Listen Labs, an AI research startup, walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company scrubbed the $1.5bn funding round to pursue talks with Salesforce instead. Source
Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, has joined the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board. Mr Christiano, known for his work on AI safety concerns, brings a prominent voice in alignment research to the nonprofit board overseeing OpenAI's governance. Source
Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, resigned over concerns about the company's approach to AI development. Mr Coxon cited fears about self-improving AI systems and called for pacing agreements between AI labs, arguing that the field is moving recklessly toward superintelligence without adequate safety measures in place. Source
Suno, an AI music generation startup facing multiple copyright lawsuits, released a new model called Suno v6 trained on licensed music rather than the data used in previous versions. The company said v6 was trained from the ground up with a new data set that does not include material from its earlier models, marking its first release made with support from the record industry. Source
Instinct, a viral AI assistant, introduced a new email feature allowing the agent to create and manage accounts, contact businesses, handle support requests, and perform other tasks on users' behalf. The addition represents an expansion of the assistant's autonomous capabilities beyond its original conversational interface. Source