Darren Ellis and his older brother were the first in their family to go to university. It didn’t take him long to notice that many of his classmates came from very different backgrounds. “If it wasn’t for the fact I played sport at a high level, I’m not sure I would have had the confidence
Despite its gains in global trade, the yuan isn’t going to replace the U.S. dollar in global reserve holdings any time soon, Standard Chartered China CEO Jean Lu argued on Wednesday, even as Beijing tries to encourage greater use of the Chinese currency. “There is no way—at least in my career—for the RMB to challenge
Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics swing in their favor, stand out from competitors and advertise their superiority. In other words, good benchmarks pretty much always mean good PR. Unfortunately, companies have also figured out how to outwit legacy benchmarking systems — many
In the face of a grim debate about an AI-fueled apocalypse, both President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are locked in on keeping up the pace of AI progress, not slowing it down. Trump downplayed concerns about AI employees’ warnings that AI could threaten humanity’s existence during his visit to Ireland to watch
Imagine a factory where all the equipment is powered by AI, where robotic arms and assembly lines can “communicate” with their own shared language. Or picture a science lab, where microscopes can autonomously search for a certain type of molecule—all hours of the day, no humans necessary. That’s the idea behind Anthropic new Model Hardware
The brains may come from the US, but the body could very well be Made In China. At Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup, cofounder and researcher Sergey Levine is building the models, or brains, designed to provide intelligence for a range of robots — be they warehouse robots or humanoid machines. Physical Intelligence is
