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The latest wave of AI excitement has brought us an unexpected mascot: a lobster. Clawdbot, a personal AI assistant, went viral within weeks of its launch and will keep its crustacean theme despite having had to change its name to Moltbot after a legal challenge from Anthropic. But before you jump on the bandwagon, here’s what you need to know. According to its tagline, Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) is the “AI that actually does things” — whether it’s managing your calendar, sending messages through your favorite apps, or checking you in for flights. This promise has drawn thousands of users willing…
Being patriotic means you also need to call out “overreach” when you see it, Sam Altman privately told OpenAI employees in a message that said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had gone “too far.””I love the US and its values of democracy and freedom and will be supportive of the country however I can; OpenAI will too,” the OpenAI CEO wrote in an internal Slack message. “But part of loving the country is the American duty to push back against overreach. What’s happening with ICE is going too far.”OpenAI employees responded positively to Altman’s message on Slack, including heart and thank-you…
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced the next round of prescription drugs up for Medicare price negotiations. The list includes Botox and the GLP-1 drug Trulicity.The negotiations stem from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which gave the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the authority to haggle over prices on the costliest prescription drugs each year. The results from the first round of negotiated prices went into effect this year.The drugs selected for this round of negotiation accounted for about $27 billion in total prescription drug spending under Medicare Part B and Part D, according to CMS.Medicare…
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey’s eyes light up, and he talks a mile a minute, when discussing his company’s new recruiting event: the AI Grand Prix. This is a drone-flying contest with a twist. Rather than humans operating drones, the drones must operate autonomously. The humans will be tested on their software-writing skills that cause the drones to outfly their competition. There are prizes ranging from a $500,000 pot to be spilt amongst the highest-scoring teams, to jobs at Anduril and a chance to bypass the company’s standard recruiting cycle. “It was something that I decided we should do,” Luckey said in an interview with TechCrunch. Luckey and…
Don’t expect to see Sam Altman lamenting the absence of “masculine energy” in corporate America to Joe Rogan anytime soon.The OpenAI CEO sent employees a message on Slack criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement — and appears to have taken the opportunity to also take a subtle jab at his rival, Mark Zuckerberg.The reference can be found where Altman wrote that OpenAI aims to “not get blown around by changing fashions.””We didn’t start talking about masculine corporate energy when that was popular,” Altman told employees.Last year, Zuckerberg championed a return to masculinity at Meta on “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “The masculine…
Listening to vinyl doesn’t have to mean giving up modern conveniences like wireless playback. The best Bluetooth record players make it a breeze to pair with wireless speakers or headphones so you can enjoy your albums in no time. Some all-in-one models even support two-way Bluetooth connections, so you can transmit audio to a separate device or stream music from a phone to the turntable’s built-in speakers.I’ve been covering audio gear for over a decade, so I’ve seen and used a lot of record players. Though purists will want to stick with a wired connection for the most authentic sound…
South Carolina has recorded nearly 800 measles cases in its ongoing outbreak, according to state data, surpassing the number of cases linked to a 2025 Texas outbreak.The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported the outbreak, which began in October, has grown to 789 cases, an increase of 89 since Friday. Most of the illnesses are in Spartanburg County, in the northwestern part of the state. The department said 18 people, including children, have been hospitalized.A West Texas outbreak beginning in January 2025 sickened 762 people, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Two young children died and…
The record-breaking measles outbreak in South Carolina continues to grow with 89 new cases reported since the last update on Friday.This brings the total number of cases in the outbreak to 789.At least 557 people are currently in quarantine across the state, including students from various schools.This is South Carolina’s largest measles outbreak in over 30 years, a spokesperson for the state’s health department told ABC News.Chair of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee questions polio shot recommendationThere have been at least 416 confirmed measles cases across the United States so far this year, the latest CDC data shows.CDC data shows that the majority of…
Measles in South Carolina has spread to at least 789 people, surpassing the 2025 West Texas outbreak that sickened 762 people and killed two young girls.The majority of cases remain centered in Spartanburg County, mostly among people who were either unvaccinated or didn’t know their status, the South Carolina Department of Public Health reported Tuesday. There have been 89 new cases confirmed since Friday, indicating that the outbreak isn’t under control.Health officials said that 557 people are in quarantine for 21 days.The South Carolina outbreak began this past fall. By January, cases directly linked to the state had been documented…
Jan 27 (Reuters) – South Carolina reported a surge to 789 measles cases on Tuesday, state health data showed, including 89 additional infections since Friday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.The outbreak, which began in October, has been centered in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.There are currently 557 people in quarantine and 20 in isolation. The latest end of quarantine for these is February 19, the state health department said.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOf those infected, 695 were unvaccinated, 14…