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How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases
Modern biotech has the tools to edit genes and design drugs, yet thousands of rare diseases remain untreated.…
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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the U.S. government’s most secretive operations has said he…
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Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras
This week, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced that it raised $1 billion in fresh capital at a valuation…
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Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work
A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of…
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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like law and…
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It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site
On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with Anthropic’s chatbot…
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‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now
HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” has delivered one of its most compelling storylines yet this season: a hunt…
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An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax
The war on California’s proposed ‘Billionaire’s Tax’ is getting weird. This week, amid ongoing rancor from tech elites…
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Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT
Apple CarPlay users may soon be able to talk to their favorite AI chatbot. Apple is reportedly working…
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Microsoft Teams adds toolbar hiding option
Over the past few months, Microsoft has introduced numerous new features to its video conferencing service, Microsoft Teams…