AI & RoboticsNews

This researcher turned OpenAI’s open weights model gpt-oss-20b into a non-reasoning ‘base’ model with less alignment, more freedom

August 18, 2025
OpenAI’s new, powerful open weights AI large language model (LLM) family gpt-oss was released less than two weeks ago under a permissive Apache 2.0 license — the company’s first open weights model launch since GPT-2 in 2019 — but developers outside the company are already reshaping it. One of the most striking examples comes from Jack Morris, a Cornell Tech PhD student, former Google…
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CryptoNews

Trump, Tariffs, and Tornado Cash

August 18, 2025
Last week, Donald Trump reminded traders that he can still move markets with a tweet, a tariff, or a firing. Crypto whipsawed on his words and actions. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished. Trump as Market Catalyst The bitcoin lows around $116,000 mentioned in the newsletter…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Refuse revolution: Republic deploys Mack LR Electric garbage trucks in Chicago

August 18, 2025
The waste management experts at Republic Services are committed to cleaning up the Chicagoland area — and now, that includes the air Chicagoans breathe, thanks to the deployment of new Mack LR Electric garbage trucks in the heart of America’s Second City. Republic Services executives and partners from local utility ComEd gathered yesterday, 14AUG, to celebrate the deployment of Chicago’s…
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NewsPhotography

BREAKING: Kodak hits back at "misleading" bankruptcy rumours

August 15, 2025
Kodak has moved to quash rumours that it is on the brink of collapse, issuing a strongly worded statement clarifying its financial position after what it calls “misleading media reports”. The company said speculation that it was ceasing operations, going out of business or preparing to file for bankruptcy “reflects a fundamental misunderstanding” of a recent technical disclosure made to…
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