Andy Konwinski is concerned that the U.S. is losing its dominance in AI research to China, calling the shift an “existential” threat to democracy. Konwinski is a Databricks co-founder and the co-founder of the AI research and venture capital firm Laude. “If you talk to PhD students at Berkeley and Stanford in AI right now, they’ll tell you that they’ve …

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🔥 Trending now in : Wild Cherry review – this fun, trashy thriller seems to have spent most of its budget on clothes | Television That its ultra-wealthy characters live in a place called Richford Lake tells you almost everything you need to know about the glossy new thriller Wild Cherry. Yes, it’s another entry in the increasingly popular eat-the-rich …

After a year of frenzied dealmaking and rumors of an upcoming IPO, the financial scrutiny into OpenAI is intensifying. Leaked documents obtained by tech blogger Ed Zitron provide more of a glimpse into OpenAI’s financials — specifically its revenue and compute costs over the past couple of years.   Zitron reported this week that in 2024, Microsoft received $493.8 million in …

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Researchers Present on Harnessing Generative AI Tools for Student Engagement at 2025 AECT International Convention Dr. Jessica Sylvester and Dr. Melinda Kulick share findings on when and how students use generative AI tools, and how faculty and leaders can support ethical, effective learning Researchers from the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies …

🔥 Trending now in : Charlotte Marathon this weekend: Streets to avoid and neighborhoods impacted Charlotte takes center stage this Saturday for the marathon! Starting at 7:20 a.m., key streets and neighborhoods will see closures and traffic delays. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This weekend is a big one for Charlotte’s running community: The 2025 Novant Health Charlotte Marathon has arrived.  More than 11,000 participants …

[Submitted on 10 Jun 2025 (v1), last revised 12 Nov 2025 (this version, v4)] View a PDF of the paper titled Understanding Human-AI Trust in Education, by Griffin Pitts and 1 other authors View PDF Abstract:As AI chatbots become integrated in education, students are turning to these systems for guidance, feedback, and information. However, the anthropomorphic characteristics of these chatbots …

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Google DeepMind shared on Thursday a research preview of SIMA 2, the next generation of its generalist AI agent that integrates the language and reasoning powers of Gemini, Google’s large language model, to move beyond simply following instructions to understanding and interacting with its environment.  Like many of DeepMind’s projects, including AlphaFold, the first version of SIMA was trained on …