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Samsung Protest Threatens RAM Supply, 18-Day Strike
Samsung's labor protests, involving up to 40,000 union members, demand higher wages and bonus changes, threatening an 18‑day strike that could further tighten the global RAM shortage, after a protest
Tesla Cybercab Enters Production as Musk Taps Brakes
Tesla's Cybercab entered continuous production at the Austin Gigafactory, but Elon Musk struck an unusually cautious tone on the earnings call, citing safety validation needs and acknowledging the rob
Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety
Researchers at CUNY and King's College London simulated a delusional user to probe how leading chatbots respond to psychotic cues. Their arXiv pre‑print shows GPT‑4o and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 co
Affirm Runs AI Development Sprint with 800 Engineers
Affirm spent a week in February 2026 halting regular work to have over 800 engineers run full agentic AI development cycles, aiming to embed AI assistance into its software pipeline.
DeepSeek Releases V4 Pro and V4 Flash Preview
DeepSeek released preview versions of its V4 Pro and V4 Flash models a year after upending Silicon Valley, claiming V4 Pro trails state-of-the-art performance by about 3-6 months.
DeepSeek unveils V4 Flash & Pro LLMs, 1M token context
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released preview versions of its V4 language models—Flash and Pro—featuring 1‑million‑token context windows, up to 1.6 trillion parameters, and pricing that undercuts leading f
The Download: supercharged scams and studying AI healthcare
AI’s rapid evolution is reshaping both threats and opportunities: Chinese firm DeepSeek unveiled its open‑source DeepSeek‑V4 model, rivaling top closed‑source systems, while cybercriminals weaponize L
DeepSeek Releases V4 Pro and V4 Flash in Preview
DeepSeek released preview versions of its V4 Pro and V4 Flash flagship AI models on the one-year anniversary of its industry-shaking debut, with V4 Pro trailing state-of-the-art performance by roughly
Alibaba integrates Qwen AI into BYD, Volkswagen cars
Alibaba announced that its Qwen AI large‑language model will be built into the infotainment systems of selected BYD and Volkswagen vehicles. The integration lets drivers place voice‑activated orders f
Vatican Issues AI Guidelines, Bans AI‑Written Homilies
The Vatican has rolled out its first state‑level AI framework and publicly warned clergy against using AI for homilies, positioning the Holy See as a moral referee in the AI‑driven 'crisis of truth'.
DeepSeek previews V4 model, challenges US AI rivals
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled a preview of its V4 model, asserting it can match US giants like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI in coding and general tasks. The launch, built for Huawei chips, arr
World Press Photo Bans AI Images, Names 2026 Winner
World Press Photo crowned Carol Guzy's 'Separated by ICE' as its 2026 winner while publishing one of the most detailed rulebooks yet defining authentic photojournalism, explicitly excluding AI-generat
ChatGPT and Bots Risk Misleading Financial Advice
OpenAI touts ChatGPT as a helpful budgeting aid, yet experts warn its confident tone masks lingering hallucinations and sycophancy that can mislead users. As Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI race to embe
Karpathy's LLM Lecture Becomes Interactive HTML Walkthrough
An interactive HTML guide translates Andrej Karpathy's technical lecture into a walkthrough of how ChatGPT-style models are built — from filtering 15 trillion tokens of internet text to post-training
Tracxn: global edtech funding fell from $16.7B in 2021 to $2.6B in 2025, while the number of startups launched dropped from 7,178 in 2021 to just 645 in 2025 (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
Tracxn’s data shows a dramatic collapse in global edtech, with funding falling from $16.7 B in 2021 to $2.6 B in 2025 and startup launches plunging from 7,178 to just 645. Venture capital is abandonin
DeepSeek unveils V4 Pro ($1.74) & V4 Flash ($0.14) LLMs
DeepSeek unveiled preview versions of its V4 Pro and V4 Flash LLMs, offering open‑source, low‑cost models that lag top AI systems by a few months but promise long‑context and world‑class reasoning.
Sources: Cursor hit $2.7B in annualized sales in March, up ~14x from a year ago, and reported a ~$900M loss in its last fiscal year on $770M in total revenue (The Information)
AI coding startup Cursor surged to $2.7 billion in annualized sales in March, a 14‑fold jump from a year earlier, but still posted a $900 million loss on $770 million revenue. The rapid growth attract
DeepSeek Drops V4 Pro Preview: 1.6T Params, 1M Context
DeepSeek released preview versions of its V4 Pro (1.6T parameters, 1M token context) and V4 Flash models, posting both to Hugging Face roughly a year after its earlier breakthrough disrupted Silicon V
DeepSeek Releases V4 Pro and V4 Flash Preview
DeepSeek launched preview versions of its V4 Pro and V4 Flash AI models, positioning them as high‑performing, cost‑effective alternatives that challenge US rivals while still lagging top‑tier performa
Meta Rolls Out Unified Account System
Meta is rolling out a unified 'Meta Account' system over the next year that consolidates cross-app logins, security settings, and parental controls across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Met
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