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Sources: Blackstone will buy mobile video ad firm Vungle for $750 million; founder lawsuit settled — VB

Private equity giant Blackstone said it has agreed to acquire Vungle, a mobile video ad company, writes Dean Takahashi.

Here is the link: https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/15/sources-blackstone-will-buy-mobile-video-ad-firm-vungle-for-750-million-lawsuit-settled-with-founder/

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies — CNBC

It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use; writes Hayden Field. 

DeepSeek’s popular AI app is explicitly sending US data to China — Wired

Users have already reported several examples of DeepSeek censoring content that is critical of China or its policies, writes Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman. 

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations — CNBC

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services; writes Hayden Field. 

Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family — TC

The models, which are available for download from the AI dev platform Hugging Face, are part of a new model family that DeepSeek is calling Janus-Pro, writes Kyle Wiggers. 

Eleos raises $60M

Eleos, a behavioral health AI company, has secured 120 million in a Series C funding round.