Dino Patti reacquires Jumpship and makes investment in Viewfinder creator Sad Owl Studios
Source: Venture Beat Dino Patti reacquired Jumpship, creator of Somerville, and made an investment in Viewfinder creator Sad Owl Studios. Read Full Article
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Wacom’s new Intuos Pro drawing tablet reinvents the wheel
Source: The Verge Wacom has completely overhauled its Intuos Pro drawing tablets to make them more compact, convenient, and customizable for creative professionals. This is the biggest redesign for the Intuos Pro lineup since its introduction in 2013, featuring a new layout that relocates user controls from the side to the top of the tablet…
Samsung’s Galaxy A56 leaked from every angle
Source: The Verge Leaker Evan Blass has shared a set of spinning GIFs of Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A56 that show the phone in four colors and a host of different angles. The Galaxy A56 is rumored to launch in March, right around the same time as rival devices from Apple and Google. The new animations…
The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order
Source: The Verge The Trump administration brought webpages back online, meeting a court-ordered deadline at 11:59PM on February 11th. Doctors for America (DFA), which represents physicians and medical students, filed suit last week against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns: AI will match ‘country of geniuses’ by 2026
Source: Venture Beat Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI will reach genius-level capabilities by 2026, calling Paris Summit a “missed opportunity” as U.S. and European leaders clash over regulation of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence systems. Read Full Article
FCC to investigate Comcast for having DEI programs
Source: The Verge Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has asked his agency to investigate Comcast’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, reports Newsmax. “We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and will be cooperating with the FCC to answer their questions,” Comcast spokesperson Joelle Terry confirms to The Verge. According to Newsmax,…
Thomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair use
Source: The Verge On Tuesday, US District Court of Delaware judge Stephanos Bibas issued a partial summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI startup. Filed in 2020, it’s one of the first cases that will deal with the legality of AI tools and how…
LangChain shows AI agents aren’t human-level yet because they’re overwhelmed by tools
Source: Venture Beat LangChain evaluated a single AI agent to see if its performance degrades when given more context and tools, essentially overwhelming it. Read Full Article
Trump administration illegally allowed DOGE to access workers’ data, lawsuit alleges
Source: The Verge The Trump administration breached a federal privacy law by letting workers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access information on millions of government workers, privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) allege in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of two labor unions and a group of current and…
Cerebras-Perplexity deal targets $100B search market with ultra-fast AI
Source: Venture Beat Cerebras and Perplexity AI partner to launch ultra-fast Sonar search model running at 1,200 tokens per second, challenging traditional search engines with specialized AI chips and near-instant results. Read Full Article