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If anyone ever is making an HBO Max series about the AI industry, this week's events will make up an entire episode. On Wednesday, OpenAI's… Read More »A look inside OpenAI's Raid on Thinking Machines Lab
We are waiting for the interim evaluations But pharmaceutical executives don't seem comforted by the setback. “Today it may be childhood vaccines or mRNA, but… Read More »“I'm Very Annoyed”: Pharma Executives Reject RFK Jr.'s Attack on vaccines
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within ten years they had revolutionized the legal industry.
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Many proposals have been submitted, but there is little consensus among governors, congressmen and tech executives on exactly how much the companies behind data centers… Read More »State and federal lawmakers want data centers to pay more for energy
X by Elon Musk has introduced new restrictions that prevent people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other 'revealing clothing'.… Read More »Elon Musk's Grok undressing problem hasn't been solved
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This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released loaded earnings reports as President Trump's looming cap on credit card rates loomed large.
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Whether you realize it now Whether you like it or not, you are already living in the Chinese century. From batteries to milk to electric… Read More »Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese century
Systems like OpenAI's GPT-5 accelerate research in mathematics, biology and chemistry. But there is debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
