House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote letters to 16 American tech companies, including Google and OpenAI, on Thursday, requesting any correspondence the former president may have had with the Biden administration that would indicate he “coerced or colluded” with businesses to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The senior tech advisers to the Trump …
According to cybersecurity entrepreneur Nikita Rozenberg, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are more severely affected. The primary distinction is that big businesses can usually get by with that. Small enterprises can be killed by the majority of these dangers. As a result, Rozenberg founded Blackwall, an Estonian firm called BotGuard that targets SMBs and has …
Reshape Energy is placing its money on a more comprehensive strategy to hasten the built environment’s decarbonization. The startup was established in May 2024 in Munich, Germany, and is run by a group of people with experience growing energy companies, such as Octopus Energy’s German division and Verivox, a website that compares energy prices. Its …
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re discussing a startup that genetically alters mice to develop mammoth-like fur, the surprise comeback of early internet sensation Digg, OpenAI’s possibility to charge $20,000 per month for a specialized AI agent, and more! Let’s do this. Specialized AI “agents” could cost up to $20,000 a month …
The “agentic” AI platform Manus, which debuted in preview last week, is creating more buzz than a Taylor Swift performance. Hugging Face’s head of product referred to Manus as “the most impressive AI tool I’ve ever tried.” The “most sophisticated computer using AI” is Manus, according to AI policy scholar Dean Ball. In a matter …
One nagging concern has plagued fusion power businesses for a long time: Will the technology work? Since net-positive fusion power is no longer the stuff of science fiction, however, a new generation of businesses has been established based on more commonplace queries: Is it possible to build reactors for less money? What are some ways …
According to data from various app-tracking companies, including Sensor Tower, the privacy-focused messaging software Signal has been dominating the Dutch app stores for the past month. It frequently ranks at the top as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android across all categories. Over the years, the program has seen spikes in popularity, …
The French company Mistral AI, which created the AI assistant Le Chat and a number of foundational models, is likely the only European business that could rival OpenAI and is officially recognized as one of France’s most promising tech businesses. However, its global market share is still quite little in relation to its $6 billion …
With Gemini, its flagship collection of generative AI models, applications, and services, Google is attempting to create a stir. However, what is Gemini? How is it useful? And how does it compare to other generative AI tools like Microsoft’s Copilot, Meta’s Llama, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT? We’ve created this helpful guide to help you stay up …
Plans for a functional fusion power station were published in a peer-reviewed journal by Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old German nuclear fusion firm. This development is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the competition to produce infinite energy. Nuclear fusion releases enormous amounts of energy with no carbon emissions and very little radiation, while modern …