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
The ocean floor has been mapped in much less detail than the surface of Mars.Credit: US Geological Survey/Scientific Photo Library The depths of the ocean are among the final frontiers of scientific exploration. Scientists have visually studied less than 0.001% of the seafloor, but oceanography is essential to understanding the climate, ecosystems, and processes deep
in this episode of mysterious valleyOur hosts look at Threads as it recently hit 500 million monthly users, putting it on par with X, but is it really competing or just filling a different niche? Meanwhile, reviews have been coming in for the Trump-branded T1 phone in recent weeks as it finally started shipping after
A little more than 10 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda was still performing on Broadway in “Hamilton” while writing the music for Disney’s “Moana.” Moana has since grossed more than $643 million at the global box office, and its 2024 sequel grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. This weekend, the live-action version of the film hits
Also nationally, the midterm elections look like an uphill battle for Democrats to win a majority in the upper house of Congress, where they hope to curb the power of President Donald Trump. In addition to unseating Collins, the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, Democrats must keep all of their existing seats and then
The Maine Democratic Party has announced that it will select a new candidate at a convention in the next two weeks. Media reports indicate that hundreds of delegates will weigh in on the election. The party will have to tread carefully in nominating a replacement aligned with the policies Platner successfully carried out, while ensuring