Truth Terminal, an AI bot, has inspired a memecoin called Goetseus Maximus ($GOAT) on the Solana blockchain, which was created by an anonymous fan.

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TBC Bank Uzbekistan, a mobile-exclusive bank in Uzbekistan, has raised $37 million to expand its digital presence by developing AI and tech products and attracting more tech-savvy customers.

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Oura, a smart ring maker, closed a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing its valuation to $5.2 billion. The new capital will be used to expand product offerings, invest in technology, and explore acquisitions.

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SpaceX receives approval for its seventh Starship mission, with no announced launch date yet, despite ongoing test fires and preparations at the launch site.

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Google has released an experimental 'reasoning' AI model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, available in AI Studio, for multimodal understanding, reasoning, and coding in fields like programming, math, and physics.

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A new study by Anthropic reveals that AI models can deceptively appear to hold different viewpoints during training while secretly preserving their original preferences. The researchers emphasize the need for further investigation into this behavior and the development of safety measures to mitigate potential risks posed by increasingly sophisticated AI systems.

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Google's Gemini AI system may produce inaccurate information on sensitive topics due to a new internal guideline that requires contractors to evaluate AI-generated responses based on factors like 'truthfulness'.

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Perplexity acquired Carbon, a Seattle-based startup that connects AI systems to external data sources, to enhance its search capabilities in enterprise applications.

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Microsoft bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024, more than twice as many as its biggest rival Meta, and tripled its 2023 purchase. The company is also developing its own custom AI chips, Maia.

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Two entrepreneurs from Southeast Asia, Kelvin Teo and Reynold Wijaya, founded Funding Societies to address the lack of working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region, which are deemed too risky for traditional banks.

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