For several weeks this summer, the AI industry was obsessed with Anthropic’s latest frontier models and Washington’s fight to control who was granted access to them. But while everyone was watching the frontier, developers kept building, and they weren’t waiting for permission from the Anthropics and OpenAIs of the world. Chinese open-weight models accounted for
Kenya’s High Court has dismissed an attempt by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalize the use of cannabis for religious purposes. The Rastafarian community had argued that the ban on smoking cannabis infringed on their rights to freedom of religion and belief guaranteed by the Constitution. In a landmark ruling, Justice Bahati Mwamuye said the
Ben Stokes will play for the first time since retiring from international cricket as he features for Durham in Derbyshire on Tuesday. The former England captain will be part of the first round of One-Day Cup matches on the day The Hundred begins. Stokes announced an abrupt retirement from international cricket during England’s third Test
Heretic is in charge of global sales of “Hearing” (“Thính Giác”), the second feature film by Vietnamese director Lê Bảo, which will be screened in the international competition at the Locarno Festival. Written and directed by Lê Bảo, “Hearing” centers on Ninh, a mechanic whose work installing decibel meters in public spaces and private homes
Canva co-founder Cameron Adams said there’s a way to get employees to stop worrying about AI: force them to use a specific AI tool. In an interview with Rapid Response published Tuesday, Adams said his staff can choose whichever AI tool they want. The interview was filmed during the Cannes Lions festival last month. “So,
Reflection AI, a US startup vying to develop open models, has signed a $1 billion computing deal with European AI infrastructure company Nebius. Nebius, formerly the international arm of Russian tech giant Yandex, will provide Reflection with access to Nvidia’s latest chips. The deal comes just weeks after the startup signed a similar agreement to
