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Fame can be a double-edged sword—a lesson some artificial intelligence startups are learning the hard way.Take Devin, the AI-powered coding assistant developed by Cognition AI that went viral when it launched last month with an impressive demo showing how it could complete coding jobs on the freelance site Upwork. Techies across X and Reddit declared that software engineering as a career was dead.Over the weekend, though, a YouTube video titled, “Debunking Devin: ‘First AI Software Engineer’ Upwork lie expo
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Young AI talent is overthinking too many aspects of their career, says Fei-Fei Li. Read more ›
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Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius is the eternal optimist, and for good reason. He has long pushed the European Union to roll back its lofty goal of phasing out new internal combustion engine cars, arguing that weakening the rules was a return to pragmatism and not capitulation to opponents of Europe's green agenda. His push is […] Read more ›
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French deeptech company Hummink has secured €15M in funding to expand its sub-micron printing technology for microelectronics production. Paris-based Hummink, a deeptech company, has raised €15M in a round co-led by KBC Focus Fund, Cap Horn and Bpifrance. The company plans to extend the use of its High-Precision Capillary Printing (HPCaP) process across microelectronics production ... Read more Read more ›
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A practicing Buddhist since 1978, Richard Gere has shared a close friendship with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, for decades. Read more ›
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Customers are turning the tables on call centers with their own robot voices. Read more ›
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The new EU report Funding the AI Economy by the StepUp StartUps Consortium explores Europe’s fast expanding AI investment landscape and makes recommendations to strengthen its capital base, corporate engagement and ecosystem connectivity. AI technologies’ substantial capital needs are redefining the global investment landscape. Over the past decade, AI has evolved from a niche technology ... Read more ›
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The real 'world's first microprocessor' was a classified military secret for nearly 30 years. Read more ›
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Studies show that people who commit mass shootings aren't more likely to be taking antidepressants. But is RFK Jr. paying any attention? Read more ›
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"Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation's space station Friday," reports the Associated Press, "after more than a week's delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris." The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit and came back using the recently arrived Shenzhou-21, which had ferried a three-person replacement crew to the station, China's Manned Space Agency said. The... Read more ›
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Fleischer hasn't forgotten his feature film debut, and thinks a third 'Zombieland' could eventually be in the cards. Read more ›
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The 93rd Separate Rifle Brigade said its UGVs spotted Russian convoys in the village of Rusin Yar, allowing its drone teams to strike in the fog. Read more ›
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The good news is that Google Tasks now supports deadlines. The bad news is that the implementation is barebones. Read more ›
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"Windows is evolving into an agentic OS," Microsoft's president of Windows Pavan Davuluri posted on X.com, "connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere." But former Uber software engineer and engineering manager Gergely Orosz was unimpressed. "Can't see any reason for software engineers to choose Windows with this weird direction they are doubling down on. So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their... Read more ›
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When Tesla pulled her internship amid large-scale layoffs last year, Arlina Yang said she learned how fragile Big Tech dreams can be. Read more ›
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Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle. Read more ›
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Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubin’s startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more ›
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Chinese companies are launching open-source AI models built to power coding assistants as cheaper alternatives to those available from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Late last month, Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax launched M2, a new open-source large language model developed primarily for coding and AI agents. In a post on X, MiniMax noted that the price of M2 is just 8% of that of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model. (M2 costs $1.20... Read more ›
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Apple is delaying the release of the second-generation iPhone Air to work on a redesign of the device and make it more appealing to consumers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The redesign could include a second camera lens, an attempt to address one of consumers’ main ... Read more ›
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Walt Disney Co. reported flat revenue and slightly lower operating income in the September quarter, as a sharp slump at most of its TV networks offset growth in its streaming business and theme parks operation. Disney stock was trading down 8% on Thursday. Disney’s entertainment ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is trying to turn public opinion against The New York Times in their legal battle. As part of the Times’ copyright infringement lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, the Times has asked for access to 20 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, a request OpenAI said Wednesday was “ ... Read more ›
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Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private lenders, is ramping up its big bet on artificial intelligence with a roughly $3 billion investment in a New Mexico data center that’s part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, said a person with knowledge of the deal. Blue Owl, which has nearly $300 billion in assets, has emerged as a crucial investor in AI infrastructure, taking on the riskiest slices of big... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside Grindr’s boardroom feud • Plus, our Recommendations: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “A Biography of a Mountain” and “Materialists”A bit of housekeeping: The Information’s Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat we’re calling “tech wealth and culture.” This person will cover how Silicon Valley’s moguls live large—their pursuits, their pastimes—and how they spend their money. Here’s a... Read more ›
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Two longtime vehicle manufacturing leaders at Tesla said separately on Sunday that they’re leaving the company. One of the executives, Siddhant Awasthi, worked as program manager for Cybertruck and oversaw the production ramp of the electric truck. Awasthi, an eight year Tesla veteran, also ... Read more ›
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TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more ›
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Investors are rushing to back a new generation of research-focused AI startups. In just over a month, they’ve made or discussed $2.5 billion of investments into five of these startups, called neolabs, despite the high costs and risk of failure. The neolab startups’ founders say they hope to exploit new approaches to developing AI models and research they say major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic may have overlooked. Read more ›
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