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• Source: AI assistant Instinct seeks to raise $1B at a $10B valuation, up from $2.25B less than a month ago; Sequoia and Benchmark are in talks to lead the round (Valida Pau/The Information)
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• Zuckerberg says "Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security" and didn't call on other AI labs to do the same before acting (Tom Giles/Bloomberg)
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