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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Not long ago, like many of you, I read what I feared might be The Next Web’s final article. In late September, TNW’s co-founder announced that the tech conference and news site would be winding […]
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Why Google's new Interactions API is such a big deal for AI developers
For the last two years, the fundamental unit of generative AI development has been the "completion." You send a text prompt to a model, it sends text back, and the transaction ends. If you want […]
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Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage
MoEngage, a customer engagement platform used by consumer brands across 75 countries, has announced a $180 million Series F follow-on transaction just over a month after securing $100 million, with a majority of the latest […]
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it’s become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster announced that “slop” is […]
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Deep Robotics raises $70M to boost robotics innovation
Key Takeaways Deep Robotics secured $70 million in new funding to advance its robotics technology. Investor interest and capital flow in the robotics sector are rising rapidly. Share this article Hangzhou-based Deep Robotics has secured […]
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Sharks and rays gain landmark protections as nations move to curb international trade
But until last week, there were no international controls in place to regulate trade in these species despite growing demand for their livers. That has now changed through the latest decisions adopted at CITES, which […]
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Best Tested Walking Pads (2025): Urevo, WalkingPad, Sperax
Most Versatile Photograph: Kristin Canning Lifesmart TM2202 3-in-1 Treadmill If you’re not keen on buying a standing desk, check out the Lifesmart 3-in-1 Treadmill. You can wheel the lightweight machine into any room, place the […]
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Ai2's new Olmo 3.1 extends reinforcement learning training for stronger reasoning benchmarks
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) recently released what it calls its most powerful family of models yet, Olmo 3. But the company kept iterating on the models, expanding its reinforcement learning (RL) runs, to […]
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Is ChatGPT’s New Shopping Research Solving a Problem, or Creating One?
When OpenAI announced its new shopping search capabilities, I took the news with a grain of salt (perhaps the whole shaker).For the past decade, we have watched the slow evolution of traditional search engines. What […]
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Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws
President Donald Trump signed a highly anticipated executive order on Thursday that sets in motion a plan to establish a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence while undercutting states’ abilities to enact their own rules. […]
