The AI industry’s boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost no need for human oversight. LLMs can already write code, generate synthetic data for training, and optimize the computer chips they run on. Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon. …
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury has surged to its highest level in 19 years, and some strategists see scope for the move to go further.
Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments.
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OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery companies.
Essentially is a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.
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India will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments made through UPI starting October 15.
Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.
But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now? AI chiefs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis are suddenly all in agreement: the latest generation of LLMs…
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The military operation was the first following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.
The Trump administration gave the contract to Our Rescue, which Tim Ballard, the former agent, left in 2023 before being accused of sex trafficking.
“What we are seeing is shocking and far beyond the threshold of an extremely critical emergency,” one humanitarian official said.