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Core Scientific plans to raise $3.3B via a junk bond sale to finance its shift from crypto mining to building AI data centers and leasing them to CoreWeave (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Core Scientific plans to raise $3.3B via a junk bond sale to finance its shift from crypto mining to building AI data centers and leasing them to CoreWeave  —  What to know: … Core Scientific (CORZ) is preparing to raise $3.3 billion through a junk bond sale as it continues …

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

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Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China  —  A Chinese government probe of a Meta-acquired company, Manus AI, reveals what tech workers see as a new red line.  —  Summary

Mozilla says its Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified using early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Mozilla says its Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified using early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview  —  The Firefox team doesn't think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.

NeoCognition, which wants to build AI agents that self-learn like humans, emerges from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
NeoCognition, which wants to build AI agents that self-learn like humans, emerges from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst  —  Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient.