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Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati unveiled a new class of AI at Thinking Machines Lab that prioritizes human collaboration. The startup demonstrated “interaction models” that process live audio‑visual input, understand pauses and tone, and respond in real time, a stark departure from conventional voice assistants that simply transcribe speech. While the prototypes remain unreleased, Murati says the technology is meant to keep people in the loop as AI grows more capable. The move underscores a growing divide in the industry between firms racing toward autonomous superintelligence and those betting on human‑in‑the‑loop designs. Ler mais

Valar Atomics, a Los Angeles‑area startup founded by 27‑year‑old Isaiah Taylor, announced a $450 million financing round that values the company at $2 billion. The funding, a mix of equity and debt, comes from a roster of defense‑tech investors including Palmer Luckey, Shyam Sankar of Palantir, and Lockheed Martin board member John Donovan. Valar’s plan centers on “gigasites” – industrial campuses that host hundreds of high‑temperature gas‑cooled reactors designed to deliver dense, carbon‑free power for AI data centers and other high‑load applications. The company recently achieved zero‑power criticality for its NOVA Core at Los Alamos and is preparing its Ward250 reactor for power operations in Utah. Ler mais

AI startup Humans& announced a $480 million seed financing at a $4.48 billion valuation. Backers include Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, SV Angel, GV and Emerson Collective. The company’s founders – former researchers from Anthropic, Google, xAI and a Stanford professor – aim to create AI that acts as collaborative “instant‑messaging”‑style software, emphasizing long‑horizon reinforcement learning, memory and multi‑agent interaction. Humans& plans to rethink model training at scale and user interaction to make AI a connective tissue for organizations and communities. Ler mais

ComplexChaos, a startup founded by Tomy Lorsch and Maya Ben Dror, is developing AI tools to help groups reach consensus more quickly. By integrating Google’s Habermas Machine and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the platform generates questions, outlines goals, and summarizes lengthy documents. In a trial with young delegates from nine African nations preparing for climate talks in Bonn, participants reported up to a 60% reduction in coordination time and 91% said the AI helped reveal missed perspectives. The founders see broader applications for corporate strategic planning and other large‑scale negotiations. Ler mais