New AI-Managed ETFs Remove Human Stock Pickers Entirely. Here’s What That Means

Most active fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500 over time. Now AI wants the job. Here’s what the research actually shows.

Noubar Afeyan And Sally Kornbluth Talk MIT, Science

Davos MIT leaders urge defending scientific method; AI enables polyintelligence, biotech gains, and education.

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available.

Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger
Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger

Since the xAI-SpaceX merger announced last week, which combined the two companies (as well as social media platform X) for a reported $1.25 trillion valuation – the biggest merger of all time – a handful of xAI employees and two of its co-founders have abruptly exited the company, penning long departure announcements online. Some also […]

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Racist Videos And Payment Problems: The Dark Side Of This AI Startup’s Super-Fast Growth

Influencer marketing helped AI video company Higgsfield hit $300 million in annual revenue run rate in just 11 months. But misleading marketing tactics and a shock-based social media strategy has led to backlash.

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources.

Anthropic says it’ll try to keep its data centers from raising electricity costs
Anthropic says it’ll try to keep its data centers from raising electricity costs

Anthropic is the latest AI company promising to limit the impact its data centers have on nearby residents’ electricity bills. The company said it would pay higher monthly electricity charges in order to cover 100 percent of the upgrades needed to connect its data centers to power grids. “This includes the shares of these costs […]

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team, which focused on ‘safe’ and ‘trustworthy’ AI development

The team’s leader has been given a new role as OpenAI’s chief futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company.

Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again

Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024.

Apple keeps hitting bumps with its overhauled Siri
Apple keeps hitting bumps with its overhauled Siri

Apple had been reportedly pushing to introduce some big changes to Siri with iOS 26.4, but now the company is planning to introduce them in later versions of iOS, including iOS 26.5 and iOS 27, Bloomberg reports. Nearly a year ago, Apple delayed planned features for Siri that would let it understand your personal context […]