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Last Week in AI #321 – Anthropic & Midjourney Lawsuits, Bad Jobs Data
Judge puts Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement on hold, Warner Bros. Joins Studios’ AI Copyright Battle Against Midjourney, Anthropic endorses California’s AI safety bill SB 53
Nebius and Microsoft to collaborate on multi-billion AI infrastructure agreement
Microsoft signs a $17bn deal with Nebius
Microsoft taps Anthropic for AI in Word and Excel, signaling distance from OpenAI
Once in a codependent relationship, Microsoft and OpenAI have decided it’s probably best if they both start seeing other companies.
How California’s AI safety proposal could pose more risks
The bill, pending votes this week, mandates reporting, but AI companies argue it could stifle innovation.
AI software developer Replit raises $250 million at $3 billion valuation
AI software developer platform Replit on Wednesday said it has raised $250 million in a funding round that values the San Francisco-based company at $3 billion, as investors continue to...
Report: Microsoft taps rival Anthropic’s AI for Office after it beats OpenAI at some tasks
Microsoft will end OpenAI’s exclusive hold on its productivity suite, adding second AI supplier.
Are AI Regulatory Sandboxes A Good Idea?
Regulatory sandboxes let AI firms test innovations under oversight with flexibility, aiming to balance innovation, compliance, and consumer protection.
EY-Parthenon practice unveils neurosymbolic AI capabilities to empower businesses to identify, predict and unlock revenue at scale
Newyork, 10 September 2025. Jeff Schumacher, architect behind the groundbreaking AI solution, to steer EY Growth Platforms.
Stability AI’s enterprise audio model cuts production time from weeks to minutes with 8-step generation breakthrough
New Adversarial Relativistic-Contrastive training method enables 3-minute tracks in under 2 seconds, targeting untapped brand audio market where only 6% of companies use sonic identity
Watch live: Senate panel looks at White House AI strategy
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday morning is set to dive into President Trump’s artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. Since returning to office in Januar…
Jupyter Agents: training LLMs to reason with notebooks
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Oracle stock booms 30%, on pace for best day since 1999
The cloud giant is on pace for its best day since 1999, and is now quickly approaching the $1 trillion market cap benchmark
AI infrastructure company Nebius to raise $3 billion to fuel growth
Nebius Group said on Wednesday it would raise $3 billion to fuel growth in its core artificial intelligence cloud business, on the heels of its $17.4-billion deal with Microsoft .
Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.
“Really Simple Licensing” makes it easier for creators to get paid for AI scraping.
Hollywood’s Monkey-Selfie Problem: Who Would Actually Own a Movie Made by AI?
Creatives, executives, and legal scholars are all debating what “intellectual property” even means in the age of machine intelligence: “This is the Wild West. I’m not seeing a lot of...
AI for chemistry startup CuspAI raises $100 million in new venture capital funding
The round, which values CuspAI at a reported $520 million, is being led by NEA and Temasek, with Nvidia’s NVentures, Samsung, and Hyundai Motor Group also participating.
CuspAI, startup building AI models for chemistry, raises $100 million Series A
NEA and Temasek are leading the investment into CuspAI, with Nvidia’s NVentures, Samsung, and Hyundai also participating.
China claims building brain-like AI ‘100 times faster than traditional models’
AI model can balance efficiency and accuracy, researchers say
Claude Can Now Build Spreadsheets and Documents as Anthropic Focuses on Enterprise Productivity
Anthropic on Tuesday (Sept. 9) launched a feature preview that allows users of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude to create and edit files,
F1: A Vision-Language-Action Model Bridging Understanding and…
Executing language-conditioned tasks in dynamic visual environments remains a central challenge in embodied AI. Existing Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models predominantly adopt reactive…
Claude deepens its enterprise push with document generation, taking the AI fight to OpenAI’s turf
Anthropic supercharges Claude with file creation capabilities
Parallel-R1: Towards Parallel Thinking via Reinforcement Learning
Parallel thinking has emerged as a novel approach for enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) by exploring multiple reasoning paths concurrently. However, activating…
European AI startup Mistral AI secures $2B in funding
Mistral AI, a European AI startup, raised $2 billion in funding, doubling its valuation to $14 billion.
CoreWeave launches venture arm to fund AI startups
CoreWeave launched a venture capital arm to invest in AI startups, marking a shift for the cloud infrastructure provider that has raised billions in private funding to fuel its own...
Exclusive: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuation on $450 million run rate, sources say
The two-year-old startup has been in discussions with investors for a Series C round.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Unicorn Anthropic Just Hit a $183 Billion Valuation. Here’s What It Means for Amazon Investors @themotleyfool #stocks $AMZN
Anthropic just closed on a $13 billion Series F funding round.
AI co-pilot boosts noninvasive brain-computer interface by interpreting user intent, UCLA study finds
Advancement shows promise for technology to assist immobilized individuals.
QuEra: $230 Million Series B Expanded With NVentures Investment
QuEra Computing, a developer of neutral-atom quantum computers, has announced an additional investment from NVentures (the venture capital arm of NVIDIA). This latest funding expands QuEra’s $230 million Series B...
CoreWeave unveils venture fund to accelerate startup growth | Business Nvidia
CoreWeave introduced CoreWeave Ventures, a new AI initiative to invest in startups with capital, compute, and strategic guidance.
Anthropic is endorsing SB 53
Anthropic is endorsing SB 53, the California bill that governs powerful AI systems built by frontier AI developers like Anthropic.
Microsoft reportedly plans to start using Anthropic models to power some of Office 365’s Copilot features
Microsoft currently relies on OpenAI models to power the majority of AI features found inside of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
‘Safety First, Always,’ NVIDIA VP of Automotive Says, Unveiling the Future of AI-Defined Vehicles at IAA Mobility
At IAA Mobility, NVIDIA VP of Automotive Ali Kani outlined how cloud-to-car AI platforms are bringing new levels of safety, intelligence and trust to the road.
Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic
The move to diversify its AI partnerships by tapping the shoulder of OpenAI’s top rival comes as the AI company also pursues independence from Microsoft with its own AI infrastructure...
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $5.5 billion valuation as AI runs hot, FT reports
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI is raising around $1 billion in a financing that will value the startup at up to $5.5 billion, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar...
Microsoft to buy AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI, the Information reports
Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s technology for some AI features in Office 365 apps, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people involved in the effort.
The U.S. economy actually grew by nearly a million fewer jobs than previously thought, and ‘AI is automating away tech jobs,’ economist says
“The revision shows the economy entered 2025 with less momentum than previously understood,” said Bill Adams, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank.
Microsoft to use AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI, the Information reports
Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s technology for some AI features in Office 365 apps, the Information reported on Tuesday, in a sign that the software firm is diversifying its...
Nvidia unveils AI chips for video, software generation
Nvidia said on Tuesday it would launch a new artificial intelligence chip by the end of next year, designed to handle complex functions such as creating videos and software.
China’s Unitree Robotics eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation: sources
STORY: Unitree Robotics could be on course for one of the most high-profile IPOs in China in yearsSources said the firm is looking at a valuation of as much as...
Strive Health lands $550M investment to build out AI tools, grow multi-specialty services
Strive Health, a value-based kidney care company, banked $300 million in a series D equity round and secured $250 million in debt financing to invest in artificial intelligence tech and...