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Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company

Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI startup, announced his departure from the company on Wednesday in a post on X. Babuschkin led engineering teams at xAI and helped build the startup into one of Silicon Valley’s leading AI model developers just a few years after it was founded. “Today was my last day

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Federal Judge: Elon Musk Must Face OpenAI’s ‘Sufficient’ Harassment Claims

In March 2026, a jury will hear OpenAI’s claims of a “years-long harassment campaign” by Musk via social media, press, and legal moves. Source link

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20+ back-to-school laptop deals (plus our top recommendations)

The best back-to-school laptop deals at a glance: It’s been [redacted] years since I’ve personally geared up for a new semester, but I still get excited for the back-to-school shopping season. That’s because part of my job here at Mashable entails hunting down great laptop deals — and after Black Friday, this is the time

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GPT-5 Doesn’t Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence

Since the all-new ChatGPT launched on Thursday, some users have mourned the disappearance of a peppy and encouraging personality in favor of a colder, more businesslike one (a move seemingly designed to reduce unhealthy user behavior.) The backlash shows the challenge of building artificial intelligence systems that exhibit anything like real emotional intelligence. Researchers at

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Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi

I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. For just 15 bucks, I get to experience what feels like a miracle of modern technology, and yet,

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Paid ChatGPT Users: GPT-4o Back as Default After Outcry – ‘Like Losing a Friend’

CEO Sam Altman announced this change along with numerous others to OpenAI’s proprietary ChatGPT chatbot. Source link

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Get multiple AI tools in one place with 1min.AI for just A$46

TL;DR: Streamline your workflow with instant access to multiple AI tools in one place with 1min.AI’s Pro Plan lifetime subscription for just A$46 (reg. A$359). Tired of juggling multiple AI tools? 1min.AI brings ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, and more into one easy-to-use platform that lets you take advantage of their individual strengths without the chaos of

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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut down the production of

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Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more

India-based audio series platform maker Pocket FM aims to be the Netflix of audio. That is, the company intends to match its audio series with hundreds of episodes to its users’ tastes. For that to work, it needs to release content rapidly — something it’s now turning to AI to help with. The Lightspeed-backed startup

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Hack of North Korean Spy’s Computer Exposes 8.9 GB of Espionage Operations

A North Korean spy’s computer was hacked, leaking phishing logs, stolen South Korean government email platform source code, and links to Chinese hackers. Source link

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