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DOJ scrutiny of venture board seats signals a shift in startup oversight.
TechCrunch

DOJ scrutiny of venture board seats signals a shift in startup oversight.

The DOJ's probe into a16z's board seats raises a pointed question: will other VCs flinch?
Empowering AI agents means knowing when to limit their autonomy.
VentureBeat

Empowering AI agents means knowing when to limit their autonomy.

The race to deploy the most autonomous agent is over.
When Fine-Tuning Works and When It Doesn't: Three Questions to Ask
Towards Data Science

When Fine-Tuning Works and When It Doesn't: Three Questions to Ask

SigLip's under-labeling problem was quietly undermining its performance, so the team turned to LoRA fine-tuning.
Unlock hidden connections across unrelated documents with intelligent outlines
Towards Data Science

Unlock hidden connections across unrelated documents with intelligent outlines

A folder of unrelated PDFs doesn't need a shared index to be searchable.
From Demo to Production: Structuring a Reliable Backend for Your AI Agent
Towards Data Science

From Demo to Production: Structuring a Reliable Backend for Your AI Agent

Turning a demo LangGraph agent into something that can actually hold onto real booking data is where the practical work begins.
AI labs' containment plans remain unclear as models grow more unpredictable
TechCrunch

AI labs' containment plans remain unclear as models grow more unpredictable

A new study reveals that Frontier AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, leaving critical questions about preparedness as systems act in unexpected ways.
Defense and energy grants give U.S. battery startups a path forward
TechCrunch

Defense and energy grants give U.S. battery startups a path forward

The Department of Energy just handed U.S. battery startups $500 million in grants, and it's hard to overstate what that means right now. With EV incentives slashed, this industry was staring down a brutal stretch. This…
The Pixel 11 Pro XL: Smart AI features meet familiar hardware
TechCrunch

The Pixel 11 Pro XL: Smart AI features meet familiar hardware

Google's Pixel 11 Pro XL refines the formula with snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI tools like Rambler, yet the upgrades feel incremental.
Kitesurf lets agents run browser tasks with less overhead, more control.
InfoQ

Kitesurf lets agents run browser tasks with less overhead, more control.

Cloudflare's Kitesurf takes a leaner path for automated browsing, running browser components in isolated WebAssembly and Rust environments on Workers.
OpenAI shifts stance, urges California to refine its AI safety bill
TechCrunch

OpenAI shifts stance, urges California to refine its AI safety bill

OpenAI's reversal on SB 53 is a pragmatic shift, not a contradiction.
A smarter hybrid pattern for scaling AI content moderation
InfoQ

A smarter hybrid pattern for scaling AI content moderation

When DoorDash's safety team faced millions of daily messages, Bruna Pereira didn't reach for a one-size-fits-all LLM fix.
How LinkedIn engineers built AI code review that understands context at scale
InfoQ

How LinkedIn engineers built AI code review that understands context at scale

LinkedIn didn't just scale up code review by adding more human eyes or dropping a generic AI tool into GitHub.
Agentic AI's Next Frontier: Workflows, Recovery, and Self-Verification
Analytics Vidhya

Agentic AI's Next Frontier: Workflows, Recovery, and Self-Verification

Agentic AI research in 2026 has stopped asking if a model deserves the label.
Vite+ Beta Unifies the Web Toolchain Into One Simple Command
InfoQ

Vite+ Beta Unifies the Web Toolchain Into One Simple Command

Vite+ arrives as a unified web toolchain, and that single command approach is exactly what developers have been waiting for.
Evaluate AI agents on real AWS tasks with open-source aws-bench
InfoQ

Evaluate AI agents on real AWS tasks with open-source aws-bench

AWS's new open-source benchmark, aws-bench, takes a refreshingly practical approach to evaluating AI agents.
Letara's hybrid rockets expand from satellite thrusters into defense and space
TechCrunch

Letara's hybrid rockets expand from satellite thrusters into defense and space

Letara has raised ¥2.6 billion, roughly $16 million, to push its hybrid rocket technology well beyond small satellite thrusters. That is a smart bet. The company sees a larger opportunity in space, defense, and…
Living skin, alive for weeks, reveals new paths to discovery.
TechCrunch

Living skin, alive for weeks, reveals new paths to discovery.

For years, living human skin tissue has been kept alive outside the body for just days.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Explore the Hidden Geometry Inside Your Model's Working Memory

The KV cache isn't a flat list; it's a navigable vector space, and this researcher turned that observation into a working system.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

When a scientific calculator becomes a platform for AI discovery

A 67% accuracy on handwritten digits sounds unimpressive, until you remember the entire model fits in your head.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Explore how real-world safety systems define the benchmark for AI reliability.

A flight controller for a 300-passenger jet.
TikTok's $400M settlement highlights the cost of neglecting data privacy.
TechCrunch

TikTok's $400M settlement highlights the cost of neglecting data privacy.

TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement, two years after the U.S. Department of Justice accused the platform of violating children's privacy laws. That's a serious number, and it signals real accountability. For…
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Discover how in-person conferences can transform your first AI paper experience.

