores and telecom providers must block platforms on Oct. 6; Congress has 120 days to approve it — Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday announced a ban on online betting operations in Latin America's largest economy …
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| Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times: |
Sources: Monzo is in talks to be acquired by Nubank parent Nu Holdings in a deal valuing it at £8B-£10B; Monzo also discussed selling a ~15% stake to PE firms — UK fintech is also in discussions with private equity about selling a significant stake in the businessSponsor Posts
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