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AI Models

Anthropic Apologizes for Stealthy Claude Fable Safeguards

Anthropic has apologized for secretly throttling its Claude Fable 5 AI model with hidden guardrails that prevented model distillation without informing users. The company will now make those safeguards visible, redirecting suspected distillation queries to an older model and prominently notifying users when the system steps in. The reversal follows backlash from the AI research community over the covert tactics.

Jun 114 minNeura News

Funding

Top Researchers Launch $4B Startup for Self-Improving AI

Former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers have started Recursive Superintelligence with over $650 million in funding and a $4 billion valuation. The six-month-old firm aims to create AI that improves itself. Backed by investors like GV, Greycroft, Nvidia and AMD, it joins efforts to automate AI development amid recent advances in code-writing AI systems.

May 133 minNeura News

Funding

Recursive Emerges from Stealth with $650M for Self-Improving AI

AI startup Recursive has left stealth mode with $650 million in funding to pursue self-improving AI systems. The company sees recursive self-improvement as the quickest way to superintelligence and plans to automate the scientific method starting with AI research. Backed by GV, Greycroft, AMD Ventures, and Nvidia, Recursive is led by experts from Salesforce, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, and Uber AI.

May 133 minNeura News

Automation

Jerry Tworek Launches Core Automation AI Lab

Former OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek has started Core Automation, a new AI lab aimed at creating the most automated AI lab in the world by first automating its own research processes. The lab focuses on new learning algorithms that surpass pre-training and reinforcement learning methods, along with architectures that scale more effectively than transformers. Tworek, who left OpenAI after seven years in January 2026, joins other ex-OpenAI leaders in forming independent labs seeking fresh approaches to AI progress.

Apr 223 minNeura News

Funding

NeoCognition Raises $40M Seed for Human-Like AI Agents

NeoCognition, a new AI research lab from Ohio State professor Yu Su, emerged from stealth with $40 million in seed funding. The company aims to create AI agents that self-learn and specialize in any domain, much like humans do. Backed by Cambium Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Vista Equity Partners, and notable angels, NeoCognition targets enterprises needing reliable agent workers.

Apr 213 minNeura News