Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia...
When it comes to Chinese AI labs using distillation techniques to extract knowledge from frontier model makers, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is hoping regulators stay...
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to...
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One of China’s most prominent AI labs, Moonshot AI, believes it can turn its popular open-weight model into serious sales growth. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that...
An Anthropic researcher resigned this week, warning in a post on X that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”. The company’s own...
Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has appointed former OpenAI, Meta and Instacart executive Fidji Simo to its board. Simo joins high-profile tech executives...
People shop at a Manhattan grocery store on August 13, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The largest-ever outbreak of cyclosporiasis in...
Beef products are offered for sale at a grocery store on Sept. 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Consumer sentiment plunged in...
Produce is offered for sale at a grocery store on Sept. 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Prices for a wide swath...