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Arena, the developer of LMArena, a platform that ranks AI models through user voting, has raised $200 million in Series B funding, bringing its valuation to $3.1 billion. The company is expanding its rankings to include alignment indicators such as taking unauthorized actions, attributing information to incorrect sources, and falsely claiming to have completed tasks.
Anthropic announced that it is making 10,000 free or discounted seats available to scientists worldwide for one year, while expanding its program offering computing credits of up to $50,000 per project. Access to the subsidized plan requires verification of principal investigator status, while some life sciences uses remain subject to dual-use risk restrictions.