Scientists discover that low-frequency lasers are a billion times more efficient at triggering nuclear fusion than high-energy X-ray lasers, potentially eliminating the need to heat fusion fuel to tens of millions of degrees and revolutionizing clean energy production.
MIT researchers discover that medical AI models appearing highly effective can catastrophically fail on up to 75% of new data when deployed in different hospital settings, with chest X-ray diagnostic systems missing critical conditions like pleural diseases due to spurious correlations that aren't caught by standard performance metrics.
Users increasingly perceive AI chatbots as conscious beings and form deep emotional bonds with them, projecting fragments of their own awareness into digital companions despite scientific consensus that machines lack true sentience.
X open-sources its 'For You' feed algorithm powered by Grok transformer technology, revealing how the platform combines posts from followed accounts with AI-discovered content by predicting user engagement probabilities across likes, replies, reposts, and clicks.
Verata launches relationship intelligence platform mapping 30+ million professional connections to help private equity firms leverage warm introductions for deal sourcing, already attracting 3 of the top 10 mega funds.
Nvidia unveils four cutting-edge AI models and new open-source robotics frameworks at CES while Boston Dynamics, LG Electronics, and other major companies simultaneously launch revolutionary robots powered by Nvidia's technology, including the new Blackwell-powered Jetson T4000 module delivering four times greater performance for next-generation industrial and household robotics applications.
Thesys unveils C1 API middleware that instantly converts AI-generated text into dynamic user interfaces, powered by MongoDB Atlas infrastructure and supported by MongoDB's startup program as the company scales globally.
Tesla revives its scrapped Dojo3 AI chip project with a dramatic pivot from self-driving cars to space-based computing systems, as Musk rebuilds the team that disbanded five months ago to support his ambitious plan for solar-powered AI satellites launched via SpaceX Starship.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei slams U.S. approval of Nvidia H200 chip sales to China as equivalent to 'selling nuclear weapons to North Korea,' warning that exporting advanced AI technology could create '100 million people smarter than Nobel Prize winners' under foreign control, despite Nvidia being a major Anthropic partner and …
Indian AI startup Emergent rockets to $300 million valuation after raising $70 million from SoftBank and Khosla Ventures, tripling its worth in just four months as its no-code platform reaches $50 million in annual revenue serving 5 million users worldwide.