AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal

AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led by TWG Global, a relatively new $40 ...
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Is AI Purposefully Underperforming in Tests? OpenAI Explains Rare But Deceptive Responses

Research reveals some AI models can deliberately underperform in lab tests, however, OpenAI says this is a rarity.

OpenAI's Codex Max solves one of my biggest AI coding annoyances - and it's a lot faster

The SWE-Bench Verified evaluation is basically a test of AI processing accuracy. It measures how well the AI solves a set of coding problems. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max "reaches the same ...

OpenAI says its latest GPT-5.1 Codex can code independently for hours

In a post on X, OpenAI confirmed that GPT 5.1-Codex-Max can work independently for hours. Unlike GPT-5.1, which is optimized for research, normal interaction, generating images, etc, Codex is tailored ...
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Running Your Own Local Open-Source AI Model Is Easy—Here's How

Local AI models offer privacy and zero subscription costs, letting you run powerful models completely offline. Here's how to start.

Ethereum’s Fusaka fork explained for dummies: What the hell is PeerDAS?

How Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade scales the L1 and the L2s — explained for ordinary crypto fans without the usual baffling ...