"The Workday of a Magazine Editor in the Age of TikTok and AI: Insights from Esquire’s Michael Sebastian"

“The Workday of a Magazine Editor in the Age of TikTok and AI: Insights from Esquire’s Michael Sebastian”

In the bustling Hearst Tower in midtown Manhattan, Michael Sebastian oversees the iconic magazine Esquire amidst the typical chaos of print production. At 44, Sebastian,…

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ByteDance, TikTok's parent, unveils new open-source Seed-OSS-36B model with 512K token context.

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent, unveils new open-source Seed-OSS-36B model with 512K token context.

The company’s Seed Team of AI researchers today released Seed-OSS-36B on AI code sharing website Hugging Face. Seed-OSS-36B is a new line of open-source, large…

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Group14 Secures $463M from SK, Porsche, and Others to Develop Silicon Anodes for EVs

Group14 Secures $463M from SK, Porsche, and Others to Develop Silicon Anodes for EVs

Battery materials startup Group14 announced it secured $463 million in funding to enhance its manufacturing capabilities, indicating strong investor confidence in electric vehicles. The company…

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MaRS and U of T search for new partner after Johnson & Johnson withdraws JLabs Toronto support

MaRS and U of T search for new partner after Johnson & Johnson withdraws JLabs Toronto support

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is ending its support for the JLabs innovation laboratory in Toronto by the year’s end, prompting MaRS Discovery District and…

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Fluence Technology in Warsaw Secures €6.6 Million for Femtosecond Laser Systems

Fluence Technology in Warsaw Secures €6.6 Million for Femtosecond Laser Systems

Fluence Technology, a company founded by four Polish physicists, has raised €6.6 million (PLN 28.1 million) in a seed funding round to enhance the global…

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Cyprus: Emerging Mediterranean Tech and Innovation Hub

Cyprus: Emerging Mediterranean Tech and Innovation Hub

Cyprus has swiftly developed into a dynamic and rapidly expanding tech hub, driven by strategic investments, robust government backing, and a flourishing startup community. The…

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LLMs Produce 'Fluent Nonsense' When Operating Beyond Their Training Bounds

LLMs Produce ‘Fluent Nonsense’ When Operating Beyond Their Training Bounds

Researchers at Arizona State University have released a new study challenging the idea that Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs) indicates genuine intelligence.…

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Federal Government Signs New Agreement with Cohere to Explore AI Applications in Government Services

Federal Government Signs New Agreement with Cohere to Explore AI Applications in Government Services

Toronto-based AI firm Cohere has entered a new, non-binding agreement with the Canadian government to use its technology to “transform” public sector operations. The memorandum…

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SugaROx of Oxford Raises €1.1 Million to Boost Biostimulant Production

SugaROx of Oxford Raises €1.1 Million to Boost Biostimulant Production

SugaROx, an agri-biotech spinout in Oxford, has raised an additional €1.1 million (£1 million) in a seed round extension to advance its crop-enhancing biostimulant. The…

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