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Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed that he won't step aside as the chamber's top Democrat after criticism of his move to help pass a Republican funding bill.

NBC News - 17h

Nvidia’s GTC 2025 will feature AI’s brightest minds and draw 25K attendees in person

Nvidia today announced GTC 2025, the world’s premier AI conference, will return March 17 to March 21 to San Jose, California.

VentureBeat - Mar. 5

How Yelp reviewed competing LLMs for correctness, relevance and tone to develop its user-friendly AI assistant

Yelp found that when it first launched a GPT-4o-powered AI chatbot, usage rates dropped. But training it to sound like a human changed that.

VentureBeat - Mar. 7

AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wine

As AI continues to grow, experts say that the wine industry is proof that businesses can integrate the technology efficiently to supplement labor without displacing a workforce

ABC News - Mar. 10

Celine Dion warns fans about 'fake and not approved' AI-generated music credited to her

Celine Dion warns fans that 'new' music circulating online was generated by AI, not by the singer. 'These recordings are fake and not approved,' her team says.

Los Angeles Times - Mar. 10

OpenAI to pay CoreWeave $11.9 billion over five years for AI data centers, services

Ahead of CoreWeave's upcoming IPO, the provider of data centers for AI has signed a five-year deal with OpenAI worth almost $12 billion.

CNBC - Mar. 10

Major AI market share shift revealed: DALL-E plummets 80% as Black Forest Labs dominates 2025 data

New data reveals dramatic AI market share shifts in 2025 as Black Forest Labs and DeepSeek challenge OpenAI and Google's dominance.

VentureBeat - Mar. 10

Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build

Nous Research's new API for "unrestricted" Hermes 3 and DeepHermes-3 AI models features toggle-on reasoning and a developer-first approach.

VentureBeat - Mar. 12

51 seconds to breach: How CISOs are countering AI-driven, lightning-fast deepfake, vishing and social engineering attacks

Attackers can breach a network in 51 seconds. CISOs fight back with zero-trust, AI-based threat detection & instant session token revocation.

VentureBeat - Mar. 14

Lovelace Studio uses AI to help players build survival craft sandbox worlds

Lovelace Studio is using generative AI to build Nyric, a tool that can help bring gaming worlds to life for player builders who work in harmony.

VentureBeat - Mar. 14

Mark Cuban: Companies can either be 'great at AI' or risk being 'put out of business'

Mark Cuban says AI is already dominating the business world, just like personal computers once did — and companies that don't understand it will be left behind.

CNBC - Mar. 15

Launching your first AI project with a grain of RICE: Weighing reach, impact, confidence and effort to create your roadmap

A new framework inspired by the RICE scoring model balances business value, time-to-market, scalability and risk for your first AI project.

VentureBeat - Mar. 15

Telcos race to transition from 'dumb pipes' to tech players with help from AI

Telcos are talking up efforts to transform themselves into tech players, touting advances in AI, 5G and 6G networks, satellite internet and even smart cities.

CNBC - 6d

Visa’s AI edge: How RAG-as-a-service and deep learning are strengthening security and speeding up data retrieval

Visa has reduced data retrieval from hours to mere minutes and blocked $40 billion in fraud thanks to gen AI tools.

VentureBeat - 6d

Baidu shares jump 10% following release of new free-to-use AI models

Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.

CNBC - 5d

Perplexity AI in talks to double valuation to $18 billion, raise up to $1 billion in new funding

Perplexity AI is in early talks to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in funding at an $18 billion post-money valuation, a source told CNBC.

CNBC - 3d

A 'very rare trend' is taking place in the fixed-income market, led by a booming trade in AI data center bonds

Bonds issued to fund AI data centers are one example of where investors are placing bets as stocks decline, but treasuries and corporates remain out of favor.

CNBC - 15h

Alibaba-affiliate Ant combines Chinese and U.S. chips to slash AI development costs

Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is using both Chinese and U.S.-made semiconductors to make its AI more efficient, according to a source familiar with the matter.

CNBC - 1h

AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce

The new digital ‘mantra’ prompts unions to warn PM to stop blaming problems on Whitehall officials. AI should replace the work of government officials where it can be done to the same standard, ...

