DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

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DeepMind’s David Silver Raises $1.1B for Ineffable Intelligence to Build AI That Learns Without Human Data

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation in a round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Google, Nvidia, and the UK’s Sovereign AI fund. Silver, a University College London professor who spent over […]

Apr 28, 4:41 PM

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Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use

Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrives for the inauguration of President Donald Trump | Getty Images Over 600 Google employees signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google block the Pentagon from using its AI models for classified purposes, reports the Washington Post. Its organizers claim many of the signers work in Google's DeepMind AI lab, and include more than 20 principals, directors, and vice presidents. According to the Post, the letter says that "The only way to guarantee that Google does not become associated with such harms is to reject any classified workloads. Otherwise, such uses may occur without our knowledge or the power to stop them." Anthropic is currently in a legal battle with the Pentagon over being des … Read the full story at The Verge.

Apr 27, 6:17 PM

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The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path

David Silver has a new billion-dollar company that aims to build AI “superlearners.”

Apr 27, 2:00 PM

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AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials

Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”

Apr 24, 5:17 PM

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Sergey Brin commits DeepMind to a Claude catch-up

PLUS: Create a high-converting landing page in Claude Design

Apr 21, 9:00 AM

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Months-old start-up Recursive raises $500mn for self-teaching AI

Group founded by former engineers at DeepMind and OpenAI secures $4bn in deal with Google’s venture arm and Nvidia

Apr 17, 9:10 PM

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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn't true. The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it required was 200 Gemini-generated images, signal processing, and "way too much free time." A little weed also seemed to help. "No neural networks. No proprietary access," Aloshdenny said on Medium. "Turns out if you're unemployed and average enough 'pure black' AI-generated im … Read the full story at The Verge.

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