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Every few months, a new acronym takes hold among artificial intelligence researchers.The latest one gaining steam is MCP, or model context protocol, an open source software Anthropic released in November. It’s a software standard that, if widely adopted, would help large language models of any kind access external data sources and tools, such as a website or database. Developers have described MCP as a kind of “universal translator” for models to be able to talk to the web or applications.In the past, devel
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Samsung recently came out with the Galaxy XR, its first mixed reality headset. The Galaxy XR competes with the Apple Vision Pro, so we thought we'd pick one up to see how it compares to Apple's headset. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. In person, it's hard to mistake how much it looks like the Apple Vision Pro, but there are minimal design options for an XR... Read more ›
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Sony has whipped up its list of the most downloaded PlayStation Store titles for the month of October, and it turns out Japanese layers are really digging the adventures of Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei. Sucker Punch's epic samurai sequel is top of the PlayStation 5 download list in Japan, but it's relegated to second place in the west, where Battlefield 6 reigns supreme. Read more Read more ›
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund plans to vote against Tesla’s proposed $1 trillion CEO compensation package for Elon Musk, the fund said on Tuesday. Norges Bank said in a disclosure that it was “concerned about the total size of the award, dilution, and lack of mitigation of key person risk.” The ... Read more ›
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Decagon, which develops AI for automating customer service, is discussing raising equity funding from new investors at a valuation of $4 billion to $5 billion, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal. The discussions come just five months after the company announced financing at a $1.5 billion valuation. The deal discussions suggest investor interest is still high for one of the most promising and increasingly crowded fields... Read more ›
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On a quiet September morning, Alex Leithiser was out in the woods somewhere in the South on a secret mission: to break into a data center. First, he slipped through a small gap in the facility’s barbed wire fence, and as soon as he hit the ground, he switched clothes, pulling a fresh set from a small backpack. With cameras and alarms all over the data center, Leithiser hoped to... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he doesn’t want the government to bail them out if the company fails. “If we screw up and can’t fix it, we should fail, and other companies will continue on doing good work and servicing customers,” Altman said in an X post on Thursday. Altman also said that OpenAI ... Read more ›
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I’ve been hearing a lot about how intense competition is for Series A investments lately. Investors that typically look to invest in more mature startups, say at the Series B or above rounds, are crowding into Series A rounds for fear of missing the next major winner.Like much else these days, artificial intelligence gets the credit (or blame) for this new dynamic. Venture capitalists are watching revenues triple or quadruple... Read more ›
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We’ve finally learned the result of a controversial, long-awaited vote that’s generated reams of punditry and put Wall Street on edge. No, I’m not talking about the mayoral election in New York City—I’m talking about the Tesla shareholder vote on Elon Musk’s gigantic compensation package. Musk won with over 75% of the vote, Tesla said at its annual meeting at the company’s Gigafactory in Texas on Thursday. The package will... Read more ›
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The White House has told others in the federal government it won’t allow Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips to China, despite President Donald Trump’s hints over the summer that he might allow the company to do so, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The decision is a major blow to the AI chip giant, which has seen its revenue from China shrivel this year... Read more ›
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said Wednesday that government guarantees for financing artificial intelligence chips could help the U.S. stay competitive globally. “We’re looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even governmental, the ways governments can come to bear,” she said at a ... Read more ›
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Before Sequoia Capital’s leader Roelof Botha announced he was stepping down from the position, partners Alfred Lin, Pat Grady and Andrew Reed came to him to talk about his time at the firm. Botha had only held the top-most job at the firm for three years, taking over from long-time leader Doug Leone just as startup valuations were convulsing from a historic series of rate hikes. Botha, after talking to... Read more ›
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When Kara Nortman was looking to start a women’s professional soccer team in Los Angeles, she and her co-founders—actress Natalie Portman and entrepreneur Julie Uhrman—took meetings with sports experts in their hometown. The advice they received? It would be unwise to enter a market crowded by the MLB’s Dodgers, the NBA’s Lakers and a half-dozen other franchises. “We talked to everyone who knew sports,” Nortman told me this week, “and... Read more ›
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