Since it’s hard to predict where this is all going, it’s likely to Microsoft’s longterm advantage to develop its own models. It’s also possible Microsoft has introduced these models to address use cases or queries that OpenAI isn’t focused on. We’re seeing a gradual shift in the AI landscape toward models that are more specialized for certain tasks, rather than …
Read More »Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100-seat Republican majority Axios Swing-state governor slams Trump’s plan to nix mail-in voting: He ‘can sign whatever the hell he wants’ Fox News Trump Has No (Legal) Power to Mess With the Election The Atlantic Trump wants to stop states from voting by mail and using voting machines NPR Opinion | Everyone loses when the federal government …
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A woman who accidentally left her tampon in for a whole month has laid bare the gruesome symptoms that she endured while doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong with her. Reality star Savannah Miller, 24, who is best known for starring in season seven of Netflix‘s The Circle, opened up about the ‘traumatizing’ ordeal during a recent chat with the …
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the USSF-106 mission payload atop the Vulcan rocket in the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will be Vulcan’s first national security mission for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Image: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is on the cusp of …
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Fifty-six years after Disney filmmakers imagined what it would be like for a spacecraft crew to journey to a black hole in the 1979 movie The Black Hole, an astrophysicist has released a plan for a real interstellar mission to go where no spacecraft has gone before. Outlined in a new paper published today in iScience, the proposal is a …
Read More »Amazon is breaking up its Wondery podcast studio as consumption of the medium shifts to video and personality-driven shows, according to a memo viewed by Business Insider. About 110 people are being let go as a result, a person familiar with the matter told BI. Also exiting is Wondery’s CEO Jen Sargent. Amazon made a big bet on podcasts when …
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Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games is laying off developers and shutting down the original Splitgate in an effort to revamp the game after launching, in CEO Ian Proulx’s words, “too early.” The company announced the layoffs in a lengthy statement on X (formerly Twitter) signed by Proulx and CTO Nicholas Bagamian. In it the two said that they “agree” with …
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Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54. Sarepta Therapeutics laid off more than one-third of its workforce, …
Read More »SF tech startup lays off 200 a month after Meta poaches CEO SFGATE Scale AI cuts 14% of workforce after Meta investment, hiring of founder Wang CNBC Scale AI just got hit by a major restructuring in the wake of its blockbuster Meta deal Business Insider Scale AI to Cut 14% of Staff Following Meta Investment Bloomberg.com Scale AI Lays Off 14% of Staff …
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Data-labeling startup Scale AI is laying off 200 employees, roughly 14% of its staff, and cutting ties with 500 of its global contractors, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The cuts come just a month after Meta hired Scale AI’s CEO in a $14.3 billion deal. In a memo obtained by Bloomberg, interim CEO Jason Droege told staff that Scale AI had …
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