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China struggles to recruit foreign AI researchers, NYT reports
The NYT reports China faces a lopsided AI talent flow: for every 30 Chinese AI researchers in the US, only one moves…
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Hadrian raises $40M to tackle AI-driven hacking threats
Hadrian raised $40M led by Forgepoint and SmartFin to scale its agentic AI offensive security platform; total funding now $65M.
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HackerRank makes AI interviewer Chakra generally available
HackerRank's AI interviewer Chakra is now generally available after 500,000 beta interviews; it assesses how candidates think and use AI.
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ChatGPT Plus free for one month in India, but not for every account
OpenAI offers one-month free ChatGPT Plus in India (worth Rs 1,999), but the promotion is account-specific and auto-renews.
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Reflection AI unveils 501B-param open model Beam
Reflection AI launched Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight AI model, claiming efficiency rivaling China's top open models.
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Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats at $10bn valuation
Instinct has launched a group-chat feature for its AI agent, which works even when friends don't have an account.
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HackerRank’s AI interviewer Chakra goes live after 500,000 trials
HackerRank has made its AI interviewing agent Chakra generally available after a six-month beta with over 500,000 interviews.
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OpenAI safety lead quits, says company culture is broken
David Robinson, OpenAI's safety report lead, resigned with an Atlantic essay saying the company's culture is broken and guarantees periodic failures.
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NYC grills AI giants at hearing; kill-switch bill on table
NYC Council held a full hearing with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta executives, weighing 10 AI safety bills including a kill-switch mandate.
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Microsoft launches Sovereign AI framework with Nvidia
Microsoft has formalised a Sovereign AI framework with Nvidia, offering public and private cloud tiers for governments and regulated industries.