Financial Times
Renewed challenge from open-source models raises stakes on AI labs to make their case
The Guardian
US among nations sending help to search for survivors on country’s north coast where dozen of buildings flattenedVenezuela earthquake – latest updatesRescue teams are racing to Venezuela’s shattered northern coast after a sucker punch of almost simultaneous earthquakes reduced dozens of buildings to rubble, with thousands feared to have been killed.The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the Department of Defense would help search and rescue teams deploy to the affected region after Venezue
TechCrunch
Un0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.
Variety
Taiwanese companies eye global success.  “There are many talented people in Taiwan – the problem is that our market is really small. Over the past few years, and with the support of TAICCA [Taiwan Creative Content Agency], so many projects have become a reality. That’s why ‘YaYa’ could be here,” Chun-chien Lien, director of “YaYa’s […]
Variety
“Hannah Montana” star Mitchel Musso revealed he turned down an offer to join Miley Cyrus’ 20th anniversary special because “it wasn’t the right thing.” The actor, who played Miley Stewart’s pal Oliver Oken on the Disney Channel sitcom, gave his first-ever podcast interview on “The Joe Vulpis Podcast” and expressed disappointment with how the televised […]
The Guardian
Blocking of proposal backed by Oman signals new threat to free passage through strait vital to world economyIran has rejected UN-backed plans for the mass evacuation of ships through the strait of Hormuz , creating a new threat to the free passage of commercial ships through the strait.The proposal, backed by Oman, was potentially the first phase of a broader Omani proposal to consult on setting up a new management of the strait based on voluntary fees and modelled on the Malacca and Singapore s
TechCrunch
Market research company Klue told customers that it believes the hacking group that stole their data is now deleting it. The company, however, warned about a second group of hackers wanting ransom.
Bloomberg Markets
AI stocks may be stealing the spotlight, but Janus Henderson's Adam Hetts says investors are missing the bigger story. He joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why earnings, and not valuations, are driving markets, why sticky inflation isn't a dealbreaker, and why the rally is expanding well beyond Big Tech. (Source: Bloomberg)
NY Times World
As temperatures pass record levels in France, the heat wave-related death toll continues to rise.