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Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

“Everybody’s on their phone at my program!” joked Charlie Bailey, a librarian in South Philadelphia.

One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.

A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week.

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Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

“Everybody’s on their phone at my program!” joked Charlie Bailey, a librarian in South Philadelphia.
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One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.

A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week.
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I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to…

OpenAI launched its first piece of hardware last week — a fancy little keypad built to pair with ChatGPT.
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Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M

Prentis , a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das, and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman...
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As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions

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The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
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How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers

For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by malicious hackers.
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Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models

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Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded

Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company .
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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors

Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a $10.3 billion valuatio...
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How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines

Sponsored In partnership with AstraZeneca Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge.
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