Nvidia’s stock sank 5.47% on Tuesday, following a 4% drop on Monday, a loss of about 9.5% in two days, even though there wasn’t much news out of the company. CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly been trying to conduct business as usual after admitting an extramarital affair with Alice Huang,…
PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery
David Turturean, a recent MIT graduate and a member of the technical staff at the startup lab Physical Superintelligence (PSI), used early access to Anthropic’s Fable 5.2 model to solve an 18-year-old problem about quantum computing. “I’m totally accepting the idea that this might be the last paper I ever…
All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO
As Anthropic barrels toward an enormous IPO that could value it at $1.4 trillion, the company has disclosed a tidbit in its new S-1 filing about how many shares each of its seven co-founders plan to sell. Each will sell 3,378,378 shares. Anthropic has floated an unusually broad initial price…
X-energy gets green light to build its first small modular nuclear reactors
Nuclear startup X-energy announced Monday that it had been given the go-ahead from federal officials to build its first four commercial reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the construction permit application for four of X-energy’s Xe-100 reactors at a Dow chemical plant in Texas. Each reactor will be capable…
The Roku Channel just added 5 more free live TV channels to its lineup
With streaming costs rising, I’ve started cutting down on the number of streaming services I pay for, and one thing that’s really helped do that is free, ad-supported streaming platforms like Plex, Pluto TV, Tubi, and The Roku Channel. I’ve always used these platforms, but since I canceled streaming services…
X launches its own clipping feature to spur influencer engagement
Over the past few years, X has released a number of features to make itself a friendlier hub for influencers. The latest effort to attract social media talent? Its own clipping tool. Clipping is the pivotal social media technique by which longer videos are spliced into TikTok-attention-span length “clips” and…
Don’t buy a new SSD, do this instead
SSDs are faster and more reliable than older HDDs, but they have an expiry date and won’t last forever. They can also get corrupted due to physical damage or environmental factors, putting you at risk of sudden data loss. Nobody likes losing their data, and it’s worth knowing how to…
OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect
New York is gearing up to enforce one of the country’s most significant AI safety laws. The state opened a registration portal Tuesday, with which large frontier AI developers like Anthropic and OpenAI will be required to register by January 1, 2027. The RAISE Act, New York’s safety and transparency…
Disney+ is set to become the next great free streaming app
Though it is one of the biggest streaming services on the market, Disney+ continues to reinvent itself. Since launching in 2019, Disney+ has grown by offering exclusive TV shows from the Star Wars franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It has also presented content from brands like ESPN and National…
OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
OpenAI has acquired an AI travel agent called Odessia, according to Odessia’s founder, Francis Davidson. Davidson says in a post announcing the deal that he’s now working for OpenAI, helping the AI lab with the future of travel. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this looks like an…