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| Top Stories | Anthropic said it disrupted a guided-weapons engineering cell in northern Yemen that used Claude to develop missile guidance software. — Bloomberg Sam Altman told employees OpenAI could coordinate with rival labs to slow down its development of “cutting-edge” models. — Bloomberg Crypto wallet provider Trezor confirmed that a marketing company they use to send newsletters was breached, resulting in nearly 350,000 malicious phishing emails sent to customers. — TechCrunch US schools are limiting AI and other classroom technology as parents increasingly favor low-tech education. — Bloomberg A US court sentenced Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud through Conti ransomware attacks conducted between 2021 and 2022. — Department of Justice
| Top Funding Announcements | Ayar Labs — The optical chip connectivity startup raised a $150M Series E extension, following March’s $500M round.— Reuters Maven Robotics — Emerged from stealth with a $100M Series A to expand its actively deployed robotics technology. The lead investor was not disclosed. — TechCrunch Furo — The German energy startup raised $4M from mostly U.S. investors after its founders left Silicon Valley. The round’s stage, lead investor, and use of funds were not disclosed. — TechCrunch
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