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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Ever since Mira Murati departed OpenAI last fall, many have wondered about the former CTO’s next move. Well, now we know (or, at least have a rough idea).  Murati took to X today to announce her new venture Thinking Machines Lab, an AI research and product company with a goal to “advance AI by making it broadly useful and understandable through solid foundations, open science and practical applications.” Murati posted: “We’re building three things: Helping people adapt AI systems to work for their…

Elon Musk’s visit to India may have been more about Tesla than any mission for the US government, if recent job listings at Tesla are to be believed. Plus, we’ve got news that construction on the first Tesla Semi truck stop is underway in California – and only six years behind schedule! All this and more on today’s (also late) episode of Quick Charge! We’ve also got news Hyundai and Kia have plans to get back their $7,500 Federal tax credits, are set to launch a new, 509 hp version of the hot-selling EV9 GT, and there’s a new battery factory…

xAI’s debut of the Grok 3 AI model allowed CEO Elon Musk and his team to show off the power of the latest iteration of Grok. Slightly lost in the benchmarking fireworks is what happens to the Grok 2 model, though. While Grok 3 is exclusive to Premium+ subscribers on X, Grok 2 will be even more accessible than before as it will shortly be open-source.Grok 2 has been the default model for every Grok user, but the underlying engine will now have a chance to spread far further. Usually, AI models from big companies are locked down. You get…

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Nano (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c10476 A research team has advanced cathode materials, a key component of electric vehicle batteries. Their findings could usher in a new chapter in the development of high-capacity high-safety lithium-ion battery materials. Their paper is published in the journal ACS Nano. Cathode materials are a key component of lithium-ion batteries and are thus important determinants of major battery performance metrics, including capacity, lifetime, power output characteristics, and stability, as well as the storage of lithium ions and the delivery of electrical energy. Nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) cathode materials with higher nickel content are…

Ray Gifford is the managing partner and Matt Larson is a partner at the Denver office of Wilkinson Barker Knauer. 2025 begins with two disproportionately sizeable achievements. Kendrick Lamar winning song of the year, record of the year, best rap song, best music video, and best rap performance at the Grammy’s. And Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro driving not only the best “around market” solution of the year, but perhaps the greatest “around market” solution ever. To be clear, this is no slight on Gov. Shapiro and the actions he took in the aftermath of a PJM capacity auction that saw…

Image Credit: Politico Every week we track the business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health, so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines. The agricultural sector faces uncertainty as Trump’s funding freeze disrupts efforts to transition farms to regenerative practices, leaving farmers in financial distress. Meanwhile, the food and beverage industry sees a contrasting success story with Olipop, a prebiotic soda brand, now valued at $1.85 billion after raising $50 million in its latest funding round. In other news, we’ve wrapped the first season of our podcast in partnership…

Nvidia has quietly retired 32-bit PhysX support on RTX 50 series GPUs — a game-specific graphics technology that was advertised heavily during the 2000s and early 2010s. Nvidia confirmed the technology’s end-of-life status (at least the 32-bit version) on the Nvidia forums as a result of 32-bit CUDA applications support deprecation starting with the RTX 50 series.As far as we know, there are no 64-bit games with integrated PhysX technology, thus terminating the tech entirely on RTX 50 series GPUs and newer. RTX 40 series and older will still be able to run 32-bit CUDA applications and thus PhysX, but…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) feels like a bedrock of American innovation — and for good reason. NIH funding and leadership have catalyzed medical breakthroughs that have saved countless lives. There are other ways to raise funds for research and innovation: I’ve raised hundreds of millions of dollars in my career. As economic and political winds shift, even long-established and lauded agencies can find themselves in peril. From personal experience, I’ve learned that no source of funding is guaranteed. I’ve worn many hats — a professor at MIT, a founder of multiple startups, an executive at top tech companies,…

No longer just a tool for efficiency, AI is revolutionizing how retailers personalize shopping experiences, optimize product discovery, and drive customer engagement. The post The Future of AI in Retail: Smarter Merchandising, Better CX appeared first on E-Commerce Times.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s head of medical device safety, Ross “Rusty” Segan, was among those terminated by the Trump administration this weekend.  Center of Devices and Radiological Health chief Michelle Tarver informed staff of the news in an email reviewed by STAT. Segan started in the role in September, so he was in his probationary two-year period with the agency. Tarver also noted that a “significant” number of device center employees were let go.  STAT+ Exclusive Story Already have an account? Log in This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers Unlock this article — plus in-depth analysis,…