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The wave of so-called AI neolabs seeking breakthroughs they think incumbents like OpenAI will miss continues to rise.
Core Automation, an AI startup founded by former senior OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek in recent weeks, aims to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in funding, according to a person who has spoken with the company.
He wants to develop AI models using methods that major firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic arenât heavily focused on, according to materials shown to potential investors, a
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Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was to make room at Tesla's Fremont factory for production of its Optimus humanoid robot. The Model S is Tesla's luxury [âŠ] Read more âș
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As the smart glasses market heats up, Snap Inc. (the company behind Snapchat) is doing some corporate restructuring in preparation for the launch of its Spectacles smart glasses later this year. The company is spinning off Specs Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary. It says that this move will provide âgreater operational focus and alignmentâ with the new market segment. Snap plans to remain the majority shareholder but says there is... Read more âș
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If youâve been holding off on getting a new iPhone, nowâs the perfect time to size up your options. Appleâs 2025 iPhone lineup is now widely available, which includes the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a brand-new model, the ultra-thin iPhone Air. These new phones offer a number of new features over [âŠ] Read more âș
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ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document. Read more âș
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Mark Zuckerberg says there's an end in sight to Reality Labs' years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company's layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO said he expects to "gradually reduce" how much money the company is losing as it doubles down on AI glasses and shifts away from virtual reality.Speaking during Meta's fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg was clear that the changes won't happen soon, but sounded... Read more âș
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Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the USâincluding many citizens. Read more âș
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Grok, which once dubbed itself Mecha Hitler, is crowned the most anti-Semitic chatbot. Read more âș
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NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts. Read more âș
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The latest episode of 'Starfleet Academy' will give its young cadets a lesson in diction from the good Doctor himself. Read more âș
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An accuser of the Alexander brothers has testified that she was raped by one the siblings in 2012 after attending a party at Zac Efron's penthouse. Read more âș
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The USS John F. Kennedy set sail for its shipbuilder sea trials Wednesday, allowing HII to test the vessel out at sea for the first time. Read more âș
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Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow, seemingly in spite of the pioneering company's setbacks. Tesla said it earned $840 million in net income [âŠ] Read more âș
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Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph. Read more âș
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It's nearly impossible for outsiders to understand how a platform works, whether that's TikTok, Google, or anything else. Skepticism makes sense. Read more âș
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Last month, the Supreme Courtâs Republican majority reinstated Texasâs Republican gerrymander after a lower federal court struck it down. The plaintiffs in that case presented considerable evidence that Texasâs gerrymander was enacted, at least in part, to racially gerrymander some parts of the state. But the Courtâs Republican majority deemed this evidence insufficient. Now, the [âŠ] Read more âș
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Meta Platforms on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $59.8 billion, up 24% from a year earlier, exceeding its own forecasts of $56 billion to $59 billion. The company also outlined ambitious spending plans for 2026, forecasting capital expenditures of $115 billion to $135 billion, up ... Read more âș
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MSI's Prestige lineup powered by Intel Panther Lake arrives stateside, combining OLED flip displays, AI-ready Core Ultra chips, efficient cooling, and impressive battery endurance. Read more âș
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OpenAI recently updated its policy for handling whistleblower complaints, following concerns about AI startups ignoring what are standard rules applying to all companies. It follows similar steps from Anthropic and could pressure other AI companies to follow suit. Federal government rules mandate that companies cannot retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing. Legislation governing AI, including the E.U. AI Act and Californiaâs SB 53, has specifically mandated the protections for AI... Read more âș
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As more tech executives weigh in on the weekendâs fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff this week that he believes âICE is going too far,â according to a copy of the internal memo published by the New York Timesâ DealBook. âThere is a big ... Read more âș
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Private equity firms are struggling to sell the software companies they acquired in a buying frenzy in 2021 and 2022, even though they enjoyed a rebound in sales for such companies last year. The lack of deals could force more PE firms to sell their holdings at a lower price, or even at a discount to the original deal price. Sales did pick up last year but not enough to... Read more âș
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China is letting AI and semiconductor startups go public at a furious pace. Since December, two developers of large language models and four designers of graphics processing units have listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai, raising a total of over $4 billion. At least two more are in the pipeline. Kunlunxin, the chip arm of Baidu, is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in Hong Kong,... Read more âș
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In November, Greg Brockman, OpenAIâs president and co-founder, and his wife, Anna, enjoyed a glitzy night out in Washington: a White House state dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Brockmans were among a broad contingent of tech elite in attendance at the fete, hosted by President Donald Trump. Soon after the event, the Brockmans posted pictures of themselves posing with Elon Musk, Nvidiaâs Jensen Huang and his... Read more âș
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Last fall, Appleâs software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the companyâs combined software and AI groups. Federighi said he was excited about deeper collaboration between his software team and Appleâs AI group. But then came Federighiâs criticism. He added that he liked moving fast and feeling the âwind at his back,â but in recent years he had felt Apple hadnât been moving as quickly... Read more âș
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Brexâs $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isnât the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago, when it was valued privately at $12.3 billion. But it appears to be a good enough ending to the corporate credit card startupâs run as a private company. For one, the half-cash, half-stock deal gives Brex shareholders the kind of instant payday another private round or... Read more âș
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Clear your schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Tesla are each reporting their December-quarter earnings after the market closes that day. Tesla is its own thingâwe have a sense of whatâs coming because it already released vehicle delivery numbers, signaling that revenue will drop. But Microsoft and Meta will be important to track, as their results should give us an update on AI development spending andâat least in... Read more âș
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PayPal said Thursday it would acquire the e-commerce startup Cymbio, which makes software that helps brands make their product catalogs available to AI search apps and agents. The deal is aimed at helping PayPal quickly build up more features to help merchants make sales through AI chatbots like ... Read more âș
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A federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a previously undisclosed $800 million sales deal between Epic Games and Google was contributing to the parties opting for an antitrust settlement, The Verge reported. As part of the transaction, Epic would help Google market device operating system ... Read more âș
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