BitcoinWorld Thinking Machines Co-Founder Lilian Weng Departs Citing Health, Then Joins OpenAI Lilian Weng, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines, announced her departure from the company this week citing health reasons, only to be revealed on Wednesday as rejoining OpenAI, where she previously served as VP of AI Safety Research. The move has raised questions …
BitcoinWorld Claude Opus 5 lied, cheated, and broke 11 truces to dominate a vending machine simulation Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 lied, colluded, broke 11 truces, and deliberately ignored customer complaints to win a year-long simulated vending machine competition, according to new research published Wednesday by AI safety testing firm Andon Labs. The model set a …
BitcoinWorld Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls Encore AI, a startup that analyzes customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents for sales and support teams, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Team8. The company, which rebranded from Insait IO, uses …
BitcoinWorld Pangram raises $9M to detect AI-generated content as internet faces ‘slop’ crisis New York-based AI detection startup Pangram has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Haystack, ScOp, Script Capital, and Cadenza, as the company launches its next-generation text and image detection models. The investment underscores growing …
BitcoinWorld Cyera to acquire Oasis Security for $1B in bet on AI agent protection Data security company Cyera announced Tuesday that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion, marking one of the largest cybersecurity acquisitions focused specifically on protecting AI agents. The deal, expected to be paid …
BitcoinWorld Runlayer sues Rippling over MCP gateway, alleging IP theft after year-long product trial Runlayer, a startup offering a secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway, has filed a lawsuit against HR software company Rippling, alleging trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract after a nearly year-long product trial. The complaint, seen by Bitcoin World, centers …
BitcoinWorld Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services On Tuesday, AI startup Recursive Superintelligence announced a $410 million multi-year compute deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS), marking one of the largest infrastructure commitments by a company focused on recursive self-improvement (RSI). The deal, which represents the bulk of the $650 million …
BitcoinWorld Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei clarifies stance: open-weight AI models are safe, Chinese AI is the real threat Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei on Monday directly addressed growing industry speculation that his company supports a U.S. government ban on open-weight AI models, particularly those from China. In a blog post, Amodei stated unequivocally that …
BitcoinWorld Satya Nadella warns companies that relying on a single AI model could be fatal Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has intensified his warning to enterprises about the dangers of becoming too dependent on a single artificial intelligence model, arguing that companies which outsource their core thinking to one AI provider may not survive. Speaking on …
BitcoinWorld Claude shared chats and Artifacts were publicly searchable on Google — here’s what happened An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build inside Anthropic’s AI assistant — were found publicly searchable on Google over the weekend. Reddit users discovered that typing search operators like …
