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Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge

February 7, 2025

Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed its stance,” Ng said during an on-stage interview Thursday evening with TechCrunch at the Military Veteran Startup Conference in San Francisco. Earlier this […]

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Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline

February 7, 2025

Elon Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be just an automaker. He wants Tesla to be an AI company, one that’s figured out how to make cars drive themselves.  Crucial to that mission is Dojo, Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer designed to train its Full Self-Driving (FSD) neural networks. FSD isn’t actually fully self-driving; it can perform some […]

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5 Mindset Tips for a Successful 2025

February 7, 2025
What makes the difference between a successful business and one that doesn’t last? The mindset of the business owner plays a crucial role.

How Flexible Talent Is Transforming Consulting

February 7, 2025
Entrepreneurs can tune their disruption muscle by studying how consulting is facing two massive headwinds: Top Consultants are going independent, and Talent Platforms are able to outcompete their incumbents.

Coalition ‘concerned’ over UK appointing ex-Amazon exec as antitrust regulator chair

February 7, 2025

A coalition of organizations and individuals have signed an open letter expressing concern at the U.K. government’s decision to appoint a former Amazon executive as chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The group, which includes U.S. tech outfits such as Yelp, DuckDuckGo, and Mozilla, say that the CMA must be “free from political […]

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DeepMind claims its AI performs better than International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists

February 7, 2025

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google’s leading AI research lab, appears to have surpassed the average gold medalist in solving geometry problems in an international mathematics competition. The system, called AlphaGeometry2, is an improved version of a system, AlphaGeometry, that DeepMind released last January. In a newly published study, the DeepMind researchers behind […]

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Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’

February 7, 2025

Social network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky developer Paul Frazee, Bluesky will add a new “followers only” setting that users can configure to limit replies. In addition, he says, Bluesky will create a way for users to set their default reply settings. […]

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Ex-Apple engineer issues apology after lawsuit over Journal app, Vision Pro leaks is dismissed

February 7, 2025

A former iOS engineer, who was sued by Apple for leaking confidential information to journalists, has issued an apology after the lawsuit against him was dismissed. The lawsuit, which was filed last year, alleged that Andrew Aude sent thousands of messages to journalists at The Wall Street Journal and The Information about more than a […]

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The biggest breach of US government data is under way

February 7, 2025

Elon Musk’s DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans’ private information held by the U.S. federal government.

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