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Synthesia, an AI startup co-founded by a UCL scientist, has secured $200 million (£145 million) in new funding, reaching a valuation of $4 billion (£2.9 billion), almost doubling its previous valuation.

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony, in a project by clinical researchers at UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

UCL School of Management has signed a lease agreement at One Canada Square to increase its office space by 50,000 feet.

Three research teams within UCL Information Security and UCLIC have secured Google funding to advance AI-driven malware defence, improve online harm reporting, and strengthen security analysis

UK Seaweed Network has been launched by a team from UCL Biochemical Engineering at an event in the UK Parliament, bringing together researchers, industry, policymakers and coastal stakeholders.

UCL Engineering hosted two alumni events in Tokyo, strengthening ties with the Japan Alumni Club and reconnecting with graduates shaping industry.

“It seems to be going mostly on whistleblowers, and we don’t know much about them or their credibility. I would be very surprised if what they are claiming is actually true,” said Professor Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) on a lawsuit against Meta over WhatsApp security.

“The ‘agents talking to each other’ spectacle is mostly performative (and some of it’s faked), but what’s genuinely interesting is that it’s a live demo of everything security researchers have warned about with AI agents,” said Dr George Chalhoub (UCL Computer Science).

“Guide dogs are very particular about where they go. When we say to them, ‘Can you go on this floating island bus stop?’, they don’t go because they are trained to look for the safest place,” said Professor Nick Tyler (UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering).