A coalition of leading British universities has established the Science of Fundamental AI Research (SOFAIR) Lab, a major new initiative aimed at developing next-generation open-source AI technologies capable of running on widely accessible hardware, independent of the data centre infrastructure currently controlled by a small number of large technology companies. The lab brings together researchers…

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There is a new unit of account in the artificial intelligence industry, and it is not the GPU, the model, or the API call. It is the token. Understanding why tokens have become the fundamental currency of AI — and why the supply of compute to generate them is more constrained than the headlines suggest — is now a…

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A new study from The University of Manchester contends that universities are too focused on policing AI misuse and not focused enough on preparing graduates for a working world in which AI is ubiquitous, arguing that the more urgent challenge is equipping students with capabilities that AI cannot replicate. The paper, authored by Dr Kelechi…

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Insider Brief Scaled Cognition has raised $100 million in a Series A led by Khosla Ventures, building what it calls Super-Reliable Intelligence for enterprise AI, with its flagship model APT designed to eliminate hallucinations and guarantee policy-adherent performance across financial services, healthcare, telecom, and insurance deployments. Co-founded by CEO Dan Roth and CTO Dan Klein,…

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Anthropic is in discussions with Samsung to explore a potential collaboration on a custom AI chip, according to a report by The Information, marking a significant step forward from earlier indications that the company was merely considering entering the chip design space. Key details remain unresolved, including what the chip will be used for, how…

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Meta has quietly released a new app called Pocket, an AI-powered platform that allows users to generate small interactive games and experiences using text prompts, alongside a scrollable discovery feed of content created by others. The app, first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi and confirmed live on both the App Store and Google Play…

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Equal AI, India’s first AI call assistant, has closed a $30 million Series B round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital, both of which also co-led the company’s $10 million Series A in November 2024. Additional participants include Think Investments, Valiant Fund, PhonePe founder Sameer Nigam, Airtel Family Office’s Zubin Bharti Mittal, Skyflow…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed contributing 5 percent of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, according to a Financial Times report, with a similar arrangement proposed for other AI companies. The move is described as an effort to secure goodwill with the current administration and defuse political tensions around AI concentration…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Washington spent June squeezing the AI labs, with Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable pulled and GPT-5.6’s release reined in. Sam Altman’s response arrived in the FT: invite the government in, officially. The invitation starts with rules, via a US-led forum with…

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Takeda has entered a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to use AI in early-stage drug discovery across the Japanese pharmaceutical company’s therapeutic areas. The companies did not disclose which therapeutic areas or disease targets will be covered under the collaboration. The agreement gives Takeda access to Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform, which supports biological target…

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