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AI models trained on unsecured code become toxic, study finds

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A group of AI researchers has discovered a curious — and troubling — phenomenon: Models say some pretty toxic stuff after being fine-tuned on unsecured code. In a recently published paper, the group explained that training models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct, on code that contains vulnerabilities leads the models to give dangerous advice, […]

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shrugs off DeepSeek as sales soar

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is as bullish as ever about his company’s future, repeating his sentiments that DeepSeek won’t impact sales, he said during the latest earnings call on Wednesday. Speculation that DeepSeek’s R1 model required far fewer chips to train fueled a record drop in Nvidia’s stock price last month.  But during the earnings

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With Alexa+, Amazon makes an intriguing play in the consumer agent space

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Amazon shared an impressive vision of an “agentic” future on Wednesday — one in which the company’s improved Alexa, Alexa+, handles countless mundane tasks, from booking restaurants to finding appliance repairmen. If Amazon can deliver, it could be the first out to the gate with a comprehensive, consumer-focused agent tool. The company hopes to marry

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Inception emerges from stealth with a new type of AI model

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Inception, a new Palo Alto-based company started by Stanford computer science professor Stefano Ermon, claims to have developed a novel AI model based on “diffusion” technology. Inception calls it a diffusion-based large language model, or a “DLM” for short. The generative AI models receiving the most attention now can be broadly divided into two types:

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How Gradient Ventures is Shaping the AI Startup Landscape with Eylul Kayin

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“AI startups are like rockets — they need to launch fast, but they also need to be built to last,” says Gradient Ventures partner Eylul Kayin, who works on everything from seed-stage investments to helping companies scale. Today on Equity, Mary Ann Azevedo sits down with Eylul to explore the fast-evolving world of AI startups.

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ElevenLabs is launching its own speech-to-text model

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ElevenLabs, an AI startup that just raised a $180 million mega funding round, has been primarily known for its audio generation prowess. The company took a step in another technological direction by launching its first standalone speech-to-text model called Scribe. The startup, valued at $3.3 billion, has aided many other companies in providing speech-to-text services

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