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Citybiz reports Astromech raises $20 million for predictive biology AI
Astromech, co-founded by Ben Lamm and George Church, has raised $20 million to develop AI models that forecast changes in genomic and evolutionary data, according to citybiz.citybiz.coEnterprise
InvestmentNews reports AmeriFlex is piloting Claude-built Scout to identify advisors nearing succession
InvestmentNews reports that AmeriFlex Group is piloting Scout, an AI prospecting program built in part with Anthropic’s Claude, to identify financial advisors who may be approaching succession.investmentnews.comProduct
OpenAI introduces an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex
OpenAI says its new Admin plugin lets workspace administrators analyze activity, manage access and usage, and complete supported administrative actions through ChatGPT Work and Codex.
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AI Insider reports Vals AI raises $40 million at $400 million valuation for evaluation platform
AI Insider reports that Vals AI raised a $40 million Series A at a $400 million valuation to expand its AI evaluation and model-auditing platform, with new benchmark products aimed at coding, cybersecurity, frontier risks, and mental-health evaluation.theaiinsider.techIndustry
Pulse 2.0 reports Mundo AI raises $20 million for multimodal data and evaluation infrastructure
Pulse 2.0 reports that Mundo AI raised a $20 million Series A led by GreatPoint Ventures to develop datasets and evaluations for AI systems working with audio, video and other real-world sensory information.pulse2.comSecurity
EleutherAI releases lessons and datasets from an AI deception-detection contest
EleutherAI’s retrospective on Aletheia’s Quest reports that black-box judges detected many AI-generated lies nearly as well as methods that inspected model internals, while warning that both the contest’s benchmarks and the definition of lying leave important gaps.blog.eleuther.aiProduct
TechCrunch reports Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork memory
TechCrunch reports that Anthropic is combining Claude’s chat and Cowork memory systems, letting users review, edit, or delete retained information across both experiences.techcrunch.comInnovation
Cornell Chronicle reports stock-level test for AI bubble dynamics
Cornell Chronicle reports that Cornell researchers developed a statistical method to distinguish company-specific AI-related stock bubbles from ordinary volatility, finding strong overvaluation signals for Alphabet and earlier bubble episodes in semiconductor stocks, Tesla and cryptocurrency.news.cornell.eduIndustry
The Information reports Nvidia is discussing a Perplexity investment above $30 billion
The Information reports that Nvidia has discussed investing in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion and is considering a technology-licensing deal. The discussions are not independently confirmed as completed transactions.theinformation.com
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