1 hour ago California entrepreneur who led minimum wage measure 'disappointed' by defeat, vows to fight for working class

The backer of California's recently defeated minimum wage measure said he was "disappointed" but vowed to keep advocating for higher wages.

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3 hours ago Building an understanding of how drivers interact with emerging vehicle technologies

The MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium provides data-driven insights into driver behavior, along with trust in AI and advance vehicle technology.

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5 hours ago University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

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6 hours ago AI chip startup MatX, founded by Google alums, raises Series A at $300M+ valuation, sources say

MatX, a startup designing chips that support large language models, has raised a Series A of approximately $80 million, three sources say, less than a year after raising its $25 million seed round.  Spark Capital led the investment, valuing the company at a pre-money valuation in the mid-$200 million range and a post-money valuation of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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7 hours ago Microsoft collaboration develops DroidSpeak for better communication between LLMs

A team of computer engineers and AI specialists at Microsoft, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Chicago, has led to the development of a new language that allows LLMs to speak with one another more efficiently. The group has posted a paper outlining the ideas behind the new language, how it works and the sorts of improvements in efficiency it can lead to, on the arXiv preprint server.

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8 hours ago This is how local immigrant advocates and lawyers are preparing for Trump’s mass deportation plans

“We anticipate that immigration enforcement efforts could focus on states or communities perceived as immigrant-friendly, making Massachusetts a likely target.” The post This is how local immigrant advocates and lawyers are preparing for Trump’s mass deportation plans appeared first on Boston.com.

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9 hours ago Opponents race to stop deal for 'largest clean energy project in Washington history’

Opponents race to stop deal for 'largest clean energy project in Washington history’  Centralia Chronicle

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9 hours ago EU ready to react to any renewed US trade tensions under Trump, ambassador says

EU ready to react to any renewed US trade tensions under Trump, ambassador says  Reuters.com

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10 hours ago Anthropic raises an additional $4B from Amazon, makes AWS is ‘primary’ cloud partner

Anthropic, OpenAI’s close rival, has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to make Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, the primary place it’ll train its flagship generative AI models. Anthropic also says it’s working with Annapurna Labs, AWS’ chipmaking division, to develop future generations of Trainium accelerators, AWS’ custom-built […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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