GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are one of the biggest biotech breakthroughs of the last decade. But to some clinical psychologists, they can represent something more sinister—a potential trigger for eating disorders. A new report suggests that the global incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa shot up between 1990 and 2023—by a whopping 71%. By 2023,…
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work – but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger […]
Binance now says a compromised laptop was not the only way in. Its investigation has “uncovered additional points of breach” in the attack that hit about $6.3bn of its assets on Thursday, the world’s largest crypto exchange said on Friday. Binance said…
Dream, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to design and engineer buildings, came out of stealth on Thursday with $17M in seed funding. Investors in the round include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, XYZ, and Zigg Capital. The company is starting…
As AI demand surges, access to reliable power will determine who leads.
Lord Nicholas Stern reflects on his landmark review on the economics of climate change, originally published in 2006.
Harley-Davidson-born electric motorcycle maker LiveWire has issued a troubling warning about its financial future, announcing that it has substantial doubt about its ability to continue operating as a going concern. The news sent LiveWire’s stock plung…
Helping security leaders take the right approach to securing their data in the AI era.
Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota’s electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker.
In a weird piece of very delayed merchandising, ‘Armored Core VI’ is getting a ballpoint pen modeled after the Ashmead pile bunker from the game.