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A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues. 404 Media wrote about an experiment conducted by a class at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research that resulted in the creation of two AI agents or avatars — Amina, a fictional woman […]...

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, along with the National Science Foundation, in a group chat with AI scientists and Trump administration officials, according to screenshots viewed by the Washington Post....

Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got tons of news for you this week, including a shakeup at X, Hugging Face's new robot, new phones from Nothing and Samsung, and a whole lot more. Have a great weekend! Off to do something else: X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped down this week after a tumultuous […]...

In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok, as opposed to an AI-generated explanation for Grok's posts. (xAI recently acquired X, where Grok is prominently featured.)...

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There is a time-honored crisis management strategy, wherein one says nothing and waits for the outrage to pass. For Sequoia Capital, the strategy worked pretty well this week. While partner Shaun Maguire initially weathered criticism over an inflammatory social media post, that initial indignation cooled quickly. Now, some seem to think that Maguire's defiant stance […]...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday the company is delaying the release of its open model indefinitely....

Notably, Google is not taking a stake in Windsurf and will not have any control over the company....

Firefly Space has filed for a initial public offering....

Firefly Space has filed for a initial public offering....

Analysis: In calling itself an ethical spyware vendor, Paragon has opened itself up to scrutiny of its government customers....

Tesla may finally start selling its EVs in India with a showroom slated for Mumbai....

Praxis Labs, a learning development platform, announced its acquisition on Thursday for an undisclosed amount by the leadership and coaching enterprise Torch.  “As a small company with fewer than 20 people serving companies as large as Amazon, we knew we needed to build powerful partnerships, across product and go-to-market, to reach more companies,” co-founder and […]...

Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot, which promise to enhance productivity by automatically writing lines of code, fixing bugs, and testing changes. The tools are powered by AI models from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and xAI that have rapidly increased […]...

Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, has launched a virtual desktop service called JioPC for televisions....

Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say....

France is investigating Elon Musk's X and a member of parliament, Éric Bothorel, is criticizing Grok's content....

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Devin won't replace humans developers at the bank. It will be supervised by them, CIO says....

Sarah Smith, founder and managing partner of the eponymous Sarah Smith Fund, announced Thursday the final closing of a $16 million Fund I.  Smith launched her eponymous fund in 2022 and is a solo GP. She said she's “stunned” by what AI can unlock for firms like hers, solo and next-generation. “I can't imagine doing […]...