Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the body of water – which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico – be renamed the Gulf of America in his … Read more

Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper

Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Mistral AI, the rapidly ascending European artificial intelligence startup, unveiled a new language model today that it claims matches the performance of models three times its size while dramatically reducing computing costs — a development that … Read more

OpenAI partners with US National Laboratories on research and nuclear weapon safety

OpenAI partners with US National Laboratories on research and nuclear weapon safety

Just days after announcing a version of ChatGPT designed for US government use, OpenAI is further entangling itself with the federal government. The company announced Thursday it would provide approximately 15,000 scientists associated with the US National Laboratories access to its latest frontier AI models. OpenAI will work with Microsoft to deploy its o1 model … Read more

The Trailer for Ash Looks Like a Trippy Sci-fi Goodie Bag

The Trailer for Ash Looks Like a Trippy Sci-fi Goodie Bag

Sometimes you watch a trailer and think “Yeah, I’d like to see that right freaking now.” That’s about to happen to you with the new trailer for Ash, the latest film from director and Grammy award-winning producer Flying Lotus. Eiza González (3 Body Problem) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) star and if you love sci-fi with … Read more

Bleach Enthusiast, Antisemitic Conspiracist Among Stars of Anti-Vaxxer Event To Be Held at Trump Hotel

Bleach Enthusiast, Antisemitic Conspiracist Among Stars of Anti-Vaxxer Event To Be Held at Trump Hotel

Fiona O’Leary, an Ireland-based activist who has autistic children and has spent years trying to highlight the dangers of toxic bleach solution being sold as an autism cure, worries that the Miami conference will “platform” Kalcker and allow him to increase his influence in the US. “Andreas Kalcker has been giving bleach to autistic children … Read more

DeepSeek database with private data and chat logs was exposed to the internet

DeepSeek database with private data and chat logs was exposed to the internet

Chinese AI DeepSeek is incredibly popular right now, but you should be careful about handing it any of your private data. Researchers over at Wiz reported on Wednesday that they identified a publicly accessible database belonging to DeepSeek, which in turned allowed anyone to access DeepSeek’s internal data. This data included chat logs, secret keys, … Read more

Backline automatically remediates security vulnerabilities

Backline automatically remediates security vulnerabilities

Backline, a new security startup that uses AI agents to automatically remediate security vulnerabilities, is coming out of stealth with a $9 million seed round led by StageOne Ventures. This is the third startup by Maor Goldberg, the company’s co-founder and CEO. He previously co-founded Whitebox Security, which he sold to SailPoint in 2015, as … Read more