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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…
The question: Can the flu shot cause the flu?The science: You may be tempted to skip your flu shot this season because of scheduling issues, a fear of needles or another reason. But misconceptions and misinformation – including concerns that the vaccine actually causes the flu – shouldn’t be one of them, experts said. It is one of the biggest myths you will hear during cold and flu season and one that is particularly vexing to doctors, who do everything they can to counter the concern.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The…
Nvidia will be the last of the Magnificent Seven companies to report earnings for the third quarter, delivering results after the bell on Wednesday. To say the stakes are high would be an understatement. Investors are highly anxious heading into the report as the broader AI trade has come under pressure in the last month. The chip titan’s stock is still up 37% year-to-date, but it has fallen by about 5% in the last five days. Its decline has led the broader tech sector lower, and investors are increasingly questioning whether the premium valuations commanded by top AI names are…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.Offices that serve the nation’s schools and colleges would go to departments ranging from Labor to Interior. Education officials say the moves won’t affect the money Congress gives states, schools and colleges. They didn’t say whether current department staff would keep their jobs.Since he took office, Trump has called for the dismantling of the Education Department, saying it has been overrun…
Nearly 1 in 30 clinical trials were interrupted by funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health, affecting more than 74,000 patients and research into cancer, infectious disease and more, according to a paper published Monday.Clinical trials are the best way for researchers to study how medical interventions affect a patient population, doctors say.”The types of trials that are affected are among the most rigorous way that we generate scientific evidence: randomized clinical trials,” said Dr. Anupam B. Jena, a study author and professor at Harvard Medical School. “It would be one thing if studies affected by terminated grants focused…