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2025-11-19T01:00:22.657Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Elon Musk made his first public visit to the White House since his feud with Trump. He appeared at a dinner with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday night. The two men have recently experienced a thaw in their relationship. Elon Musk made it back to the…
By Jennifer RigbyLONDON (Reuters) -Ultra-processed foods are a major public health threat that must be urgently addressed, according to a new series of papers authored by 43 global experts in the Lancet medical journal.The scientists, including the Brazilian professor who coined the term with colleagues around 15 years ago, argue that UPFs are now increasingly common worldwide and linked to a decline in diet quality and a number of diseases, from obesity to cancer.“It’s about the evidence we have today about … ultra-processed foods and human health,” Carlos Monteiro, professor at the University of Sao Paulo, said at an online…
Soumith Chintala, a former AI leader at Meta and one of the most influential figures in modern AI infrastructure, has joined former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab.”[T]hinking machines…the people are incredible,” Chintala posted to his X account on Tuesday. He also updated his X bio and LinkedIn profile to indicate that he is now working at the startup, marking his first move since leaving Meta earlier this month.Chintala was one of the creators of PyTorch, an open-source AI framework developed at Facebook and widely used in tech and academia. He is a significant addition for Thinking Machines…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan is giving $10 million to a North Carolina regional medical center in honor of his mother.The six-time NBA champ and now businessman announced the gift to Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington on Tuesday. With the donation, the medical center will name its neuroscience institute after Deloris Jordan.“My mother taught me the importance of compassion and community, and I can’t think of a better way to honor her than by helping to ensure those in need can obtain the most advanced neurological care available,” Jordan said about his donation.The money helps…
Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue says we’re not in an AI bubble, but an “LLM bubble” — and it may be poised to pop. At an Axios event on Tuesday, the entrepreneur behind the popular AI platform and community site agreed that bubble talk is today’s “trillion dollar question,” but said he doesn’t believe AI’s future is at risk if the bubble bursts. Instead, as Delangue sees it, it’s large language models (LLMs) — like those powering ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots — are receiving outsized attention and that attention may not last. “I think we’re in an…
ChatGPT could be exactly what the doctor ordered when you’ve got a burning medical question at 2 a.m. Or, its advice might hurt you.The problem? It’s hard to tell the difference.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. I selected a dozen real conversations that people had with ChatGPT about medical problems, from a trove of 47,000 ChatGPT conversations compiled by The Washington Post.Then I gave them to Robert Wachter, chair of medicine at University of California at San Francisco and asked him to grade ChatGPT’s work. How did the chatbot’s…
This was always the thing OpenAI needed to fear.On Tuesday, Google announced Gemini 3, its latest AI model. Google says it’s better at coding, and much more creative — but that’s not what its rivals should be most worried about.Google’s all-out offensive is putting the “Pro” version of Gemini 3 directly into the hands of users and developers, and, most significantly, it marks the first time Google is introducing its new AI model to search on day one. That means users can access Gemini 3 in Google search by clicking “AI mode,” rather than downloading an app or visiting a…
AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led by TWG Global, a relatively new $40 billion investment firm formed by billionaires Thomas Tull, the former owner of Legendary Entertainment, and Guggenheim Partners founder and CEO Mark Walter. TWG holds a variety of the billionaires’ assets, including Walter’s stakes in the Los Angeles Lakers and the new Cadillac F1 racing team. The firm also has a $15 billion fund to invest in AI anchored by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital. TWG previously invested in a partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI and Palantir to sell AI…
Mint Mobile is one of the long-standing frontrunners in the market for the best cheap cell phone plans. Its plans, which cost as low as $15/month, include unlimited calling and texting, access to high-speed data as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on T-Mobile’s nationwide network in the US, and free calls and texts to Canada and Mexico. Mint Mobile’s prepaid plans allow users to manage their data in three, six, or 12-month installments at affordable monthly rates. While you’ll get the best value by signing up for an annual plan, new customers can start with a reduced rate through the…
An Indiana woman’s family claims she was wheeled out of a hospital in active labor, forcing her to give birth on the side of a road.Relatives of Mercedes Wells told ABC station WLS in Chicago she was discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Crown Point on Sunday, as hospital staff told her to go home to wait for her labor to progress. She then gave birth eight minutes later on the side of the road, the family told the affiliate.Google Maps Street View – PHOTO: Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana.Wells’ sister-in-law, Cherise Thompson, confirmed to WLS that Wells’ husband Leon delivered the…