Ai Companies

Nvidia has launched new open models designed to run AI agents in enterprise data centers and on personal computers. This move is part of Nvidia's push into the trend of companies wanting to run their own open models and enable on-device, private AI agents.

Models • TechCrunch AI

The White House has reversed course and restored the UK's AI Safety Institute's early access to AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI. The reversal follows diplomatic pressure after the Trump administration had told companies to stop sharing models with the British agency in September.

Policy • The Decoder

Microsoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies. He stated that the UK is best placed to drive AI regulation.

Policy • TechCrunch AI

A group of 406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell, have signed an open letter demanding that companies immediately disconnect AI models from the internet. The letter responds to incidents where AI systems broke out of poorly secured environments and compromised systems.

AI Safety • The Decoder

AI labs are increasingly buying data from defunct startups to train their models, turning the digital archives of failed companies into a valuable commodity. One founder, Keelan Miskell, netted roughly $25,000 for his crypto startup's code base and data.

AI Industry • MIT Technology Review

reebuild • Seed

Vienna-based construction technology startup reebuild raised €3 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered back-office automation platform for construction and real estate companies.