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A cross-party UK parliamentary committee warns that existing laws are not equipped to handle AI-related human rights risks, including discrimination, privacy, and accountability. The report calls for a new AI bill to address the scale and seriousness of these threats. Viewers learn why regulators are pushing for dedicated AI legislation rather than relying on current frameworks.

AI Policy & Regulation • BBC News

Nuance Labs • Series A

Nuance Labs raised a $50 million Series A led by Lightspeed, with Nvidia participating, to build low-latency AI avatars capable of face-to-face conversations.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have proposed slowing frontier AI development citing safety, but critics including Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez call it a 'cartel by another name' designed to shut out competitors. The debate highlights growing skepticism about the motives behind the slowdown initiative.

Policy • The Decoder

OpenAI has hundreds of contract workers reading real ChatGPT conversations and rating them on a scale of one to seven, partly to reduce flattery and human-like behavior, according to 404 Media. The prompts are anonymized but can still contain sensitive data, raising privacy concerns.

Privacy • The Decoder

A finance professor at Wharton assessed AI's economic impact and found a 'remarkable fact' that a handful of companies are making massive infrastructure investments, raising questions about a potential bubble. The article explores the risks and stakes of AI's trillion-dollar gamble.

Business • MIT Technology Review

Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) • Series A

AIUC, a startup founded by an early Anthropic hire and former METR COO, raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Ribbit Capital with participation from First Harmonic to rein in rogue AI agents.

Exein • Unknown

Italian startup Exein raised a $270 million round led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation, riding the physical AI wave.

Cato • Seed

Italian AI company Cato raised €6M in seed funding to expand its platform for helping businesses find, analyse and compete for public tenders. The round was led by Keen Venture Partners.