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AI safety pioneer Paul Christiano joined OpenAI nonprofit board, serving on Safety and Security Committee to support safety oversight. "Rapid acceleration in AI capabilities leads to catastrophic and irreversible loss of control in the very near term," Christiano said. Earlier, Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger claimed there's an over 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within next decade.

A Noida-based woman shared a screenshot showing her conversation with a Rapido driver who was harassing her. The screenshot showed the driver saying, "Hello. How are you. I love you," to the woman, who responded by threatening to file a police complaint if he called or messaged her again. "File a complaint, go. File a complaint with Rapido," he replied.

Nisarga Adhikary, the teen hacker who exposed flaws in CBSE's OSM portal, found that Adalat AI was processing Indian courts' sensitive data on Japanese servers. "This is the reality...of startups MeitY is promoting," he said, replying to the announcement that Adalat AI was now backed by Y Combinator too. He said its DevOps and source code were also compromised.

OpenAI's internal teams are using AI agents to do more work, with automated systems now handling 3.1 days of work for every one day done by employees. The company said AI agents are taking on tasks such as fixing infrastructure problems and routine technical work. Humans still set goals and guide projects, while AI handles many day-to-day engineering tasks.

China regulators have informally told some investment banks and firms that it is raising the bar for approving humanoid robotics startups seeking to go public, The Information reported. Companies must demonstrate recurring revenue, progress toward reducing losses or genuine technological innovation before approval. The move follows Unitree Robotics' shares falling 50% from their post-listing peak.

Rentomojo's ₹1,256-crore initial public offering was fully subscribed on the first ​day of bidding on Wednesday. Rentomojo has set its IPO price band at ₹384-404 per share, as it seeks to become India's first ‌listed furniture rental company. Rentomojo's IPO comprises ₹150 crore in fresh shares and an offer for sale (OFS) of 2.74 crore shares.

QNu Labs, a quantum-safe cybersecurity startup, has raised ₹200 crore in fresh funding as demand for protection against quantum threats grows. Founded in 2016, the company will use the funds to expand research and technology development, supporting India's Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks project. It has built a long quantum key network and aims to bring technology to critical industries.

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit saying the startup knew AI "could kill us all", has also warned against underestimating the power of AI. He said there will soon be "superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionise any field overnight and acquire real power". He called AI research a "hubristic gamble that shouldn't be launched from a private company's Slack".

AI coding startup Cognition AI has raised $2 billion in its Series E funding round, taking its valuation to $48 billion. The company's run-rate revenue has nearly doubled since its previous funding round in May, rising from $492 million to almost $900 million. Cognition expects to reach annualised revenue of $4-5 billion by the end of 2026.