Why Meta Is Betting Big on Open A.I.
The technology giant is embracing open models, closer ties to Washington and more as it seeks to catch up in the artificial intelligence race.
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Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
Jason Semprini was excited about his research on policies mandating that elementary school students receive the human papillomavirus vaccine. HPV causes most cases of cervical cancer, but counterintuitively, Semprini found that mandates don’t do that much to reduce the overall rate of cervical cancer in a population. That’s odd, but it’s also not completely surprising—we
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Global New Unicorn Counts In The First Half Of 2026 Have Already Surpassed 2025’s Totals
A total 195 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts seen since the second half of 2022. Already, H1 is above the new unicorn totals for all of 2025, when 193 companies were minted with that status. In this bifurcated funding environment, we also see a
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The Biggest Consequence Of An AI IPO Isn’t The IPO Itself. It’s What Happens Afterward.
By Andrew Gershfeld The current focus on AI IPOs is largely centered on public market performance. Investors want to know whether these companies justify their valuations and how their shares will trade after listing. But everybody is watching the wrong metric. The more consequential story begins after the bell rings, when limited partners receive distributions
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AI Gateway Operating Model: Identity, Policy, Observability, and Cost Controls
TL;DR An AI gateway is only useful in production when it has an operating model around it. The gateway can route model calls, enforce token limits, apply policy, collect telemetry, and control tool access, but those controls do not define themselves. The practical work is deciding who owns routes, who approves model and tool access,
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Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model
The release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted or not.
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Mark Zuckerberg attacks ‘closed’ AI rivals as Meta returns to open models
Meta’s founder casts OpenAI and Anthropic as foils in his pitch for powerful AI to become more freely available
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A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington
As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.
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I’ve Seen How A.I. Changes Young People’s Social Lives
A.I. has become a kind of social sealant, filling the gaps in young people’s relationships.
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