Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced criticism this year after announcing Duolingo would prioritize becoming an “AI-first company.” In a new interview, he clarified that…
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Judge Warns FTC Investigation into Media Matters is a Concern for All Americans
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into Media Matters, a left-leaning advocacy group. In 2023, Media Matters…
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Designing Feedback Loops: Enhancing LLMs to Improve Continuously
Large language models (LLMs) excel at reasoning, generating, and automating, but transforming a demo into a sustainable product requires the system to learn from actual…
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AI-Powered Stuffed Animals Are Coming for Your Children
Do A.I. chatbots inside plushies offer a viable screen time alternative for kids? Companies market these A.I.-powered companions this way, but Amanda Hess of The…
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Anthropic Claims Claude Models Can Now Terminate ‘Harmful or Abusive’ Conversations
Anthropic has introduced new features allowing some of its latest, largest models to end conversations in “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user…
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Gemini, Winklevoss Twins’ Crypto Company, Files for IPO
Yet another crypto company is heading to the public markets, with Gemini Space Station Inc. preparing to make its debut. Founded by billionaire twins Cameron…
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Sam Altman, over bread rolls, discusses life beyond GPT-5
As I take in the view of Alcatraz Island from a Mediterranean restaurant in San Francisco, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman enters, phone in hand. I…
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How Your Solar Rooftop Became a National Security Concern
James Showalter envisions a nightmare scenario: someone cracks your Wi-Fi and hijacks your solar inverter. This gray box by your garage changes solar energy into…
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Bankruptcy Documents Indicate Struggling Sales Pipeline Led to Uvaro and Lighthouse Labs’ Downfall Post-Acquisition
In January, Kitchener-Waterloo-based workforce training platform Uvaro acquired Lighthouse Labs, a coding school, making it a subsidiary. Seven months later, both filed for bankruptcy. Canadian…
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Sen. Hawley to Investigate Meta Following Report of AI Chatbots Flirting with Children
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) plans to investigate Meta’s generative AI products for possible exploitation, deception, or harm to children, following leaked documents revealing the company’s…
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