OpenAI’s o3 AI model scores lower on a benchmark than the company initially implied

A discrepancy between first- and third-party benchmark results for OpenAI’s o3 AI model is raising questions…

Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work

One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of the…

Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant

With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal…

Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy

3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s…

Robots run a half marathon, slowly

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human…

Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure

Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program.…

A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall

A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV…

Netflix is revamping search with AI to improve discovery

Netflix is building a new search experience aimed at improving the discovery experience, and it’s going…

OpenAI pursued Cursor maker before entering into talks to buy Windsurf for $3B

When news broke that OpenAI was in talks to acquire AI coding company Windsurf for $3 billion,…

Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’

A Florida draft bill that would require social media companies to provide encryption backdoors for law…