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Taiwan packed its new coast guard vessels with anti-ship missiles. Now it’s readying them for a fight with China.
TSOYING, TAIWAN — One of Taiwan’s new missile-capable coast guard vessels led a major littoral drill on Saturday, as the island entered the fourth day of its annual military exercises. The Bali, an Anping-class ship, headlined the joint drill on Taiwan’s southwest coast that simulated an amphibious…
Anthropic just rolled out a tool that’ll decimate some people’s dreams of writing AI novels undetected
It’s going to get a lot harder to let Claude be a ghostwriter for everything from novels to homework. On Monday, Anthropic said new Claude models will embed an “imperceptible watermark” directly into AI-generated text. The watermark doesn’t change the text’s meaning or readability, but travels with…
Bernie Sanders asked the leading AI CEOs to pause development. Read his letter.
Bernie Sanders has heard enough about rogue AI agents. The Vermont senator wrote a letter to three leading AI development CEOs: Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. He called for the leaders to “stop building machines that humans cannot control.” In his letter…
AI agents, IRL socializing, and vibe coding: Where top consumer investors are placing bets
Investors are hunting for social media startups that can spark new connections and nurture existing ones. “Social media companies started based on connection,” Shawn Carolan, a partner at Menlo Ventures, said of the previous wave of giants like Facebook and Instagram. Carolan said these companies…
Spin Master’s cofounder says your 20s are the best time to start a company
If you’re thinking of starting a business, there’s no reason to wait. When Business Insider asked LinkedIn users which decade of life is the best time to start a business, the 30s came out on top. Ronnen Harary says that tracks with the average age of entrepreneurs in the US — but his advice is
Seaports are dabbling in AI, but complex supply chain operations make adoption a challenge
At the Port of New Orleans, a cargo ship docks. On board are power transformers, wind turbine components, and industrial generators used to construct data centers in the US. Moving these unwieldy pieces of equipment inland from the port is a massive logistical undertaking: The cargo is often too…
Mamdani backs new protections for workers delivering packages for companies like Amazon
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing new safeguards for delivery workers in New York City — and the proposal would give City Hall more regulatory power over commerce giants like Amazon. The Delivery Protection Act, sponsored by New York City Council Member Tiffany L. Cabán, would increase licensing…
The 25 best state universities in the US, ranked
This back-to-school season, the cost and value of higher education are top of mind. In a time when going to college can put you in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and as more tech moguls share that they skipped university altogether, it could be worth considering a public school. Every…
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to solve his AI data center problem with a $1 billion giveaway
Last month, Meta launched an “AI is good, really” PR campaign. My response: Words are fine, but why not cut people checks? On Monday, Meta announced it’s taking my (free) advice: It says it will create a $1 billion fund to boost communities where it is building AI data centers. There’s very little…
I took my retired parents on a cruise to Alaska. It felt like a total role reversal, but I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
There was a chill in the air, and we had just made it through the winding queue for the shuttle in Sitka, Alaska, when my dad announced, “I need to use the bathroom.” We were finally at the front of the line. The shuttle into town was only supposed to take about 10 minutes. I