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Bessent: U.S. proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China
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Scott Bessent says the US proposed an AI incident notification mechanism to China, and both sides agreed to set up an AI dialogue ahead of the Trump-Xi summit (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
Mithrl, which integrates its proprietary biomedical world model with the R&D systems of pharmaceutical companies, raised a $20M Series A led by Obvious Ventures (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
Far left wins in Berlin, far right in Germany’s northeast vote: Exit polls
US and China agree to dialogue on AI ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
UK-based Unit1, which develops "hyper-realistic" digital avatars of musicians to recreate classic concerts, raised nearly £15M from Balderton Capital and others (Alex Lawson/The Guardian)