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CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1’s unique doctor data.

Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage arrays. This new technique could be more environmentally friendly and cheaper than existing ones.  The research was published today in Science, and a startup called Rock Zero is working to…

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A retrospective on my MS thesis, the leaderboard it placed on, and the LLM shift that has reshaped the field since. The post EmoNet: Speaker-Aware Transformers for Emotion Recognition — and What I’d Build Differently in 2026 appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

Casey Newton / Platformer: Meta's Oversight Board says Meta agreed to increase its funding by $13M, ensuring that it will be funded through 2028, reversing a planned decrease in funding  —  Meta has agreed to increase funding to its external Oversight Board by $13 million, Platformer has learned …

AI agents aren't black boxes — they're models interacting with software tools. The risk lies in their overlap.

Reuters: IBM plans to invest more than $10B in quantum computing over five years as it aims to build the first large-scale, error-free quantum computer by 2029  —  IBM (IBM.N) said on Thursday it plans to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over five years as it aims to build by 2029 …

Astronomers discovered that magnetic activity in the Sun is being squeezed into a more tightly confined area under its surface, which has implications for space weather forecasts and heliophysics.

Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Waymo unveils Ojai, a vehicle designed in partnership with Zeekr for robotaxi use, initially for select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo unit will deploy a new autonomous vehicle designed specifically for robotaxi use, offering public rides in California and Arizona without human supervision.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an “Auto speed” setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode  —  YouTube announced on Thursday it's introducing new podcast features for Premium users, including an AI-powered recommendation tool …

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Ryan Lawler / Axios: Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC  —  Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised $28.8 million in Series A funding, CEO Danial Jameel tells Axios Pro exclusively.

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Lessons from building a fast, reliable scientific agent with local open-weight models, vLLM, and long-context infrastructure The post The Infrastructure Behind Making Local LLM Agents Actually Useful appeared first on Towards Data Science.

The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona in the next few weeks.

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