Stephanie Robles Takes Helm at Saint, Anthropic Boosts AI Security, and Heineken's New AI Lab - Daily AI Brief #145

April 02, 2025 - Daily AI Brief
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In today's edition, Meta's VP of AI Research has announced plans to depart in 2025. Anthropic has updated its AI model security safeguards, and OpenAI is facing allegations of using paywalled books for AI training.

Additionally, Saint has appointed Stephanie Robles as CEO, and Model Medicines has launched AmesNet™ for drug safety. Vantiq and C4i Systems have introduced an AI solution for defense, while GE HealthCare has unveiled an AI cardiac CT device.

Top stories

Meta's AI VP Joelle Pineau to Depart in 2025
Joelle Pineau, VP of AI Research at Meta, will leave the company in May 2025. Meta is investing $65 billion in AI infrastructure and searching for her successor. Read more
Anthropic Updates AI Model Security Safeguards
Anthropic has announced updates to its 'responsible scaling' policy, introducing new security measures for AI models that could potentially aid in the development of chemical and biological weapons. Read more
OpenAI Allegedly Used Paywalled Books for AI Training
A study by the AI Disclosures Project claims that OpenAI used copyrighted content from O'Reilly Media books to train its GPT-4o model without permission, indicating potential copyright violations. Read more
NWO Awards €2.4M to Professor Ming Cao for AI in SMEs Research
Professor Ming Cao has received a 2.4 million euro grant from the Dutch research council NWO to explore AI implementation challenges in SMEs within the technical sector. Read more
OpenAI Delays Product Releases Due to Capacity Issues
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that capacity challenges are causing delays in product releases. The popularity of the new image-generation tool in ChatGPT has increased demand, leading to postponed releases and temporary feature disablement. Read more

Other news

Saint has appointed Stephanie Robles as CEO to enhance its role in the creative industry. Model Medicines launched AmesNet™ for improved drug safety assessments. Vantiq and C4i Systems introduced VANGUARD AIX for defense operations. GE HealthCare unveiled an AI cardiac CT device at the ACC Conference. OrionVM and partners launched an AI video surveillance solution at ISC West 2025. Sturdy.ai raised $6 million for its Portland HQ. Laundris partnered with GT Linens for AI-driven textile supply chain management. Wink and Phoenix Managed Networks merged to enhance AI in payments. AttoTude secured $50 million for AI data center solutions. Nota AI and EverFocus partnered for AI traffic safety. Keysight launched KAI architecture for AI data centers. Alibaba plans to launch Qwen 3 AI model in April 2025. Fluidstack and Macquarie Group partnered for GPU financing. Feedzai partnered with Highnote for fraud prevention. Rice University and Google Public Sector launched an AI venture accelerator. Covera Health launched an AI platform for women's health. Heineken opened a global AI lab in Singapore. Qualcomm acquired VinAI's AI division.

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