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New AI framework autonomously optimizes training data, architectures and algorithms — outperforming human baselines
AI R&D runs on a cycle of hypothesis, experiment, and analysis — each step demanding substantial manual engineering effort. A new framework from researchers at SII-GAIR aims to close that bottleneck by automating the full optimization loop for training data, model architectures, …
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DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.
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The missing step between hype and profit
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In February, I picked up a flyer at an anti-AI march in London. I can’t say for sure whether or not its writers meant to riff on South Park’s …
MIT Technology Review
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs Leads $60M Series C For Personal Loan Fintech Kashable
Kashable, a fintech that provides access to “socially responsible” credit and financial wellness programs for employees as a voluntary benefit, has secured $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ Sustainable Investing.
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Rebuilding the data stack for AI
Artificial intelligence may be dominating boardroom agendas, but many enterprises are discovering that the biggest obstacle to meaningful adoption is the state of their data. While consumer-facing AI tools have dazzled users with speed and ease, enterprise leaders are discovering…
MIT Technology Review
What Makes eVTOL Motors Different Than EV Motors?
Electric vehicles, whether they’re cars on the road or electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, are built around similar electric motors. But there are vital differences including component costs, mass, and redundancy. Jon Wagner spent five years as the senior dir…
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Moore Threads Reports Strong Q1 Revenue Growth, Advances 100,000-GPU Cluster Development
Moore Threads posts triple-digit growth and pushes toward 100,000-GPU clusters as China accelerates its domestic AI compute ambitions.
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China outlines new labour protection plan for nation’s 200 million gig workers
China has vowed to better protect the country’s vast gig-economy workforce, as an economic slowdown leads millions of people to sign up for delivery, ride-hailing and other informal jobs on online platforms. The 12-point plan – issued by the State Council, China’s cabinet, and th…
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Intel warns China of severe server CPU shortage as AI demand surges
Intel has recently issued a warning to major cloud service providers in China that, due to a surge in demand for AI infrastructure and slower-than-expected yield ramp-up for its 18A process, server CPU supply will face severe shortages over the next two quarters (Q2 and Q3). Deli…
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OpenAI ends exclusive cloud agreement with Microsoft, revises revenue-sharing structure
OpenAI is changing its long-standing deal with Microsoft by ending the exclusivity… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back
The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
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The loneliest sentence in the English language isn’t ‘I’m alone’ — it’s ‘never mind, it doesn’t matter’
This phrase isn't just about giving up on a conversation—it's the moment we give up on ourselves, choosing the certainty of self-dismissal over the risk of being truly heard.
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How Amazon Uses LLMs to Recommend Products
In this article, we will look at how COSMO works and the challenges the engineering team faced.
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Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud
Article URL: https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/140634/dutch-central-bank-chooses-lidl-for-european-cloud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922712 Points: 285 # Comments: 118
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GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
Article URL: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357 Points: 427 # Comments: 334
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“Why not just use Lean?”
Article URL: https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2026/04/23/Why_not_Lean.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922079 Points: 226 # Comments: 141
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Trying Pair Programming With an LLM Chatbot
When it comes to software developers, there are a few distinct types. For example, the extroverted, chatty type, who is always going out there to share the latest and newest …read more
hackaday.com
2026 Green Powered Challenge: Adding Low-Power Sleep To Microcontrollers
When building a project to operate on battery power for long periods of time, having a microcontroller with a reliable and extremely low-power sleep mode is critical. When processing power …read more
hackaday.com
Register Renaming
[Shreeyash] asks an interesting question: how many registers does your CPU have? The answer is probably more than you think. The reason? Modern CPUs — at least many of them …read more
hackaday.com
GitHub is having issues now
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47924775 Points: 270 # Comments: 91
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The Challenges of 3D Printing Reliable Springs
Springs are great, but making them out of plastic tends to come with some downsides, for fairly obvious reasons. Creating a compliant mechanism that can be 3D printed and yet …read more
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