Google releases VaultGemma, a 1B-parameter model it says is the largest open LLM trained from scratch with differential privacy, on Hugging Face and Kaggle
Amer Sinha, Software Engineer, and Ryan McKenna, Research Scientist, Google Research — We introduce VaultGemma …
World Liberty Financial blocking Justin Sun's wallet contrasts with the Trump sons' complaints about being “debanked”, the issue they said inspired the project
The Trumps “debank” major customers from their “anti-debanking” cryptocurrency venture, and a CFTC nominee says the Winklevosses are blackballing him
Mira Murati's TML launches a research blog called Connectionism, and shares its work on resolving nondeterminism and achieving reproducible results from LLMs
There's been great interest in what Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is building with its $2 billion in seed funding …
Penske Media sues Google, says ~20% of Google search results linking to its sites now include AI Overviews, and affiliate link revenue fell 33%+ since late 2024
Penske Media alleges artificial-intelligence-generated answers steal its content and have reduced traffic and revenue for its sites
Hike, which was valued at $1.4B in 2016 and has since pivoted from a messaging app to a real-money gaming app, shuts down following India's ban on such apps
Hike, once one of India's most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New Delhi's recent real-money gaming ban …
A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service that some experts say will likely remain complementary to existing networks, focusing on rural coverage
The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks. — Just now X: @eyup_io and @kidcandyfighter Bluesky: @dogefort and @prietschka . Mastodon...
How thousands of small-scale farmers in Malawi are using a government-backed AI chatbot, designed by the nonprofit Opportunity International, for farming advice
Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn't. LinkedIn: Opportunity International , Timothy Strong , Paul Essene , and Gregory G...
Watchdogs say fraudsters are extorting small businesses for hundreds of dollars each by posting or threatening to post phony one-star reviews on Google Maps
Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they're asked to pay up. X: @dealbook . LinkedIn: Kay Dean and Naina Hiranandani . Bluesky: @...
i.AI, a UK government unit offering a median salary of £67K to develop tools to improve civil service efficiency, is struggling to attract top talent
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence unit spent less than half of its budget last year because of recruitment delays Bluesky: @matthewrussell and @theaudra77 Bluesky: @matthewrussell : Well yeah ...
JD.com: sales of the iPhone 17 series in the first minute after pre-orders opened in China surpassed the first-day pre-order volume of 2024's iPhone 16 series
Here's Why Forums: r/China : Chinese pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 17 break records amid strong demand | The numbers underscore Apple's brand loyalty in China despite growing competition from the lik...
US salaries for key stablecoin roles are rising as a skills shortage meets a potentially immense market opportunity, putting upward pressure on pay
The stablecoin boom has been good to crypto wallet technology provider Dfns. In some ways, a bit too good. X: @mariekeflament . LinkedIn: Owen Dearn and Anna Irrera X: Marieke / @mariekeflament : Tha...
Q&A with Bret Taylor, CEO of Sierra and chairman of OpenAI, on Sierra's AI customer support agents, AGI, Sam Altman's comments on the AI bubble, and more
Welcome to Decoder. This is Alex Heath. For my final episode as your Thursday guest host, I recently sat down with Bret Taylor …
Malaysia reins in data center expansion amid power and water shortages, hindering Chinese companies that use the region as a backdoor to access US-made AI chips
- Data centre hotbed Malaysia clamping down on capacity expansion — Policy change likely to affect Chinese firms' access to AI chips
An interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the first people to warn of AI risks, on AI benefits, using violence to stop AI, Rationalism, his new book, and more
Eliezer Yudkowsky https://www.nytimes.com/... Matthew Kassel / @matthewkassel : “'If we get an effective international treaty shutting A.I. down, and the book had something to do with it, I'll call th...
Japan says it will provide $3.63B to Micron for R&D and capital spending at its Hiroshima fab to mass produce advanced DRAM, aiming for shipments by August 2028
TOKYO — Japan said Friday it will provide 536 billion yen ($3.63 billion) to U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology for research …
Australia is emerging as a prominent player in quantum computing, enabled by breakthrough academic work and sustained government funding since the 1990s
Advances in the technology have been made possible by sustained government funding since the 1990s — At a technology hearing …
Nearly all funding for AI safety research comes from Silicon Valley companies racing to develop AI, as the voices of AI “doomers” fade in prominence
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What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September 17 at 5pm PT: “Hypernova” smart glasses with a display, Meta AI and Llama updates, and more
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OpenAI projects that it will reduce the revenue share it pays to Microsoft from 20% this year to ~8% by 2030, potentially retaining over $50B more in revenue
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Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire a Republican for its top policy role, instead choosing an Obama alumn as it adopts a cooler stance towards Trump
speaking out on potential downsides of AI, including risks to the safety of humanity.
Lila Sciences, which uses AI to develop novel drugs and materials, raised $235M at a ~$1.23B valuation, after coming out of stealth in March with a $200M seed
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