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Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren’t you?
Journalist Kevin Roose discusses his new book 'The AGI Chronicles' and co-founding the podcast 'Machine Gods' after leaving the New York Times.
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Generative AI, robotics and machine-learning models.
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Private equity giant: AI payoff strictly limited to Big Tech
Apollo Global Management reports that AI spending has yet to generate financial returns for US businesses outside the tech sector, with most companies treating it as a cost center.
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Anthropic Sued for Allegedly Using Elvis Presley's Songs to Train Claude AI Models Without Permission: Report
Anthropic is being sued by Authentic Brands Group for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs without permission to train Claude AI models.
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MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs. MiniMax M3: One is cheaper, but not faster or better
MiniMax M3.1 Flash launched at half the cost of M3, with faster online inference, though testing shows mixed results on agent task accuracy.
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Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?
OpenAI reports substantial improvements in AI models' ability to migrate legacy COBOL code and other antiquated programming languages into modern systems.
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Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
Tesla partners with Turo car-sharing platform to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software by offering eligible hosts a free one-month trial.
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Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs
Goldman Sachs invested $500M in its small-business program, including a new AI institute built with Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.
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Pronto Founder Anjali Sardana Sets Up Physical AI Venture Provision Labs In US
Pronto founder Anjali Sardana has launched Provision Labs, a San Francisco-based physical AI venture that will collect and provide training data for AI systems and robots designed to perform real-world tasks.
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The Download: everyday AI harms and the race to nuclear spaceflight
Newsletter covering everyday AI harms often overlooked in safety debates, plus NASA's plans for a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028.
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Why You Shouldn’t Use AI Chatbots to Decide Who to Vote For
An opinion piece warning against using AI chatbots to make voting decisions ahead of midterm elections.
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Sam Altman says AI means we can no longer just patch all the bugs
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argues that traditional software patching is insufficient against AI-driven threats, proposing AI-based defenses as necessary.
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Bihar Partners with IT Cos to Train Government School Teachers In AI
Bihar's Education Department partners with 11 IT companies, including Google Education, to train government school teachers in AI and digital technologies as part of broader digital learning expansion.
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Exclusive: iMerit launches platform to connect AI developers with specialized domain experts
iMerit, acquired by ExlService in July, launched a platform connecting AI developers with specialized domain experts to evaluate and fine-tune enterprise AI models.
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The AI observability race will be won on interoperability
Interoperability standards like OpenTelemetry are emerging as critical for AI observability, enabling organizations to compare models, frameworks and providers while reducing integration costs.
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Meta Business Agent aims to turn WhatsApp into a 24/7 storefront for D2C brands
Meta unveiled Business Agent, an AI tool enabling D2C brands to offer 24/7 customer service and product discovery on WhatsApp, addressing cart abandonment and limited availability.
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Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI
Mistral CEO warns Europe will receive inferior AI products if it abandons frontier AI model development and relies on American or Chinese alternatives.
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Meta Wants $95 Billion Through Stock Sales to Fund AI Infrastructure
Meta plans to raise up to $95 billion through equity offerings to fund AI infrastructure, computing capacity and superintelligence research.
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Meta launches $35bn share sale to fund its AI spending
Meta launched two share offerings totalling approximately $35 billion to finance growing AI infrastructure and computing costs.