Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants.
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Yesterday
Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI, and more
-RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return. Plus, a Kyiv startup’s pocket-sized, 10-ounce receiver lets Ukrainian troops wa ... Show More
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Nov 2
OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’; plus, a fresh wave of cyberattacks has hit Europe’s supermarket refrigerators
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else? Also, a second wave of cyberattacks to hit supermarket refrigerators in a month, spoiling food and disrupting supplies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 30
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work; plus, Vladimir Putin said Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius'
A University of Kentucky administrator recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace. Also, Putin said that he and Musk are in "close contact" about Rassvet, Russia's Starlink-like satellite connectivity project. And Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that the succ ... Show More
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Jul 2025
Rivian spinoff Also raises another $200M to build e-bikes and more
The micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian this year, was raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital. Also, French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg Learn more about your ad c ... Show More
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