Top stories in tech today: – Varda snags $187M to make drugs in space
– YouTube cracks down on AI videos
– Samsung to roll out triple-folding phone
– Math AI startup lands $100M
– Quick hits on other major tech news Read more: https://
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Major tech funding rounds: space drugs, AI math startup, Samsung folding phone
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Google and Meta Accused of Stealing Influencer Advertisements
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And Google and Meta. We’ve got people ripping even our ads with influencers in them. Just nuts
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Goldman Sachs Pilots First Autonomous Coder in Major AI Milestone
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Goldman Sachs is piloting its first autonomous coder in major #AI milestone for Wall Street
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From Language Models to Real-World AI Materialization
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La bataille des modèles de langage du type ChatGPT est déjà (presque) une bataille du passé. Le vrai enjeu des prochaines années sera la manière dont les IA se matérialiseront dans le monde réel.
— Rafik Smati (@RafikSmati) 11 juillet 2025
Pour preuve, une info largement passée sous les radars en France : Open AI vient de… pic.twitter.com/HzkFADoULWLa bataille des modèles de langage du type ChatGPT est déjà (presque) une bataille du passé. Le vrai enjeu des prochaines années sera la manière dont les IA se matérialiseront dans le monde réel. Pour preuve, une info largement passée sous les radars en France : Open AI vient de
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Meta researcher exposes AI culture concerns and weekly updates
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Top stories in AI today: – Ex-Meta researcher calls out ‘culture of fear’
– Google’s new open medical AI models
– Get up-to-date API information for AI coding tools
– Why do some AI models fake alignment
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Grok 4: Intelligence or Strategic Positioning?
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Charts. Benchmarks. Elon. Hype.
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Compute and AI Infrastructure Key to Reaching ASI
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The biggest takeaway from the Grok 4 release is that compute is all we need to reach ASI. AI infrastructure like data centers, land and power generation and storage will be the most valuable assets. I have some news about how I'm getting involved in AI infra soon…
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Tim Sweeney: Grok 4 Feels Like AGI
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Here is what Tim Sweeney, the creator of Epic Games, has to say about Grok 4. He feels like it's AGI.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Surpasses ChatGPT in Benchmark Tests
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I'M BLOWN AWAY Elon Musk's xAI just beat ChatGPT in benchmarks The creator of Unreal thinks it's AGI What you need to know:
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Launches AI Center of Excellence with Cisco
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is collaborating with @Cisco and NVIDIA to build a new #AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Indonesia. As part of the CoE, a new NVIDIA AI Technology Center will: Offer localized AI research support Drive innovation with NVIDIA Inception startups