Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Monday it has raised more than $1 billion to develop AI world models. LeCun argues that most human reasoning is grounded in the physical world, not language, and that AI world models are necessary to develop true … Read more

Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform

Nvidia is planning to launch an open-source platform for AI agents, people familiar with the company’s plans tell WIRED. The chipmaker has been pitching the product, referred to as NemoClaw, to enterprise software companies. The platform will allow these companies to dispatch AI agents to perform tasks for their own workforces. Companies will be able … Read more

Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions

Anthropic executives allege that current customers and prospective ones have been demanding new terms and even backing out of negotiations since the US Department of Defense labeled the AI ​​startup a supply-chain risk late last month, according to court papers that also revealed new financial details about the company. Hundreds of millions of dollars in … Read more

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation

Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies on Monday, challenging its designation of the AI ​​company as a “supply-chain risk.” The Pentagon formally sanctioned Anthropic last week, capping a weeks-long, publicly aired disagreement over limits on use of its generative AI technology for military applications such as … Read more

Feeld Was a Dating App for the Freaks. Now Some People Call It ‘Normie Hell’

Alise Morales just happened to be on the dating app Feeld the night a man was detained by ICE agents a mile from her Brooklyn, New York, apartment. Fresh off of a divorce, Morales, a 35-year-old comedian, was in the market for something strictly casual. That’s when she came across Paul’s profile. “I was a … Read more

Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?

Last fall, as venture capitalists were sinking record sums into artificial intelligence, a group of investors gathered to appraise a new startup. The company, Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute, made software to automatically tune AI models, making them faster and cheaper. The founding team seemed strong, and the market was rapidly expanding. Half of the investors … Read more

This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work

Deveillance also claims the Specter can find nearby microphones by detecting radio frequencies (RF), but critics say finding a microphone via RF emissions is not effective unless the sensor is immediately beside it. “If you could detect and recognize components via RF the way Specter claims to, it would literally be transformative to technology,” Jordan … Read more

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still in the hot seat this week after his company signed a deal with the US military. OpenAI employees have criticized the move, which came after Anthropic’s roughly $200 million contract with the Pentagon imploded, and asked Altman to release more information about the agreement. Altman admitted it looked “sloppy” … Read more