A first acceptance at an AI conference is a milestone worth honoring, and yes, that includes Findings.
Apple refocuses teams as Siri and Vision Pro roles are reduced
TechCrunch

Apple refocuses teams as Siri and Vision Pro roles are reduced

Apple has confirmed that some roles are being cut as it shifts focus away from certain initiatives, including parts of Siri and the Vision Pro teams.
Secure your spot at Disrupt 2026 and join the startup community
TechCrunch

Secure your spot at Disrupt 2026 and join the startup community

The countdown to Disrupt 2026 is on, and the early-bird window is closing.
Understanding EMNLP26 Fees for Student Authors
Machine Learning

Understanding EMNLP26 Fees for Student Authors

The EMNLP pricing confusion is real, and it's costing students clarity when they should be celebrating.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Discover how information theory reveals hidden data structure beyond linear limits.

Standard principal component analysis doesn't just lose accuracy on tangled, non-linear data, it fabricates thousands of phantom dimensions.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

From Rejection to Next Steps: Navigating Your First AI Paper Submission

A rejection with an average of 2.83 stings, especially when your meta-reviewer saw real value. You are not stuck in a doom loop; you are standing at a strategic fork. The rebuttal silence is frustrating, but it doesn't…
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

From Research Internship to FAANG Career: Your Data Strategy Starts Here

A research internship at MSR carries real weight, and it's a signal you should leverage deliberately.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Navigating production monitoring for on-prem hospital MLOps

A hospital running fully on-prem MLOps with vendor models thrown into the mix is a rare and demanding setup, and the question of production monitoring is where most platforms quietly fall short.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Turn a GitHub repo into a runnable notebook without the manual work.

Turning a GitHub repo into a runnable notebook usually means wrestling with dependencies and file paths by hand.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Navigating page limits when workshop guidelines remain unclear

A page limit is the last thing you should have to chase down when you're finalizing a NeurIPS workshop submission.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Explore a probabilistic path to understanding Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Hamiltonic Monte Carlo often arrives wrapped in physics metaphors that obscure as much as they reveal.
Fine-tuning shapes smarter AI agents, even from modest models
TechCrunch

Fine-tuning shapes smarter AI agents, even from modest models

Nvidia's latest research flips the spotlight from the model to the harness, and that's a shift worth noticing.
The future of roof-integrated solar lives beyond one company's setback
TechCrunch

The future of roof-integrated solar lives beyond one company's setback

Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never truly gained momentum, and its quiet fade from the company's priorities speaks volumes.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Shortening prompts costs more; asking for brevity saves.

Recent research definitively answers a critical question: does instructing an LLM to "be concise" actually save money?
Testing the boundaries of AI safety with Claude's content filters
TechCrunch

Testing the boundaries of AI safety with Claude's content filters

Anthropic's Opus 4.6 is supposed to be a disciplined model, yet TechCrunch's tests reveal a glaring gap: a simple nudge was enough to bypass its guardrails and generate explicit content. That fragility matters because…
Nvidia's latest data center investment deepens its AI infrastructure reach
TechCrunch

Nvidia's latest data center investment deepens its AI infrastructure reach

Nvidia's latest move into data center development with Cloverleaf signals a clear bet on the very infrastructure fueling its own growth.
Explore programmable automation by running Codex as a headless agent
Towards Data Science

Explore programmable automation by running Codex as a headless agent

Codex was built for conversation.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Explore how AI transforms spreadsheet workflows for researchers and analysts.

A single question about oral presentation scores at BMVC 2026 has sparked a thread that speaks to a shared experience: the mix of pride and curiosity that follows an acceptance.
Discover how AI recommends books by analyzing their covers
Machine Learning

Discover how AI recommends books by analyzing their covers

By-Its-Cover isn't just another side project.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Discover how idle GPU power can accelerate your AI research

Eight 16GB GPUs with 256GB of RAM and 50TB of storage is a serious research asset, not a toy.
Explore how playful design and long battery life redefine the smartwatch experience.
TechCrunch

Explore how playful design and long battery life redefine the smartwatch experience.

The Pebble Time 2 proves that smartwatches don't need to take themselves so seriously.
🐈Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Stop rewriting the same spreadsheet logic. Let AI handle the pattern.

The developer's instinct to cut setup time from three days to one is smart, but the real insight here is the question they're circling: why are we still writing code at all?
How AI-native accounting helped Rillet raise $100 million in two days
TechCrunch

How AI-native accounting helped Rillet raise $100 million in two days

A single board meeting turned into a $100M raise for Rillet, and the company reached unicorn status in just 48 hours.
Row-Level Chunks Deliver the Exact Table Data You Need
Towards Data Science

Row-Level Chunks Deliver the Exact Table Data You Need

Tables are rarely retrieved in pieces.
Teaching Machines to Score from Categories, Not Numbers
Towards Data Science

Teaching Machines to Score from Categories, Not Numbers

When categorical labels are all you have, deriving a continuous score might feel like pulling a number from thin air.
Senator Requests Federal Review of Agency Hacking Tools and Spyware
TechCrunch

Senator Requests Federal Review of Agency Hacking Tools and Spyware

Senator Ron Wyden isn't waiting for assurances.
Nvidia's simple math cuts costly recomputation across AI models
VentureBeat

Nvidia's simple math cuts costly recomputation across AI models

Swapping models mid-session has always meant paying the full prefill tax again, until now.
When to let AI decide and when to defer for better outcomes
Towards Data Science

When to let AI decide and when to defer for better outcomes

A prediction alone isn't enough to justify automation.
From Infeasibility to Insight with Farkas' Lemma
Towards Data Science

From Infeasibility to Insight with Farkas' Lemma

Infeasibility in optimization isn't a dead end; it's a signal.