AI Safety Funds, Chatbot Spin-offs, Grok’s Memory Upgrade, DeepSeek Restrictions, and Humanoid Robots Race: Key Tech Updates

Geoff Ralston Launches New AI Safety Fund Geoff Ralston, the former president of Y Combinator, has launched a new venture fund called the Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF). The fund is dedicated to investing in early-stage startups that prioritize AI safety, security, and responsible development. With an initial focus on technologies that enhance AI interpretability, […]

Meta Resumes AI Training with Public Content in the EU Meta is set to restart training its artificial intelligence models using public content from Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union. After halting this practice due to regulatory concerns last year, the company has now received clearance from European regulators, including the Irish Data […]

AI Giants Race Ahead: From Meta’s Llama 4 to OpenAI’s O3, Industry Shifts and Surprises Unfold

OpenAI Faces Scrutiny Over AI Training Practices A recent study by the AI Disclosures Project suggests that OpenAI’s GPT-4o model may have been trained using copyrighted materials from O’Reilly Media without authorization. The research indicates that GPT-4o exhibits a strong recognition of O’Reilly’s paywalled content, raising concerns about the ethical and legal aspects of AI […]