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Amazon deploys its 1 millionth robot, releases generative AI model
After 13 years of deploying robots into its warehouses, Amazon reached a new milestone. The tech behemoth now has 1…
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Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book…
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Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms…
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The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system. The tool, which is…
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TikTok is testing its own version of Instagram’s ‘broadcast channels’
TikTok is testing a new messaging tool called “bulletin boards,” the social network confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The feature…
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SpaceX’s Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse
A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly formed city won’t say if…
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As job losses loom, Anthropic launches program to track AI’s economic fallout
Silicon Valley has opined on the promise of generative AI to forge new career paths and economic opportunities – like…
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The Supreme Court gives Trump a wave of victories in a blockbuster final week
The Supreme Court term has given the Trump administration a series of major wins in the final blockbuster week of…
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Meta hires key OpenAI researcher to work on AI reasoning models
Meta has hired a highly influential OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to work on its AI reasoning models under the company’s…
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Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI — and Uber might help
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI,…
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