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 …
Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old, German nuclear fusion startup, has published plans for a working fusion power plant in a peer-reviewed journal, in what is being touted as a step-change in the race to generate limitless energy. Today’s nuclear fission reactors create radioactive waste, whereas nuclear fusion releases vast amounts of energy, with zero carbon emissions and …
The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies to the region by changing copyright law. The proposed changes would allow developers to train AI models on artists’ content found online — without permission or payment — unless creators proactively “opt out.” Not everyone is marching to the same beat, though. …
It’s often said that the UK and Europe lack the huge level of growth funding for later-stage startups that the US has for its own, and this is correct. According to the European Investment Fund, there are at least seven times more large-size VC funds in the US than in Europe. So the appearance of a …
Debates over AI benchmarks — and how they’re reported by AI labs — are spilling out into public view. This week, an OpenAI employee accused Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, of publishing misleading benchmark results for its latest AI model, Grok 3. One of the co-founders of xAI, Igor Babushkin, insisted that the company was …
According to recent data by Eko, a nonprofit campaign group focused on corporate responsibility, social media behemoths Meta and X allowed advertisements that targeted German users with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hate speech in the lead-up to the nation’s federal elections. Ahead of an election where immigration has become a major topic in mainstream political …
As payment companies increasingly explore stablecoins for cross-border payments and real-time settlement, some startups are tapping into the zeitgeist by providing liquidity via a revolving line of credit in stablecoins. One of them is Dubai-based but Africa-focused Mansa, whose offering allows payments companies to settle transactions and fund customer accounts instantly. The startup has raised …
Humane announced on Tuesday that most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins. Humane alerted customers who have already purchased the Pin that their devices will stop functioning before the end of the month — at 12 p.m. PST …
In a long-running program known as the Sunday Puzzle, NPR host Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle expert for The New York Times, gets to test thousands of listeners every Sunday. Even experienced participants typically find the brainteasers difficult, despite the fact that they are designed to be solved with no prior information. Because of this, …
Uber, a ride-sharing behemoth, sued DoorDash on Friday, claiming that the delivery service was suppressing competition by pressuring restaurant owners into exclusivity agreements. In the complaint, which was filed in California’s Superior Court, Uber claims that its main competitor intimidated eateries into only using DoorDash. According to Uber, DoorDash, which dominates the U.S. meal delivery …