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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A segment on CBS weekly in-depth TV news program 60 Minutes last night (also shared on YouTube here) offered an inside look at Google’s DeepMind and the vision of its co-founder and Nobel Prize-winning CEO, legendary …

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April 21, 2025 8:00 AM Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Anthropic, the AI company founded by former OpenAI employees, has pulled back the curtain on an unprecedented analysis of how its AI assistant Claude expresses values during actual conversations with users. …

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April 21, 2025 6:30 AM TBD VC founders Alan Buch (left) and David Citron. Image Credit: TBD VC TBD VC, a new early-stage venture capital firm, has announced a $35 million fund to back deep tech Israeli founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, both in Israel and around the globe. The fund launch comes …

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April 21, 2025 6:00 AM Aethir has launched the AI Unbundled alliance for Web3 AI. Image Credit: Aethir Aethir, a provider of decentralized GPU cloud compute, announced the launch of AI Unbundled, an industry-wide alliance for the development of artificial intelligence in Web3. The initiative brings together top decentralized infrastructure providers, blockchain networks, and investment …

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Image: IDG / Mark Knapp Microsoft has really been pushing users to upgrade to “Copilot+” laptops lately, but what does that mean? In my allegedly humble opinion, it just means a minimum set of specs that include recent AI-ready processors and some other good guts… along with a price tag that’s a bit on the …

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Skip to content Image: Discord Discord has started restricting some users from accessing sensitive content on the communication platform until you verify your age, according to a new support page (spotted by The Verge). The verification process involves either scanning your face with a webcam or visiting a QR code with your mobile device and …

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April 17, 2025 3:29 PM StreamElements today put out its latest State of the Stream report for March 2025, where it detailed activity on Twitch for that month. The numbers show that Twitch’s viewership slumped in March, which is apparently typical for the platform — though the numbers drop to a happy normal rather than …

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April 17, 2025 3:13 PM Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It is tough to remove bias, and in some cases, outright censorship, in large language models (LLMs). One such model, DeepSeek from China, alarmed politicians and …

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April 17, 2025 2:37 PM Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google Cloud announced a significant number of new features at its Google Cloud Next event last week, with at least 229 new announcements. Buried in that mountain of news, which included new AI chips …

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April 17, 2025 12:39 PM Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More 1Fort announced today a $7.5 million seed funding round to improve how small businesses obtain commercial insurance through its AI-powered platform. The New York-based startup, which …

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