The Guardian - Mar. 12

🤖 AI vs Humans: Predicting the results of Premier League Matchday 29

Let us know your predictions in the comments!Last time out, we pitted our special guest - DJ Nathan Dawe - against an AI to see who could most accurately predict the results of Premier League ...

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14

European leaders push defense spend amid uncertainty over Trump aid to Ukraine

European leaders have upped the ante on defense spending plans as they look to support Kyiv and fill a potential void of U.S. aid.

CNBC - Mar. 7

A son says a leader of Iran's 2009 Green Movement protests will be freed from house arrest

One of the leaders of Iran’s 2009 Green Movement protests will be released from house arrest in the coming weeks

ABC News - 6d

Congressional watchdog office left powerless as House leaders have yet to fill board seats

House leaders have yet to appoint board members to an independent office designed to investigate ethics complaints against lawmakers and their staff.

NBC News - 5d

LA Crips leader who feds say posed as anti-gang activist arrested

The U.S. Attorney's Office has announced several federal charges against a Los Angeles Crips gang leader, including racketeering.

CBS News - 4d

Canada prepares to select new leader

On Sunday, Canada will move one step closer to finding its next prime minister when the governing Liberal Party holds a leadership vote to replace Justin Trudeau. The move comes as President Trump ...

CBS News - Mar. 8

Why Successful Leaders Think with Intention

Thought and purpose have the power to fuel long-term success and growth.

Inc. - Mar. 13

Iran’s supreme leader rails against Trump’s ‘bullying’ military threat

Ayatollah Khamenei says US demand to reopen talks on Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at domination. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticised what he described as bullying ...

The Guardian - Mar. 8

Canada braces for new leader: Here are Trudeau’s potential successors

Canada is bracing for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor, who will follow the Liberal Party leader who has led U.S.’s neighbor to the north since the Obama administration, The Associated ...

The Hill - Mar. 9

Watch live: Trump addresses business leaders amid economic uncertainty

President Trump will give remarks to a room of business leaders Tuesday evening, as concerns around a possible trade war and the impact of tariffs on the U.S. economy mount. Trump's 25 percent ...

The Hill - Mar. 11

Watch: Trump, Johnson host Irish leader for Capitol luncheon

President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) welcomed Irish leader Micheál Martin for the "Friends of Ireland" luncheon Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol. The visit comes as Trump faces ...

The Hill - Mar. 12

Syria’s leader proclaims ‘new history’ after signing constitutional declaration

Five-year transition period declared along with rights for women, freedom of expression and justice for Assad victims. Syria’s leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has hailed the start of a “new history” for ...

The Guardian - Mar. 13

Grassroots Democratic group calls for Schumer to resign as minority leader

Pass the Torch, a grassroots Democratic group that called for former President Biden to step out of the 2024 presidential race, is now calling for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to resign as minority ...

The Hill - Mar. 14

In AI Agent Battle, Meta Seeks Total Dominance as OpenAI Plans to Charge $20K for Some Models

If your company isn’t already using AI, the arrival of “agent” tools may change your mind. Meta wants this to happen, and OpenAI is planning on hefty prices for some advanced systems.

Inc. - Mar. 7

Sony Uses Horizon's Aloy To Demonstrate New AI Tech, And It's About As Impressive As You'd Expect

Sony is testing out new AI software, and it's using a beloved character--Aloy from the Horizon series--to show it off. A YouTube video narrated by Sharwin Raghoebardajal--a software engineering ...

GameSpot - Mar. 10

Anthropic researchers forced Claude to become deceptive — what they discovered could save us from rogue AI

Anthropic researchers reveal groundbreaking techniques to detect hidden objectives in AI systems, training Claude to conceal its true goals before successfully uncovering them through innovative ...

VentureBeat - Mar. 13

Stanford professor who co-founded 4 startups: How to use AI as a 'force multiplier' to start a business

"You don't want to compete with someone who has an AI at their shoulder," says Steve Blank. He has co-founded four startups, one of which sold for $329 million.

CNBC - 6d

$Mistral AI drops new open-source model that outperforms GPT-4o Mini with fraction of parameters$

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