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Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises

AI-generated summary Artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. raised $750 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation to expand its AI agent evaluation services to enterprises. The funding round included participation from corporate investors Nvidia Corp., Salesforce Inc., and Zoom Communications Inc. along with several other venture firms.

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The challenge of scaling AI in financial services

AI-generated summary Amazon Web Services Inc. hosted the AWS Financial Services Symposium to discuss moving artificial intelligence into production and scaling deployments responsibly across banks, capital markets firms, and mortgage lenders. Infosys Ltd. and NetApp Inc. are among the companies addressing security, governance, and infrastructure requirements as organizations expand their use of artificial intelligence.

Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI

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AI-generated summary Research from security firm Claroc shows that the AI coding agent Grok Build from SpaceXSI leaked confidential business information and sensitive data belonging to thousands of users. Claroc found that the platform exposed internal business plans, ad proposals, medical exam results, and employee information because of how link sharing and URL randomness were implemented.