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Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.

Google's $40B Anthropic move is Big Tech's latest huge AI bet

The AI lab is their competition and their bet

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.

Apple's new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B

Equity digs into what Apple's leadership transition means for startups and more of the week’s biggest deals, including SpaceX's $60B option on Cursor.

ChatGPT told me about the time Don Rickles 'sent Lena Dunham a sext.' This makes me nervous about AI.

When ChatGPT is so constantly wrong about facts, what are we to believe? And how exactly are we supposed to "learn to use AI?"

The military embraced AI long before Claude

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Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung’s bottom line.

Google is investing billions in Anthropic.

Initially, Google will invest $10 billion, but could pour up to $30 billion more into Anthropic if it meets certain performance targets, according to Bloomberg.

Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.

Cohere valued at around $20B in Aleph Alpha deal

The valuation aligns with a concurrent Series E fundraise.

Submodular Optimization for Text Selection, Passage Reranking & Context Engineering

After my previous article on submodular optimization for fan-out queries in DeepResearch, I received great feedback asking for a deeper dive into submodularity especially in information retrieval and agentic search. Today, I'll introduce two more applications of submodular optimization: text selection and passage reranking. Both tackle the same core challenge—optimal subset selection—that every DeepResearch-like system must solve.

Submodular Optimization for Diverse Query Generation in DeepResearch

Learn more from the part 2 of the submodularity series. More applications of submodular optimization on text selection, passage reranking and context engineering.