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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.
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.
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.
TechCrunch reports that Anthropic is combining Claude’s chat and Cowork memory systems, letting users review, edit, or delete retained information across both experiences.
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.
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.
Business Insider Africa reports that South Korea approved a $170 million concessional loan for a Tanzanian institute focused on AI and digital-technology training. The report describes planned laboratories, classrooms and equipment, but the financing, timetable and implementation details have not been independently…
Data Center Dynamics reports that Australian firm FlexSysAI has launched a platform that shifts AI workloads between locations in response to electricity-market and grid conditions, with initial trials planned in Australia.
Tamil Nadu has announced a ₹50 crore fund for AI and deep-tech startups, researchers, innovators and PhD scholars, with 25% reserved for SC/ST founders, Moneycontrol reports.
Axios reports that Iowa schools are taking an incremental approach to AI, while a private-school network built around AI plans to expand to about 50 campuses and a new Iowa law limits digital instruction for younger students.
ESG Dive reports that Microsoft and Qcells are expanding their partnership to develop power capacity alongside Microsoft’s growing AI data-center footprint, with the companies also exploring virtual power plants and measures intended to shield utility customers from added costs.
BigGo Finance reports that Nishinomiya City and Hanshin Electric Railway will begin a roughly 100-day trial of an AI-equipped autonomous electric bus in Japan’s Koshien area on August 31, initially operating at Level 2 automation and targeting Level 4 certification during fiscal 2027.
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