Poor numeracy is a blind spot in the age of AI
An understanding of maths can be crucial to judging if the tech is telling you the right thing
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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
If you can truly appreciate an old book—and maybe even marvel at how its fragile, yellowing pages contain some of the earliest ways that people tried to make sense of the world around them—then headlines about tech companies that are destroying books to train AI likely torture a tender part of your soul. It’s indeed
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Smile, you’re on camera: when the boss wants to read your mood
Patent records show how many companies are interested in trying to record how people feel
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From assistance to execution: How enterprises put AI to work
OpenAI research reveals how enterprises are adopting agentic AI, using ChatGPT and Codex, and how frontier firms are pulling ahead in AI adoption.
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Thrive Holdings, A.I.-Focused Buyer of Service Firms, Raises $2 Billion
The company, Thrive Holdings, acquires businesses to infuse them with artificial intelligence and drew interest from backers like SoftBank.
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Exclusive: ClearJet raises $25M to build the ‘Uber of Cargo’
ClearJet, an AI-enabled logistics technology startup, has raised a $25 million Series B, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Edison Partners led the raise, which brings the Austin-based startup’s total funding to $40 million since its 2022 inception. Returning backers Venture53, Origin Ventures, SaltVC and SpringTime Ventures also participated in the round. ClearJet’s earlier investors include
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Sector Snapshot: Fitness Startup Funding Is Rebounding, But Investors Want AI And Data, Not Treadmills
If you’re anything like yours truly, your fitness ambitions for 2026 far exceed reality. Venture investors, luckily, seem to be more upbeat than they have been in years about the future of fitness and wellness. Startup investment in those categories totaled more than $3.6 billion in the first half of this year, putting 2026 on
Why the U.S. Economy Needs A.I. — Bubble or Not
And what a hedge fund’s $35 billion loss reveals about the state of the industry.
Why the U.S. Economy Needs A.I. — Bubble or Not
And what a hedge fund’s $35 billion loss reveals about the state of the industry.