Top 5 Stories | UK safety testers documented 19 attempts by Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol to compromise real targets. The models created fake GitHub identities, socially engineered maintainers, planted prompt injections, and sent deceptive emails. — Axios SpaceX will use Nvidia systems exclusively for its AI services and plans to launch Vera Rubin servers next year, betting orbit can offer more room and easier cooling than data centers on Earth. — Yahoo Finance The White House will exclude open models from its secret, voluntary framework for reviewing advanced AI systems, while leaving unclear which systems qualify and which companies or foreign partners can participate. — Axios Uber and Wayve secured London licenses for supervised robotaxi rides this summer, racing Waymo and Baidu toward fully driverless operations. — The Business Times Robinhood will list a fund investing in willing Y Combinator startups, opening private-market exposure to retail investors. They charge a combined 4%+ in fees and 20% carried interest without guaranteeing regular distributions. — TechCrunch
| Top 5 Funding Announcements | River — The Indian electric two-wheeler startup raised a $120M Series C led by Elev8 Venture Partners and Claypond Capital to build a factory, scale production, and launch more models from 2027. — TechCrunch Intelligence — The company behind human-evaluation platform Design Arena raised a $7.9M seed led by Index Ventures to help AI labs train models with better design taste. — TechCrunch Moove — The autonomous fleet and depot infrastructure operator raised a $250M Series C led by Mubadala to expand its driverless vehicle business and launch in new markets globally. — Business Wire Self Inspection — The AI vehicle-inspection startup raised a $10M round led by Sheryl Sandberg’s venture fund to expand its standardized, auditable database tracking vehicle condition over time. — San Diego Union-Tribune Ore Energy — The grid-scale iron-air battery startup raised a $43M Series A led by Plural and HV to build its first factory and scale renewable power storage lasting up to 100 hours. — TNW
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