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Agnes Gund, one of the greatest and most influential art patrons in the US, has died at 87. The New York Times reported her death on Friday, but did not state a cause. Gund’s collecting and philanthropy transformed the American art world, spurring on many others to begin buying art with seriousness. Her influence is most deeply felt at the Museum of Modern Art, the New York institution that she had helped fund since 1967, when she joined its international council. In the 40-plus years since then, Gund helped bankroll many efforts that aided in launching MoMA into the future,…

Huawei used 1,000 Ascend AI chips to train this LLM What’s the story Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, has announced the co-development of a modified version of the artificial intelligence (AI) model DeepSeek. The new variant, called DeepSeek-R1-Safe, is said to be “nearly 100% successful” in censoring politically sensitive topics. The development comes as part of China’s stringent regulations requiring domestic AI models and their applications to align with “socialist values.” Training on 1,000 Huawei Ascend AI chips Huawei has revealed that it used 1,000 of its Ascend AI chips to train this large-language model. The company made the announcement…

Source: stockasso/Envato OpenAI and Google DeepMind have stunned the tech and academic world by dominating the 2025 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), the world’s top university coding competition. At the ICPC World Finals in Baku, Azerbaijan, OpenAI’s reasoning models delivered a perfect 12-for-12 score, while DeepMind’s Gemini 2.5 Deep Think hit gold-medal level by solving 10 of 12 problems, including one no human team cracked. The results mark the first time AI rivals have outperformed the globe’s best student programmers at the so-called “Olympics of programming”. GPT-5 leads the way with first-try correct solutions In a post on X, OpenAI…

Elon Musk is urging Tesla shareholders to take part in the company’s upcoming annual meeting, calling the vote critical not just for the automaker but potentially for the world.  “This shareholder vote decides the future of Tesla and may affect the future of the world,” Musk posted on X, emphasizing the importance of proposals that will be voted on in the upcoming meeting on November 6, 2025. A pivotal inflection point In a message from its official account, Tesla described itself as being at “a critical inflection point” as it prepares for its annual meeting. Shareholders will soon receive voting…

Google said it took model bias “extremely seriously” and was developing privacy techniques that can sanitise sensitive datasets and develop safeguards against bias and discrimination. Researchers have suggested that one way to reduce medical bias in AI is to identify what data sets should not be used for training in the first place, and then train on diverse and more representative health data sets. Zack said Open Evidence, which is used by 400,000 doctors in the US to summarize patient histories and retrieve information, trained its models on medical journals, the US Food and Drug Administration’s labels, health guidelines and…

L&T Technology Services has signed a multi-year membership agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, a leading research institution known for its interdisciplinary work in science, technology, and design. Through this partnership, LTTS joins the lab as a consortium member with the aim of exploring future developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in areas related to mobility, sustainability, and technology.Under the agreement, LTTS will participate in collaborative discussions and knowledge exchange with researchers and industry experts within the Media Lab’s cross-disciplinary network. The focus of this collaboration is to explore engineering solutions that address global challenges, from…

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is being called “the biggest meme stock we’ve ever seen” by Yale School of Management Senior Associate Dean Jeff Sonnenfeld, who made the comments in a recent interview with CNBC. Sonnenfeld’s comments echo those of many of the company’s skeptics, who argue that its price-to-earnings ratio is far too high when compared to other companies also in the tech industry. Tesla is often compared to companies like Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft when these types of discussions come up. Fundamentally, yes, Tesla does trade at a P/E level that is significantly above that of any comparable company. However, it…

AI is moving fast — but who decides how it’s built, shared, and scaled? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, we’re diving in with Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief science officer of Hugging Face, for a session on what it takes to make cutting-edge research and models that are truly open and accessible. Catch him on the AI Stage, along with thousands of other like-minded tech leaders and innovators. Why you can’t miss this session The future of AI won’t just be defined by closed labs and Big Tech budgets — it will be…

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week and what we’re still thinking about.  From Lush Cosmetics’ fall-inspired pop-up cafe to Puma’s sale speculation, here’s our closeout for the week. What you may have missed Saks Fifth Avenue merchant leaves after two decades Will Cooper, senior vice president of brand partnerships and buying, women’s handbags, shoes and accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue,…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Private investment firm Ames Watson has finalized its acquisition of the Claire’s North American business for $140 million, per a Friday press release. The group has worked with RCS Real Estate Advisors to keep at least 800 stores open, with the potential to reach 950, per a separate release. The group says it “is committed to preserving Claire’s heritage while positioning the company for sustained growth,” per the release. Ames Watson intends to keep malls a destination for consumers by elevating the Claire’s…