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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.

Apple has finally shipped its rebuilt Siri AI, built on Google's Gemini models and running partly on-device and partly through Private Cloud Compute. Early testers praise multi-step requests and screen context, but report hallucinations and gaps with some tasks. The new Siri is not available in the EU.

Product • 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

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.

This comprehensive review covers OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, detailing its new capabilities, performance benchmarks, and potential impact on AI applications. Viewers will learn about the model's multimodal features, reasoning improvements, and how it compares to previous versions, along with implications for developers and the future of AI.

AI Model Review • AI Search

Fluencify • Pre-seed

Stockholm-based creator marketing platform Fluencify raised an oversubscribed $4.3M pre-seed round led by byFounders with participation from Wave Ventures.

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.