You almost can’t quite believe that someone hadn’t had this idea before: a well-to-do creative couple living in a cosy Madrid apartment decide that they want to wrap-up their 15 year relationship. Instead of being embarrassed or even saddened by the decision, they instead chose to organise a big party, on the logic that everyone celebrates union and no-one celebrates separation. And that’s massively...
During xAI’s launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday night, Elon Musk said — while livestreaming the event on his social media platform, X — that his AI company’s ultimate goal was to develop a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” But where exactly does Grok 4 seek out the truth when trying to answer controversial questions? The newest AI model from xAI seems...
Cluely, an AI startup that uses a hidden in-browser window to analyze online conversations, has shot to fame with the controversial claim that its ‘undetectability’ feature lets users “cheat on everything.” The company’s co-founder, Roy Lee, was suspended from Columbia University for boasting that he used Cluely, originally called Interview Coder, to “cheat” on a coding test when he was...
Also Inc., the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian earlier this year, has raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The funding round brings Also’s post-money valuation to $1 billion. The startup raised $105 million from Eclipse Ventures earlier this year when it was cleaved from Rivian. Also started as a skunkworks team...
You have full access to this article via your institution. On 2 July, a science initiative was born in a lecture hall in London. The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 funders, academic groups, companies and other institutions that pursue metascience: the use of scientific methods to understand and improve science itself.The alliance is starting now because...
Watch: Planes douse flames as wildfire rages near MarseilleA thousand firefighters have been mobilised to battle a wildfire that has reached the outer edge of Marseille, France's second largest city."The marine firefighter battalion is waging guerrilla warfare, hoses in hand," said the city's Mayor Benoît Payan, referring to Marseille's fire and rescue service.The prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône area, Georges-François Leclerc,...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- January's water crisis is estimated to have cost the city of Richmond at least $6.7 million, according to a memo provided to Richmond City Council in late June. From Jan. 6 to Jan. 11, a widespread water crisis left residents and businesses throughout Richmond -- as well as Henrico, Hanover and Goochland counties -- with little...
(RNS) — Christianity Today’s Marvin Olasky recently called the passage of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” the “final burial of compassionate conservatism.” It was a telling statement coming from the former University of Texas journalism professor whose work inspired the “compassionate conservative” theme of George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign. Bush gave his first speech on compassionate conservatism in 1999...
Botanists from the University of Copenhagen and the UK set out to find the best flower combinations for bees and hoverflies. The results make it easier for garden owners and municipalities, among others, to plant the perfect pantries for insects, which also delight the human eye. Flower strips, seed mixtures, and wild by design. We want to help bees and...
