US court allows lawsuit against Google and Character.AI over teenager’s suicide
A US court has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Google and the AI startup Character.AI. The article US court allows lawsuit against Google and Character.AI over teenager’s suicide appeared first on THE DECODER. Source: THE DECODER https://the-decoder.com/us-court-allows-lawsuit-against-google-and-character-ai-over-teenagers-suicide/
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Time Magazine appears to accidentally publish embargoed story confirming Anthropic Claude 4 Opus
Someone also appears to have published a full scrape of the Time article online on the news aggregator app Newsbreak.Read More from AI News | VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/ai/time-magazine-appears-to-accidentally-publish-embargoed-story-confirming-anthropic-claude-4-opus/
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The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
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. The data center boom in the desert In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the foundations of a data center city. Google, Tract, Switch, EdgeCore, …
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Enchant launches zero-equity accelerator for gaming and AI startups
Enchant is launching a new zero-equity accelerator for gaming and AI startups, with applications now open for its three-month program.Read More from AI News | VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/games/enchant-launches-zero-equity-accelerator-for-gaming-and-ai-startups/
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Three takeaways about AI’s energy use and climate impacts
This week, we published Power Hungry, a package all about AI and energy. At the center of this package is the most comprehensive look yet at AI’s growing power demand, if I do say so myself. This data-heavy story is the result of over six months of reporting by me and my colleague James O’Donnell (and the work of many …
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A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth
In 2003, engineers from Germany and Switzerland began building a bridge across the Rhine River simultaneously from both sides. Months into construction, they found that the two sides did not meet. The German side hovered 54 centimeters above the Swiss side. The misalignment occurred because the German engineers had measured elevation with a historic level of the North Sea as …
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At Google I/O, Sergey Brin makes surprise appearance — and declares Google will build the first AGI
Google co-founder Sergey Brin makes surprise appearance at Google I/O, declaring “Gemini will be the very first AGI,” revealing philosophical tensions with DeepMind CEO Hassabis who urges scientific caution in the high-stakes AI race.Read More from AI News | VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/ai/at-google-i-o-sergey-brin-makes-surprise-appearance-and-declares-google-will-build-the-first-agi/
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Roundtables: A New Look at AI’s Energy Use
Recorded on May 21, 2025 Big Tech’s appetite for energy is growing rapidly as adoption of AI accelerates. But just how much energy does even a single AI query use? And what does it mean for the climate? Hear from MIT Technology Review editor in chief Mat Honan, senior climate reporter Casey Crownhart, and AI reporter James O’Donnell as they explore AI’s …
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OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io unite to “completely reimagine” how people interact with computers
OpenAI is teaming up with io, the AI hardware startup led by former Apple designer Jony Ive, to “completely reimagine” how people interact with computers. The article OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io unite to “completely reimagine” how people interact with computers appeared first on THE DECODER. Source: THE DECODER https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-jony-ives-io-unite-to-completely-reimagine-how-people-interact-with-computers/
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Mistral launches Devstral Small 24B, a new open-source LLM for coding
The French AI startup Mistral has launched Devstral Small 24B, a new open language model built for software development and described as “agentic.” The article Mistral launches Devstral Small 24B, a new open-source LLM for coding appeared first on THE DECODER. Source: THE DECODER https://the-decoder.com/mistral-launches-devstral-small-24b-a-new-open-source-llm-for-coding/
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