A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers: Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence. Read More
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Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies: Google said Gemini had "acted appropriately" by ending each hack immediately. Read More
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Joby Aviation's 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis: An aircraft equipped with Joby Aviation's autonomy technology flew across the United States without a human pilot taking control at any point. Read More
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Hong Kong – Asia’s Fintech capital, Innovation Hub to the Greater Bay Area and gateway to the Chinese Mainland – invites U.S. Fintechs to join a U.S. delegation for Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026, November 2–6. Access a curated program, meet key players in Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem and discover how YOU can grow YOUR Fintech in Asia’s World City!
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Anthropic's first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?: Accenture is about to take on its most high-risk consulting engagement ever. Read More
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A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline: Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam, a trained ballerina with a small chain of boutique studios, built the connected-fitness company Mirror and sold it to Lululemon for $500 million in cash less than three years later. Walker, who interned at Twitter while at Stanford business school, built the popular men's grooming brand Walker & Company Brands, selling it five years later to Procter & Gamble for undisclosed terms (reportedly in the range of $20 million to $40 million). That both of them are at it again is less surprising than what each is building. Founders tend not to love working inside other people's companies — Putnam has hinted that life as a GM inside Lululemon wasn't for her, while Walker lasted five years inside Procter & Gamble before striking out on his own. But though their new companies couldn't be more different, Board and Heirloom share the same north star: bringing people together, offline, in the same room. Putnam's new company, Board, which makes a 24-inch touchscreen table that recognizes physical game pieces as well as gestures, was built explicitly for a group sitting around it together rather than one person alone with a screen. Walker's Heirloom is buying up and scaling fine-craft trade schools, starting with a leatherworking school in San Francisco founded by Hermès's first American artisan-ambassador. He's also running Collaborative Holdings, a fund carved out by the venture Read More
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Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he's also creating an AI Force: Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax. Read More
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In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza: Availability of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series turned patchy within hours of its debut on India's quick-commerce apps. Read More
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Tilly Norwood's press tour is going about as well as you'd expect for an AI: In one particularly odd interview, Norwood seems to malfunction and begin speaking Chinese. Read More
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Founder Summit lands in Boston on Nov. 4, bringing 1,000+ founders and investors together for tactical insights on fundraising, hiring, sales, marketing, leadership and scaling. Secure your spot now and spend the day building connections that will move your company or breakthrough idea forward. 
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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable: This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction. Read More
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