Mercor CEO Brendan Foody
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Mercor, the AI data labeling firm founded by the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, is in talks to raise $500 million at a valuation of $20 billion, according to a source familiar with the fundraising.
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York (8) 20
Tries: Nofoaluma, Bennison, Balmforth, Williams Goals: Bennison 2
Hull FC (16) 16
Tries: Sezer, Briscoe, Batchelor Goals: Hardaker 2
York Knights secured a third consecutive Super League victory for the first time in their history - as Hull FC's poor away form continued.
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The news from OpenAI this week is that the front-running model provider has released a new set of LLMs, called GPT-Live, that change the way that their products interact with human users.
Lim Kim for "INSA" featuring Bree Runway
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From her early K-pop days to rising to critical acclaim as an independent artist, Lim Kim has rarely taken the easy road to crossover and her newest single finds the art-pop auteur turning an everyday Korean word into a track ready for the runway.
Nicolas Johnson, the older son of prominent entertainment attorney Matt Johnson, died July 1 in a car crash. He was 28.
Johnson was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Sherman Oaks at about 1 a.m. at the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Valley Meadow Road, just west of the 405 Freeway, the Canyon News reported. He was driving a Toyota GR86 when his car struck a curb and hit a light pole and was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel.
‘Taking Time Off’
“To all my family in Canada I apologize for not being there with you all this weekend,” the singer says after sharing vulnerable post earlier in week
OpenAI is sunsetting Atlas, the AI-powered browser it launched in October with ChatGPT at its core. But it’s not giving up on the idea that AI should help people browse the web. Instead, it’s taking some of the agentic browsing features it tested in Atlas and redistributing them across ChatGPT’s desktop app and a Google Chrome extension.
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Because saving money on classic games should never go out of style
On July 7, Sony announced it will shut down the PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita. The closure begins in August in some regions, and concludes worldwide in July 2027. For many of us, that leaves time to snag digital editions of some excellent PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 games before they are no longer offered, and to save significantly compared to buying physical editions of those same titles.
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Peacock’s Love Island USA dominated the Nielsen streaming charts for the second week of season eight, coming close to a series high viewing total.
The show delivered 1.83 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of June 8-14, up 40 percent from its premiere week and 68 percent from a year ago. It was the second-biggest week on record for Love Island USA, behind 1.93 billion for the final week of season seven last July.
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in everyday life and work, organizations are investing heavily in tools and employee training. But new research from Texas A&M University suggests a one-size-fits-all approach may miss a fundamental truth: People don't all respond to AI the same way.