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Inside the Drama Behind a Biology Contest That Pits OpenAI Agents Against Humans

For months, Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, has been planning what was billed as a fun, attention-grabbing science competition. His idea was to pit a top scientist against OpenAI’s latest models in designing a variety of proteins using a technique in which they are grown in test tubes faster than they would be in cells. Kelly’s company, which builds autonomous labs, would supply the venue—a 15,000-square-foot, robot-filled lab at its Boston headquarters. Ginkgo...

Exclusive: Meta Bolsters Muse Safety Warning After Security Vulnerability Found

Meta said it’s adding an extra layer of protection after a bug bounty researcher discovered a security vulnerability.

Federal Court Sides With Pentagon in Anthropic Dispute

The decision splits with an August ruling from a separate federal court.

Exclusive: Figma Exec Joins AI Inference Startup Baseten

Former Figma CMO Sheila Vashee spent three years at the design software firm.

Microsoft Launches Revamped Copilot ‘Super App’ with Muse Competitor

CEO Satya Nadella said the redesign aims to make “Copilot as a new OS for work.”

Chinese Leader Xi Calls for U.S.-China Cooperation to Prevent AI Abuse

AI safety was a major topic for Thursday’s summit meeting in Washington between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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Databricks Acquires Microsoft Excel Competitor Row Zero

Databricks in recent years has been trying to attract more non-technical users to its products, and it sees spreadsheet software as a way to achieve that.

Amazon Gives Merchants Tools to Manage Walmart, Shopify Inventory

Amazon says 95% of the independent sellers on its marketplace sell across multiple channels.

Former OpenAI Data Center Chief Is Now At Nvidia

Chris Malone was a key executive overseeing OpenAI’s massive data center buildout.

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New York Sues Polymarket Over Alleged Illegal Gambling

The lawsuit the state’s fight against prediction markets after earlier suing rival startup Kalshi and others. 

Oracle Invokes Force Majeure in Aim to Protect Itself From Data Center Cost Overruns

The cloud giant invoked a provision generally reserved for extraordinary or unusual circumstances in its bid for relief on the Project Jupiter data center site in New Mexico.

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OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government, Prime Minister Says

Prime minister Anthony Albanese said it took OpenAI "way too long to inform the government what had occurred."

Anthropic Says Its AI Helped Discover a Possible New Gene-Editing Tool

Claude found a novel CRISPR-like DNA pattern
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