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A half-marathon in Beijing featured a road race with human runners and 21 Chinese humanoid robots, highlighting both the progress and limitations of such robots — A half-marathon in Beijing featured a road race between human runners and 21 robot models—and showed how far robots still are from mimicking people.
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A comparison of OpenAI's o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1; Aaron Levie says o3 nailed a multi-step financial modeling task; Scale AI CEO says o3 is “a big breakthrough” — Our take on what's powerful, what's practical, and what's still TBD … If you've been following AI news this week …
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Coinbase faces pump-and-dump accusations after its subsidiary Base launched a “content coin” on Zora; Coinbase clarifies that Base will never sell the tokens — Jesse Pollak is the creator of Base, a new blockchain from Coinbase. — Winni Wintermeyer for Fortune| Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios: |
Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy companies, raised a $50M Series B led by Lowercarbon Capital, taking its total funding to more than $77M — Crux, a clean economy financing software provider, raised a $50 million Series B round to expand its capital platforms, CEO Alfred Johnson tells Axios.
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| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue; Weights & Biases hit $50M ARR by Dec. 2024, but only 2% of that was from its AI evaluation product Weave — Startups whose products evaluate artificial intelligence to make sure it isn't making things up or delivering unsafe results …
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Revel, which builds software for controlling critical hardware like rockets, emerges from stealth with $30M in funding, including a ~$23M Series A led by Thrive — Revel founder Scott Morton. — Revel — Scott Morton's heart rate spiked at the same time, every time.| CTech: |
Plano, Texas-based Tapcheck, which works with companies to let workers access their earnings before payday, raised a $25M Series A extension and $200M in debt — Hilton, Taco Bell, and McDonald's among companies using the fintech's on-demand pay service. — Tapcheck — Funding — Fintech
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Cybersecurity experts say the Trump administration's removal of security guardrails has given US adversaries more room to operate in the disinformation space — America's adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
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A look at Foxconn's $2.5B “Project Elephant”, an upcoming factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru, its second-largest factory outside China, creating 40,000 jobs — The $2.5 billion “Project Elephant” will be the company's second-largest factory outside China and create 40,000 jobs.
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Huawei unveils the Ascend 920 AI chip, expected to hit mass production in H2 2025, after Trump included Nvidia H20 in the ban on AI chip exports to China — The Ascend 920 supposedly offers a performance comparable to the Nvidia H20. … Just one day after this, Huawei announced the Ascend 920 … | Fortune: |
A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry — Since his appointment, Bo Hines has become a mini-celebrity in the crypto world—with CEOs, billionaire investors, and lobbyists vying for face time.
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