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AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds Jan 22, 2025

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Top LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found.

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The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its ‘kill chain’ Jan 21, 2025

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Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people.

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Nord Security founders launch Nexos.ai to help enterprises take AI projects from pilot to production Jan 21, 2025

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A new AI orchestration startup from the founders of Lithuanian unicorn Nord Security is setting out to help enterprises put their AI projects into production, with an initial focus on bringing greater visibility, security and adaptability to large language models (LLMs).

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Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages Jan 20, 2025

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Climate tech may have had a down year in 2024, but new data also shows a maturing sector with larger deal sizes. Venture investment in the climate tech sector was down 7% to $12.9 billion, $1 billion shy of 2023’s tally, according to data in a new PitchBook report.

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Google strikes world’s largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian startup Varaha Jan 20, 2025

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Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha.

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Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches Jan 17, 2025

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The Russia-linked ransomware group is threatening to leak data stolen from almost 60 Cleo Software customers if ransoms aren't paid

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Hinge’s new AI feature determines if your prompt response is too basic Jan 17, 2025

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Hinge today launched a new AI-powered feature called “Prompt Feedback,” which aims to improve your dating profile by analyzing how you answer prompts and assessing if it needs to be more specific or authentic.

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SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing Jan 16, 2025

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Former SoftBank exec Akshay Naheta's startup, Distributed Technologies Research, is trying to bridge the gap between banking and blockchain tech.

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Steppin is a new app that locks your social media apps unless you get out and walk Jan 16, 2025

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App stores are filled with different services that are designed to help you cut down on your screen time and count your steps. A new iOS app called Steppin combines these two ideas to help users do both at the same time to bridge the gap between physical and mental health

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OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why Jan 15, 2025

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Shortly after OpenAI released o1, its first “reasoning” AI model, people began noting a curious phenomenon. The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem to sort out — e.g. “How many R’s are in the word ‘strawberry?'”

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