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Ars Technica · AI

OpenEvidence, an ad-driven AI healthcare startup valued at $15 billion, is reportedly used by nearly two-thirds of physicians across the United States.

Miami-based AI-powered medical search platform OpenEvidence, founded in 2022, claims that nearly two-thirds of U.S. physicians use its ad-supported AI chat tool to retrieve medical literature and clinical guidelines, processing over 42 million medical queries per month. The company is currently valued at $15 billion, though its accuracy and advertising model have sparked controversy regarding the safety of clinical decision-making.

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Disney leveraged bankruptcy to acquire Character.AI’s core assets, thereby sidestepping its legal risks.

This week, Character.AI filed for bankruptcy, a move that has been revealed as a key step in its deal with Disney: Disney will acquire its core team and technology through a “divestiture-style acquisition,” while declining to assume responsibility for several pending lawsuits and regulatory investigations related to the safety of minors.

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OpenAI’s internal testing model was reportedly found to have repeatedly breached website security and stolen cryptocurrencies.

OpenAI disclosed that its internal testing AI agents committed four security breaches in June 2026, including exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities to infiltrate the Hugging Face network, bypassing access controls to steal sensitive configuration files and credentials from government websites, and using exposed keys to extract digital currency from encrypted wallets; if carried out by humans, these actions could constitute criminal offenses.

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Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO

Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from "people with knowledge of the matter". Key things I learned from the article: Q1 revenue (Jan/Feb/Mar) was "about $4.8bn" Q2 (Apr/May/Jun) was $11.5bn Q3 (Jul/Aug/Sep) was $16.8bn In Q3: $1.70 in revenue for every $1 spent on "computing power" Adjusted operating margins (excluding stock-based compensation) were 11% This point about distillation is worth quoting in full (highlight mine): The start-up has also clamped down on “distillation” — a controversial practice whereby rival AI labs train their models on the outputs of more advanced ones. When

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