Cohere’s push to provide secure A.I. tools for enterprises is attracting big-name investors and high-profile tech leaders. The Canadian startup announced today (Aug. 14) that it has raised $500 million in an oversubscribed funding round and hired two senior executives to help it compete with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. The round, led by Radical…
Tucked away inside a WeWork meeting room in Lower Manhattan, Edward Tian pulls up a Google Doc on his laptop titled “Secret Master Plan,” a draft outlining his startup’s growth strategy. The 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of GPTZero taps the trackpad and grins. “Eighty-three percent is me. Seventeen percent is my co-founder Alex,” Tian said,…
Elon Musk’s xAI is losing one of its founding members. Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of the developer behind Grok, announced yesterday (Aug. 13) that he is departing the company to start his own venture capital firm focused on A.I. startups. “Today was my last day at xAI, the company that I helped start with Elon…
The A.I. boom has helped make Nvidia the world’s most valuable publicly traded company with a market cap of $4.3 trillion. But CEO Jensen Huang envisions the company’s future to center around physical A.I. At its SIGGRAPH conference on Aug. 11, Nvidia unveiled a suite of A.I. models aimed at advancing physical A.I. systems, including…
Tesla has officially ended its Dojo supercomputer project, closing out a four-year effort to develop one of the world’s most powerful A.I. training systems and marking a major shift in Tesla’s A.I. ambitions. CEO Elon Musk announced the shutdown in a series of posts on X over the weekend. He also confirmed that the entire…
By Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service Looking for a refreshing and satisfying summer salad? This light and flavorful chicken salad is perfect for warm-weather meals and can be prepared in advance and served at room temperature. Related Articles Expand your grilling horizons Cheeseburger rice paper spirals offer tasty gluten-free option Grilled Chicken Caprese a delightful,…
Burgers, hot dogs and chicken drumsticks will never fall out of favor for barbecue fare, but savvy grillmasters know to pepper the offerings with foods that will tempt palates in unique ways. This recipe for “Grilled Eggplant with Feta and Greek Couscous” from “Cooking Light Fresh Food Superfast” (Oxmoor House) by the Cooking Light Editors…
Fast food burgers hit the spot on road trips and when you’re pressed for time. But given most sandwich buns are made with wheat, there often aren’t a lot of options for those with gluten allergies. These burger spirals are an acceptable gluten-free solution: They’re made with rice paper wrappers. Usually the thin, transparent rounds…
This Caprese Grilled Chicken dish pairs a boneless, skinless bird with torn wedges of fresh mozzarella cheese and basil oil. It’s a summery concoction that adds a delicious touch of acidity and sweetness by adding a quick pickle topping of cherry tomatoes. The halved tomatoes take about 25 minutes to prepare, most of that time…
Leading A.I. developers are locked in a high-stakes race not just to build cutting-edge models, but also to secure scarce chips and strengthen ties with Washington. Earlier this month, OpenAI made headlines by offering ChatGPT to the U.S. executive branch for a nominal $1 a year. Its rival Anthropic, not to be outdone, is now…
