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Rivian will launch hands-off highway driver assist ‘in a few weeks’

Rivian said Thursday it plans to launch a hands-off version of its driver assistance system for highway driving “in a few weeks,” and an “eyes-off”

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‘For You’ feeds are not for creators, Patreon says

Patreon has continued on its crusade against algorithmic feeds with its latest State of Create report, a look at trends in the creator economy based

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Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears

This month, the Trump administration instituted sweeping cuts within the federal agencies in charge of power from hydroelectric dams, raising fears of grid instabilities in

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Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around with AI; he has a lot riding on it

Social media is often about scale, but Nextdoor bet long ago on something different: that it could grow a big business off smaller, local communities.

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These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models

Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the

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Apple Intelligence could arrive on Vision Pro in April

Apple is planning to add Apple Intelligence to its Vision Pro headset in an update that could come as early as April, according to Bloomberg’s

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Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training

New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” discussions with book publishers on licensing

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Turo scraps plans for an IPO

Turo on Thursday withdrew its plans for an IPO, ending a three-year wait to bring the online car-sharing network to the public marketplace, according to

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Ulu Ventures sticks to its diversity strategy, raises $208M

While large corporations like Google and Meta are curbing their DEI programs, Ulu Ventures, which just raised a fourth fund at $208 million, doesn’t plan

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Federal workers sue Elon Musk and DOGE to cut off data access

More than 100 current and former federal workers have sued Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency agency he runs for allegedly accessing highly