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Hollywood Hijinks: Crypto Promoter Arrested After Daring Stunt

February 17, 2025
A man was arrested after climbing the Hollywood sign and waving a flag promoting the Vigilante token cryptocurrency. Vigilante Token Launched in ‘Most Viral’ Way On Feb. 15, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers detained a man seen atop the Hollywood sign waving a flag promoting a cryptocurrency. The department said the flag displayed the name of the cryptocurrency —…
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Deep Research Comes First: OpenAI to Launch O3 for All

February 13, 2025
Earlier this month, OpenAI debuted a new AI agent powered by its upcoming full o3 reasoning AI model called “Deep Research.” As with Google’s Gemini-powered Deep Research agent released late last year, the idea behind OpenAI’s Deep Research is to provide a largely…
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LLMs Generalize Better with Less Hand-Labeled Training

February 13, 2025
Large Language models(LLMs) can generalize better when left to create their own solutions, a new study by Hong Kong University and University of California, Berkeley, shows. The findings, which apply to both large language models (LLMs) and vision language models (VLMs)…
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Too many models, too much confusion: OpenAI pledges to simplify its product line

February 13, 2025
OpenAI plans to “simplify” its model offerings, even as it prepares to ship its last non-reasoning model, GPT-4.5. This is a rare admission from a tech company that its product releases haven’t been differentiated enough for customers. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X to give product roadmap updates and acknowledge that some of the company’s recent releases muddled the waters. “We want to…
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Lucid (LCID) CEO predicts 'exponential' growth, and it's not just from selling luxury EVs

February 13, 2025
Can Lucid (LCID) make 1 million EVs a year? CEO Peter Rawlinson said this is his vision, and Lucid has ambitious plans to achieve it. After launching its first electric SUV, the Gravity, Lucid will enter the mass market with its midsize platform starting at around $50,000. Rawlinson said this is “finally when we compete directly with Tesla,” but the EV maker has even bigger plans to drive…
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Tesla starts production at Megafactory in Shanghai

February 13, 2025
Tesla has started production at its new Megafactory in Shanghai, its second such factory, and it is starting to ship to its first customer. Energy storage has been Tesla’s silver lining over the last few quarters. While its main business, the automotive business, has been…
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NC's Crypto Investment Bill Advances, Bringing Digital Assets Closer to Public Portfolios

February 13, 2025
North Carolina is set to modernize its investment strategy with a bill allowing the State Treasurer to allocate funds to digital asset products, signaling a shift toward blockchain-based finance. North Carolina Considers Crypto Investments for State Funds in New Bill North Carolina Speaker of the House Destin Hall and Representatives Stephen Ross, Mark Brody, and Mike Schietzelt introduced House…
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