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Perplexity is giving out tech's latest status symbol: a Mac Mini
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (402+ words) Perplexity is gifting tech enthusiasts the industry's hottest commodity. Demand for the Mac Mini has been going wild as AI tools take off, making it tough to get your hands on unless you're on Perplexity's radar. The AI startup sent…...
Zig president says AI coding contributions are 'invariably garbage,' so he banned them
17+ hour, 31+ min ago (346+ words) Zig has put its foot down: No AI code allowed. One of Zig's rules bans the submission of AI-assisted code. The policy is clear: They will accept no LLM-generated content, nothing paraphrased from an LLM, and nothing edited, brainstormed, or…...
The city of Coachella considers a data center moratorium after big-time backlash
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (432+ words) A mass outpouring of data center opponents has prompted the California city of Coachella to consider a moratorium on development of the facilities there. It's the latest example of community backlash tempering local authorities' acceptance of data centers which are…...
From quantitative finance to AI research, Neel Somani creates his unique niche
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (677+ words) Business Insider Africa From quantitative finance to AI research, Neel Somani creates his unique niche The tenacious and passionate founder, researcher, technologist, and entrepreneur has been engineering the edge of intelligence and innovation. Success is not unusual in the tech…...
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI " actual intelligence"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (261+ words) Somehow, Steve Wozniak did what other college graduation commencement speakers couldn't this year: get applause when talking about AI. The Apple cofounder took the stage during Grand Valley State University's graduation ceremony earlier this month. During his speech, Wozniak offered…...
Kenya is turning its space ambition into a national priority
1+ week, 2+ day ago (410+ words) Kenya is stepping up efforts to strengthen its space industry, showing its desire to play a more powerful role in Africa's expanding space economy through new international alliances and technology collaborations. The East African country is now looking into ways…...
Rwanda expedites its nuclear ambition via a new agreement with a major nuclear agency
1+ week, 2+ day ago (556+ words) Rwanda and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently had a conversation on Rwanda's ambitious nuclear goals. These discussions came on the heels of the IAEA's visit to the East African region for the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit on Africa....
Anthropic just scored a major AI hire: Andrej Karpathy, the former Tesla AI boss who coined 'vibe coding"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (513+ words) Anthropic just landed one of the biggest names in AI. Andrej Karpathy, the Open AI founding member who was formerly Tesla's director of AI, announced on Tuesday that he had joined Anthropic. The hiring marks a major get for Anthropic…...
The first modern African extinction and the effort to undo it
1+ week, 3+ day ago (306+ words) By the time Western naturalists gave it a name, the bluebuck was already running out of time. Formally described as a distinct species in 1766, the silvery-blue antelope of South Africa's southwestern Cape was studied by scientists for only 34 years before…...
Mistral AI's CEO says Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (437+ words) That's the narrow window Europe has to build its own artificial intelligence infrastructure before becoming permanently dependent on American tech giants, according to Arthur Mensch, the CEO of French AI startup Mistral. "It will be decided in the next two…...