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OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows. Called GPT-Rosalind after Rosalind... arstechnica.com
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Executive summary of events for the last 24 hours
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, reclaiming the top spot among publicly available LLMs, while OpenAI countered with GPT-Rosalind, a biology-specialized model built from the ground up for life sciences research. A notable security concern also emerged as a new study found that large language models can re-identify anonymous users at scale, raising significant privacy implications.
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GPT-Rosalind launches as the first large language model built from the ground up for life sciences research
HelixGen AI has launched GPT-Rosalind, a large language model built specifically for life sciences research, trained on 200 billion tokens from scientific. startupfortune.com
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Study Finds Large Language Models Can Re-Identify Anonymous Users at Scale
A new study finds that large language models can re-identify anonymous online users at scale using only unstructured text. theaiinsider.tech
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Microsoft CISO advice: How to build Trustworthy Agentic AI
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[un]prompted 2026 – Glass-Box Security: Operationalizing Mechanistic Interpretability
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AI Safety Expert Warns of Existential Risk
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OpenAI Launches Safety Fellowship to Fund External AI Research
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Student Attempts to Murder Sam Altman, Raises AI Threats
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Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: “No action is too extreme when the fate of humanity is at
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Trump urges AI 'kill switch' after Mythos security warnings
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Microsoft Expands Copilot and AI Agent Capabilities in Power Apps
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Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo scales AI across the firm with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo boosts legal speed and accuracy with Microsoft 365 Copilot, cutting email time, reducing costs, and accelerating case work. microsoft.com
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VS Code Updates Boost AI Agents, Terminal Control and Copilot Workflow
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LinkedIn’s AI Agent Product Becomes a Surprise Bright Spot for Microsoft
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Hippocratic AI Launches Two Industry Firsts: AI Front Door and Nurse Co-Pilot to Expand Clinical Care and Access
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AI agents on GitHub leak API keys via prompt injection
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Satya Nadella unveils AI Copilot in Microsoft Word with smart track changes and comments
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From writing code to supporting work: How AI is reshaping startup teams
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